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4.0

“Lee is the ultimate final girl. Right behind Neve Campbell. Michael Myers can choke.”

Charity is the final girl - the one who survives the night - at her summer job at Camp Mirror Lake. She having the best time frightening paying customers in a full-contact terror game experience. Suddenly the game turns too real, when her co-workers are disappearing and they find a dead body.

This fast paced book is the perfect read for a grey, rainy day. You will be hooked from the start as it jumps into slashers action, without any intro, and finish it easily in a day or two.

It had everything I want from a slasher book. It was scary, but not too scary and had a late 70s, beginning 80s vibe to it with many references to classic slashers, like Halloween and Scream.

Next to it being spooky, this book lays heavy on solving mystery and group dynamic. With its diverse cast of friends, that have loads of banter too, you’re trying to solve the mysteries of Mirror Lake with them; talking to old grannies to discover the history of the camp. And it has some history, it appears. Be ready to get ping-ponged, because this book has some major plot twists. Yes multiple!

The ending might not be the strongest point of this story, but despite that, this is guaranteed for a thrilling and enjoyable read.