This book felt a little like a throwback to the YA horror/suspense by Richie Tankersley Cusick. I kind of liked the nostalgic feel of it and the innocence of it. Mild cursing at best, no sex, a slight reference to a fake ID to buy alcohol, but that’s about it. Even when some characters are revealed to have done something terrible, it’s…mild.

It was just so bloodless. Until…

Oddly, in the last 15% or so of the book, we turn from mild YA horror into campy, but illogical slasher horror. I mean…it makes no sense! And the end! It’s like BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM whimper - the end.

It all fell apart.

I keep going back and forth between 2 and 3 stars. I think that the book is suitable for younger YA fans (even when it starts going BOOM BOOM BOOM), but I think a slightly more mature reader will crave something more. 3 stars as it did keep me reading and I did dig the nostalgic feel of it all.

*ARC Provided via Net Galley