A quick, entertaining read. At first Kate serves as a narrator more than a character, but things pick up at the quarter mark and keep you hanging on through edge of your seat.

A quick, entertaining read. At first Kate serves as a narrator more than a character, but things pick up at the quarter mark and keep you hanging on through edge of your seat.

This book was a lot of fun! I initially thought it would be quite lighthearted and silly but it was genuinely scary! 😂 I am not the most enthusiastic camper and this book just sort of solidified that.

While it is scary and brutal at times, it is also funny. The cast of characters are all really well fleshed out and strangely believable.

This book began as a series of posts on r/nosleep and to the best of my understanding was compiled into this book. While there were moments where the story felt slightly disjointed because of this, it truly wasn’t that big of an issue for me!

This book releases early August and I definitely think it’s worth the read while it’s still summer and camping season! It is also the first in a quartett!

Stellar Halloween/Summerween read! It was spooky and supernatural! It sucked me right in and kept me hooked! The descriptions were amazingly done.

How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow by Bonnie Quinn is a cozy horror novel that follows Kate, the owner of a peculiar campground. Sure there are the normal camp worries like weather but there are also things like Children with No Wagon and lights that try to lure you into the darkness that you have to be aware of. Kate has her hands full keeping the campground running smoothly!

This was delightfully strange and I enjoyed every page of it. It reminded me a lot of Welcome to Nightvale in the best way. There were so many odd things happening in every chapter and a lot of them were just normal to Kate.

I loved learning about all the folklore in this world. There were so many different unique creatures. Some were actually creepy!

I know there had to kind of be a plot but I wish there was more time spent on just learning about the campgrounds. Those were my favorite bits so I’m excited to see that this is a series so that I can read more about it!

This was a great outdoorsy horror read. As promised, I think it really nailed the campy (pun intended), cozy horror vibe. Kate was a great narrator — sarcastic, sharp, and extremely knowledgeable about the land and folklore. I loved all the different monsters in the campground, and the odd sort of community they created. The atmosphere was really well done and there was a great balance of creepy and fun.

This book was an absolute treat. It absolutely did cozy horror justice! Campground manager Kate is a wonderfully witty, sarcastic, and headstrong protagonist who's not afraid to get her hands dirty if it means protecting her campers. She also has a strange affinity with some of the non-human entities that inhabit the land—sometimes getting her into trouble, but also providing her with help in unexpected ways.

It was also a delight to piece lore together versus it being fed to us from the start. What happened to her family? What made the campgrounds so dangerous? And, most importantly, how could Kate put an end to something that was so ancient and unknown?

I didn't realize this was a series, and I'm so glad it is. I'll be reading the rest when I'm in need of more coziness and a dash of urban legends.

Perfect for fans of summer camp horror and Supernatural, How to Survive Camping: The Man with No Shadow is the perfect novel for a creepy summer - or summerween, if you prefer!

I read and loved 'Welcome to Night Vale,' so I was super excited to get my hands on this. If you love that unique atmosphere, you'll love this too. This was originally a NoSleep series on Reddit, but I never read it until now.

This story focuses on monsters, cyptids, the campground that houses them, and Kate, its caretaker. The writing was superb. The descriptions sucked me right in. And the characterization (human and non-human) was captivating.

Cool premise. Poor execution. It's hard to care about anything when you don't care about anyone. None of the characters stood out from the pages to me.

I had no idea The Man With No Shadow was originally a Reddit NoSleep series and part of the podcast. The whole book gave off strong Welcome to Night Vale vibes: eerie, weird, and a little off-kilter in the best way.

My favorite part by far was learning about all the different monsters. The folklore elements were so well done, and I loved how each creature had its own rules and place in the world. The author really nailed the world-building—there’s a whole ecosystem of strange beings and characters that kept me interested the whole time.

And honestly, this would make an amazing movie. It’s atmospheric, full of creepy visuals, and has that perfect mix of mystery and menace

Kate's family has managed the Goat Valley Campground for generations. The land is old and it draws in campers year after year. But campers aren't the only thing drawn to the campground. It also attracts creatures from Folklore and horror. Kate has created a handbook to protect the campers from Goat Valley's inhuman inhabitants, but not everyone follows the rules. Years after losing her parents, the inhuman activity is on the rise and one of the most dangerous inhabitants has a plan to get Kate out of the way and claim the land for himself.

The Man with No Shadow is a fun "campy", horror story with snarky humor and campfire worthy creepy moments. The Folklore is the highlight of the book, and I loved all of the different creatures Quinn brought to the campground.

The book has a small town setting and the townspeople have always had a love/hate relationship with Kate and her family. The campground has been passed down from generation to generation in Kate's family, and some of the extended family still lives on the land to help Kate take care of the campground, and to control the creatures from harming campers and the townspeople. Unfortunately, they're not always successful and when people don't follow Kate's rules, someone ends up unalived!

Some of the creatures definitely bring an extra level of creepy to the story, but I would say the book leans more gory than scary. Kate's sarcastic humor and dry personality balance out the horror side of the story.

The Man with No Shadow is a perfect read for spooky season, with a no-nonsense FMC, imaginative Folklore creatures, family dynamics, and a horror vibe that is worthy of ghost stories shared around the campfire.

Oof, this book was a roller coaster, and I loved it. Gruesome, witty, and sad all at once - this is a new favorite horror book. Kate is an unreliable narrator, and I didn’t love her, but I loved her wit and sarcasm throughout the book. And the monsters/inhuman creatures in the campground were so fun to read about. I read this in one day and it’s definitely going to keep me up at night! Thank you Saga Press for the eARC!

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 It’s your typical spooky but also kind of cozy camp horror story that follows Kate, who inherits the campground after her parents were brutally murdered by the monsters roaming the campgrounds. Kate and her family had this land for so long and done their best to protect not only their campers from the things that go bump in the night, but also the local townspeople. Kate’s family are basically experts in dealing with these supernatural creatures, but they aren’t always perfect and people do end up dying or missing. With her parents gone, Kate does her best to protect the campers by making sure they abide by her rules like not buying ice from the children with no wagon or don’t ever follow the lights. But people don’t always listen. Kate also has to make sure some of the supernatural creatures are content to help with protecting her campers. However, things are getting more strange than usual in the campgrounds. I feel for Kate who has taken on the big burden left behind by her parents to make sure everyone is protected despite the townspeople getting fed up with Kate’s leadership at the campground. She has unique ways of dealing with all the stress. It was fun reading about these supernatural creatures and all the rules that have to be enforced because of these creatures. Thank you to saga press for this arc ✨

As a huge fan of the original Goat Valley Campground story, the NoSleepPodcast series of it, and the surrounding Reddit lore, this is a FANTASTIC adaptation that gives me everything i loved about the original while making it fresh and new. I cannot wait for the next book!

Loved this! I am so glad that this is a series, else I'd have totally lost my mind. The dark humour in this is so addictive. The plot twists will make your insides clench. THe writing is so good that you won't be able to stop reading. And Kate. OMG, she is one of my fave main characters of all time. She is written in a way that makes it hard for you to ignore her or disregard her. Can't wait for the next books!

A fun and spooky romp through a campground...as long as you follow the rules. This book was a fantastic read that will hit readers where it hurts in the Summer and Fall when camping hits it's height. Monsters and lore galore, this campground takes cues from Welcome to Nightvale and brings to life a r/NoSleep story that brings a little bit of something for everyone.

With each chapter almost feeling like a "Monster of the Week" show until about the midway point, this book offers looks at all of the supernatural and unsightly residents of the campground, and is constantly weaving in lore and background not only for our monsters, but for our campground manager Kate, who lends herself beautifully to a no-nonsense style of dealing with anything and everything that goes "bump" in the night. Quinn's writing style is so easy to read and flows beautifully, giving us fantastic descriptions of physical monsters and the thoughts that plague our campground manager.

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There are rules. They are simple, easy. But will you listen? Will you follow? They ARE serious, you know. Don't make me add the new ones.

Amazing, dark, and not without humor view into the life of Goat Valley old land. We follow the campground events through the seasons watching its changes and trobles in a very unique writing style, presentung the plot as a collection of bonfire stories.

We don't get familiar with most people personally - we don't know the main narrator's appearance, there is Old Sheriff and New Sheriff, some workers have names and some psycological portraits, but not much of a backstory or us being close with them. It adds that unique vibe to the style, indeed creating a group of creepy tales told by a bonfire, a list of rules in stories, a legend of a land.

I was fully immersed into the campground vibes, felt the creepiness and adrenaline of meeting the inhuman. A number of great twists made the story deep and memorable. I've been looking for a worldbuilding like this for a long time and here I found a perfect folklore representation for my taste.

The book started quite fast and then went much slowlier, not in the events, but in the speed with which I went through it. Somehow I've read very little in the same time. Still enjoy it no less.

Absolutely looking forward to reading all the other books in the series, already know I'll have a great time, because I fell in love with this one from the first page! Can't believe we have to wait so long.

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Thanks to NetGalley and Saga Press for providing me with this free eARC in exchange for my honest review!

This book is desperate for trigger warnings at the beginning. I was not expecting the amount of gore, and body horror in it. The writing itself was good, and I enjoyed the concept, but hot damn, there's a lot going on in this book. It was nearly too much for me a few times, not in terms of the fear, but the descriptions of the body horror in it. There are also a few noticeable typos. Overall, I can't see myself re-reading it, but if you are ok with body horror, gore, etc. in your horror, this is not a bad one to try.

First of all, thank you to Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, for the free e-copy of How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow by Bonnie Quinn for review. I absolutely loved reading this novel, whose description of being similar to Welcome to Night Vale could not be more fitting. How to Survive Camping deftly blends the dark absurdity of Welcome to Night Vale with the fast-paced structure of a thriller, which kept me totally engaged and reading at a brisk pace. I loved Kate as the main protagonist and was invested in seeing her prevail against the paranormal specter wanting to take everything from her.

Great read! I'm surprised by how fast I was invested in this book.
It's a solid story with good writing. I got vibes of Tales of the Gas Station, but more coherent, and first season of Supernatural with all the monsters, gritty fights, and the refusal of the main character to surrender.
I wished the secondary characters were more developed, but I loved the lire and the humour.

Thank you Saga Press for this ARC!