The Camp

by Karice Bolton

[Angie]

It's a week before Emma's eighteenth birthday and she's heading off to Alaska where she thinks she'll be attending a conservation and forestry camp, since that's what she plans to study in college. Well, upon boarding the plane she's handed a pamphlet for a reform camp. It's where juvenile deliquents are sent before they fully turn to a life of crime. Clearly, there's been a mistake, but instead of jumping on the next plane, Emma decides to stay. Because of a guy. Of course. It looks like Emma is going to get her week of nature lessons, but then The Camp turns deadly.

The Camp was not suspenseful at all. Even though campers and camp leaders are disappearing at every turn, I never felt the fear. Sure, Emma says she's scared, but I didn't feel it. Even one of the camp leaders, who wields a rifle to fight off bears, falters at the first sign of danger. Really? But the main problem was, I immediately knew who was behind it all and why. There was a neon sign flashing when Emma was telling Liam about her home life. It was way too obvious.

I am disappointed in The Camp. These kind of stories are pretty new to me, so I feel like I haven't read it all yet, and wanted to be surprised! The culprit should not be the most obvious player, unless there's some twists and turns along the way to throw you off their trail. Well, there's none of that. It's a very short and straight forward thriller that failed to thrill me.

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