This was a surprising book, though I shouldn’t have been since I have read books by Courtney Gould in the past. But as I do with many arcs (thank you St. Martins Press) I went into this book blind. 

The pacing was a little weird. The book was pretty slow in the beginning but then when things started happening they really came at you and the book started the move a lot faster. Not to saw that the beginning was boring, it was just a lot of me wondering if this is all that the book was. But like as I said, once the plot picked up I was *invested*.

I really appreciated the character arcs too. There’s a lot of growth and while it isn’t always linear it’s there and it added another element of suspense to the story.

Overall this was the perfect spooky read for a camping trip in the woods. My real life atmosphere definitely added to my enjoyment of this book.