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This month‘s book club pick! I love a good camp thriller.

5✨ I would have read this all last night if I wasn‘t falling asleep in the last couple of chapters. It had several layers to its mystery, the characters are lovable, the chapters are short, but it also keeps you on the edge of your seat. Goldie has a secret that she is debating to keep secret from her two closest friends who will all be spending their last year as counselors at camp together before college. Then someone ends up dead. #Scarathlon

I didn‘t have any books for 10-2s prompt “skeleton/bones” so I colored this as I was audio reading the tagged book #BatBrigade #Scarathlon @Catsandbooks

My book club convenes in just a few hours to discuss this one- a summery YA thriller set at an exclusive VT summer camp (albeit one that doesn‘t sound worth the hefty price tag to me!). Goldie, a local, economically doesn‘t fit in with her best camp friends and their last summer there makes financial differences more apparent— along with the secrets they have all been hiding! And the corpse on the grounds only complicates matters! A quick read!

So the beginning was so good and I was there for it...until I wasn't. Sigh the ending was a total letdown. I was literally going "whaaa" quickly followed by "why" which is sad due to the fact it had potential.

This was weird to read so soon after reading Sager‘s Last Time I Lied. Prestigious camp run by people so wealthy that they control the area‘s economy ✅ trio of friends ✅ bratty alpha girl who might be a murderer ✅ secrets ✅ a lake ✅ “the camp‘s reputation” ✅ underage drinking ✅

The beginning was seriously addicting but the ending kinda fell apart for me. It made sense it just seemed rushed 🤷🏻‍♀️

A decent palate cleanser, and if you‘re in the market for a YA thriller you can do a lot worse. As an adult reader this was fairly predictable, but you go in knowing what you‘re getting and it has all the ingredients that help it do that well.

3 stars- It was a reasonably good story, but HIGHLY predictable, I knew who the killer was and why by 25-35% of the book! I liked the journey, though, so it got 3 stars and not
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4 ⭐ This book reminds me of summer camp. Once upon a time I was a “poor” person working in a “rich kids” summer camp where it felt hard to fit in. Goldie has been going to this camp all her life as her parents work there so she doesn‘t have to pay. And Goldie‘s best friends are not from home or school, but from camp. They live completely different lives, which means when things get tough for Goldie, she keeps mum and just hopes for her

This book is smart and witty. I love turning to YA when I need something a little milder and this thriller did not disappoint. Lots of twists and turns that will keep you wondering... Definite pick 👍👍

Such a great summer read, especially if you like thrillers. It was a quick read and easy to get immersed in. There were a lot of twists and turns and multiple layers to what might have happened to the person who died. The characters were realistic as well. Plus, there was a great summer nostalgia vibe to it, which I‘m all for in July ❤️

#TheCounselors is the perfect summer YA thriller read. Jessica Goodman really knows how to pick fun and atmospheric settings. This book whisks readers away an exclusive summer camp in the northeast. The main character and her friends are counselors know but have spent every summer at this camp for the past ten years or so. This summer everything seems a bit different though, darker and more serious.