Long Night at Lake Never

If you like horror, and even better camp horror, then you are in luck. Eric David Roman brings all of your camp nightmares to life...or death (evil chuckle) in Long Night at Lake Never.

Lake Never has the biggest nightmare of all: Camp Horizons is a conversion therapy camp. Roman combines the horror of real-life conversion actions with an axe-wielding killer. Poor Tyler is dumped there by his parents. Tyler proceeds to stand up for himself in a sometimes funny and sometimes painful to watch incidents which lead him to finding the first body.

Tyler is not alone as Roman pairs him with three boys who range on theh queer spectrum of self-expression. I have to admit that Jamal, our lone Black character, has unbelievably funny lines. They are freaking hilarious. I pick Jamal for “Second Banana Comic Relief” any day of the week.

Roman lets us know what everyone, but the killer, is thinking by showing their point of views. This is done smoothly.

The mystery of who the killer is might be fairly easy if you are a lover camp horror lore. (Raising my hand enthusiastically.) Roman follows the rules in a very crafty story.

I would easily give this book five stars if there had not been some spelling errors and grammatical issues. I have been running into this with NSP books lately. They are not gratuitous, but there are a few of them there.

This will not stop you from enjoying Lake Never. The story is fantastical in this gore. Roman created characters you want to root for and throw some people in front of the ax to save them. There is also romance in the background. You cannot ask for more. Let Long Night at Lake Never be at the top of your reading list this summer.

I received an ARC of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily.