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“Timely, thrilling, and gripping from start to finish. An absolute page-turner.” --Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of the world’s most famous resorts. He’s got his family, his crew, and an incredible after-school job at the property’s main theme park. Life isn’t so great for the rest of the world, but when people come here to vacation, it’s to get away from all that. As things outside get worse, trouble starts seeping into Karloff. First, Jay’s friend Connie and her family disappear in the middle of the night and no one will talk about it. Then the richest and most powerful families start arriving, only... they aren’t leaving. Unknown to the employees, the resort has been selling shares in an end-of-the-world oasis. The best of the best at the end of days. And in order to deliver the top-notch customer service the wealthy clientele paid for, the employees will be at their total beck and call. Whether they like it or not. Yet Karloff Country didn’t count on Jay and his crew--and just how far they’ll go to find out the truth and save themselves. But what’s more dangerous: the monster you know in your home or the unknown nightmare outside the walls?
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dnf @ 44%
read for magical readathon 2023 [moon warden]: spells and incantations (length 389-415)
this was just so slow and not helping my slump but i plan on spinnin the block and coming back to this
Absolutely LOVED the vibes of the first third. Working at a theme park it was great to see the parallels of Karloff Country!!!! The second half got too weird and convoluted for me.
Wow! There is so much to brag on in this book. The way this community is set up feels like it could be real. The extreme customer service and paying for a good trip also felt realistic. So the creepy feeling to go along with these realistic elements added so much tension to the reading. I loved the ads and announcements in between the chapters. The audiobook sets these apart with some sounds and a voice. That part becomes increasingly creepy as the story goes on because we see what is announced is vastly different than the lived experience. As Jay, Connie, Zeke, and Chelle try to find safety in this new dystopian world, they keep finding out more and more secrets. It is hard to know who to trust because so many people are holding on to secrets.
So good and so creepy. I definitely want to check out some more YA horror!