Thank you, Tor Publishing Group, Tor Nightfire, for allowing me to read Camp Damascus early!

Blessed be the Earth for Chuck Tingle's existence. This book is a masterpiece.

This was so clearly written by someone with the experience of growing up queer in a religious family/town/area it SHINES off the page. the all consuming desire to behave correctly, the pain or realizing it will never be enough, the freedom of accepting that, and the need to find a community that loves you.

my one complaint is that it does feel like rose's awakening was slightly rushed

Was this a good book? Eh. The writing was middling, the lost love romance bland, the characters except for...oh god...what was the narrator's name again?...forgettable. The chapters took the reader through the premise of the story competently, but, look. I've read gay conversion camp parodies. I've seen <em>But I'm a Cheerleader</em>. And this was BLEEEEHHHHH.

Did I read til the end, though? You bet!

Chuck should stick with writing Tinglers, because they are DUMB and AWESOME. This will probably get read by those who follow the Tingle name. Beyond that, this is what we in the library world would call a "supplementary purchase for large horror collections."