A quick and creepy read with summer camp vibes.

Welcome to Camp Killer, an American-style camp on the grounds of an English Estate, with a dark legend of the campgrounds. When tragic accidents start happening around camp, and people keep seeing ghostly sightings, the question rises everything is connected to what happened all those years ago.

It’s an easy, quick and interesting read, and only close to end I understood what was going on and who was behind it. There’s a great built-up of suspense and everyone is a suspect, as the author gives suspicious reactions and not-so-solid alibis to all the characters. It kept me guessing. That final plot twist was the cherry on top of the cake.

My only two critics are the very stereotypical “villain discourse,” where the villain just goes on and on about their plan and why they did it. Their motive didn’t convince me either, it seemed kind of weak to start killing people on camp. The other, is the lack of descriptions. I usually don’t like a lot of descriptions, but I would have liked to know what each character looked like, and more details on the camp location too.

Still, a fun read!

Very entertaining and exciting! Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!
I recommend it to all YA fans! I kept guessing till the very end!

I've recently been binging the original run of Are You Afraid of the Dark and that's all I could picture while reading Welcome to Camp Killer. It was just like watching an episode with all of it's spooky eerie vibes. I definitely recommend giving it a try.

Thank you to Barrington Stoke and Netgalley for providing me with a review copy.

Even though this was only 121 pages, it literally had me tense and creeped out throughout. For a YA, this is freaky. I loved it, defo one to put on your Halloween reading tbr.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. I love scary camp novels so this was right up my alley. Welcome to Camp Killer follows a group of teenage camp leaders as they are haunted by what seems to be the ghost of the old house that is now Camp Miller. When mysterious incidents begin to occur and things become serious, they all question the old myth and each other.

A quick, easy read that was a fun spooky summer story. As an adult I found it to be lacking in depth and detail..

Welcome to Camp Miller would be an excellent read for a reluctant reader.

I found this to be a fun and quick read. I liked the pacing and tone of the action, and it kept me hooked throughout. I thought all the characters were done well and felt believable for the setting and scenario. I liked how this felt like age appropriate for the the horror and gore, and all of it was close enough to spooky without being too much for a younger audience.

I enjoyed this and it was a very fast paced book and had me guessing until the end, my only irk is how short it is. I know it's a novella but i would of liked to see more and maybe some character development as i felt i couldn't connect to the characters very much.
3.5

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a digital copy of Camp Killer. All thoughts are my own.

I enjoyed this YA horror/thriller romp, it was very much reminiscent of the Goosebumps franchise and very much took me back. I however felt there could be more action and a bit more character development. I know that it's a novella so the author is limited in how much time they can dedicate to these things but I didn't connect to the storyline in the way I should.

Great short story with an awesome plot twist. I definitely was left wanting more. It was great for a YA. The characters weren’t too interesting but I guess that makes sense as a short story.

This is a good and shocking ya horror. Holly and seven other teens are spending their summer helping to run a new camp for eleven year olds as camp counsellors. But on their first night before the kids arrive they hear a scary story about the former residents of an old house nearby, and soon strange things start happening in the camp leading everyone to wonder if they’re being haunted.

This is an interesting horror story that was a little different than I expected. At the start we’re introduced to the teens who are working as camp counsellors, with the story following Holly in particular. As the teens settle into their cabins for the night something creepy soon happens that sets everyone on edge. As the story continues and the kids begin their first day of camp, other dark things happen at the camp. It’s soon clear that someone or something is after the camp counsellors and the teens lives are in terrible danger. I don’t want to give away what happens but this was an interesting mix of first a spooky and later a slasher horror. I wasn’t quite sure I would enjoy the story at first. Although the writing is good I just didn’t feel that invested in the story at the start. However, as things get more and more eerie and something shocking happens to one of the teens the story becomes much more exciting and I soon couldn’t put it down!

There are some very dark and creepy moments in the book, some gruesome moments as well as some deaths and blood. There is a brilliant twist to the story near the end too. I thought I knew what was going to happen but I’m pleasantly surprised with how I couldn’t at all guess what happened and I like that final twist on the very last page. This book is specially made for dyslexics and reluctant readers so it’s not very long at around 128 pages. The physical version would also come with separated paragraphs, a special dyslexia-friendly font and creamy coloured thicker pages making it easier to read and look at. There is an image of a flower at the start of each chapter and some author’s notes at the end giving a very brief insight into what helped inspire the setting of the story.

Overall this is a good horror story and perfect for those who enjoy slasher type horror especially. There are some gruesome twists though, some good and some just a little too much for me – the tumble dryer bit just…!😱

This was a really fun read but I think I skewed ever so slightly too old for it! That being said I definitely think it’d be a great read for someone in their early teens.

The book was much shorter than I’d anticipated so I didn’t get as much time to dive into the characters and story as much as I’d have liked.

Despite the short length, Murphy kept me engaged right from the start - it was definitely an easy read from front to back and I had a lot of fun learning the backstory and doing a bit of guessing around what was going to happen.

This was a fun and fast paced read + the title and the cover got my attention immediately.

I don't read YA (or I haven't for 20 years now) but still enjoyed this.
(I feel like this is the sort of thing I would have loved as a child.

Overall I enjoyed this short read, it was a cool setting at a summer camp and had an intriguing mystery set up.

I will admit I had a hard time thinking of what the characters would look like, unsure if it was due to lack of description or just the fact it was fast paced/ a short story.

A fast paced, fun and thrilling read for lovers of teen slashers.

Initially I didn’t know that this was a novella so was a little surprised to find myself absolutely whizzing through it, but it really suited the length and I couldn’t put it down. This is a book that I can honestly say I devoured in one sitting. Usually I find it a little challenging to keep up with a bigger cast of characters, but with this I was given just the right amount of information for each person to be able to follow along pretty easily. So that was really delightful as when I was initially introduced to all the characters I was like “oh my goodness this is going to be a disaster in my brain” but it wasn’t at all, so that was awesome. I somewhat wish there was a little more to the ending but I also think it did work very well for the pace and length of the book. It’s kind of giving a Scooby Doo episode but with higher stakes and I can definitely get behind that. The ending did surprise me, and to be honest was not what I was expecting. I don’t know if I didn’t pick up on any clues or if it was just a surprise but I would like another lil reread to see if there’s anything I pick up on that I missed the first time around. Anyway, this was a super fun book perfect for spooky season!

thank you to netgalley for this arc!

this was a fun short story! it was spooky, and had the vibes of a campfire story. it seems like it would be an easy read for younger readers or those who struggle with reading!

my only problem with it is that it felt rushed a lot. i wish we could’ve found out more about the characters, and the ending wasn’t as good as i hoped.

however, i still recommend this to ya readers!

Welcome to Camp Fear is a great read for younger readers, it reminds me of the Point Horror series I used to read when I was a young teen. It was full of action and mystery and I really enjoyed it.

Thank you to NetGalley and Barrington Stoke for my ARC.

3.5/5
Disclaimer: netgalley gifted me an advanced readers copy of this book and in exchange I'm leaving an honest review. All opinions are my own.
If you like Friday the 13th and you're looking for something similar, but more like YA, you may enjoy this. It was cute. Short, at 128 pages. So it's more like a novella I guess?
This was a fun read and perfect for the start of spooky season.

This book was a fantastic young adult horror/ slasher book. I feel it is aimed and would appeal to similar age range as the Goosebumps series has.

It was fast paced, the characters were well established for the length of the book.

There were a few surprises and did find myself wondering who was responsible for the events that unfold in the book.

It left on a cliffhanger which I love and worked so well for this story.

Well I won’t be signing up to be a camp counsellor after this tense and scary read! All the Friday 13th vibes but for middle grade… I can already think of a few people to recommend it to! Some bits were more suspenseful than an adult horror film and liked the added supernatural element.

A cute fun quick horror story that would be fun to read at a summer camp. Emphasis on a short story

This was a short and fun slasher perfect for summer.

We are in Camp Miller. Chad, the owner, has years of experience in summer camps in the US and decides to bring that same concept to the UK.

With a new camp, 8 counselors and 32 kids, the camp is ready to open its doors.

On the first night, the counselors tell each other ghost stories by the firepit. One of those stories is related to the history of this very same camp.

Pranks turn deadly and someone or something is out to kill them all.

I had a lot of fun with this novella and it includes many of the horror tropes we all love but done right.

Of course I wish it would have been longer because we did not get the chance to see much character development and the ending/reveal did feel a bit abrupt and rushed.

But I love Cynthia’s writing and this was a quick fun read I would definitely recommend to fans of slashers.