A review by lighterthaneyre
Camp Daze by Katy L. Wood

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The characters are really compelling, and the tension of caring for children they are Suddenly forever responsible for is really well done. 
The emphasis of surviving including mental care, release of grief and staying mentally engaged was really nice.
It was nice to see a story like this that wasn't Mad Max. It's cautious people taking care of each other. Also, honestly nice that the ace character doesn't get a "someone loves them so much they outgrow their ace-ness" plot. The friendships and platonic bonds are treated as important, and no one makes a dig at being ace.

I will be excited to get the next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

The war is discussed in survival terms, in terms of radiation and evacuation routes. It's treated as a set up to the situation, and a thing to be anxious over at a distance. Depictions of war like violence are not shown. Surviving an attack is now shown. There is no physically violent, interpersonal conflict. Hunting is discussed at detail, and there are hunting scenes shown. There is discussion of intentional and unintentional animal death as a part of a survival situation. Discussions are not cruel, they are framed as practical