A review by beffynicole
What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Longer review to come but holy shit - this book was very good. I am not normally a horror/thriller fan and I should have known not to start this before bed, but at the same time I'm glad I did. There were only a couple of minor details & frustrations I had. Otherwise, all in all, a fantastic queer horror story about five teens sent to a wilderness survival therapy program.

I do hope there was some level of sensitivity readers for this topic, but as I am not a victim of a wilderness survival therapy program, I can't officially say if anything seemed in bad taste or not.

Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for an free digital copy in exchange for an honest review. 
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