chaptersofchase 's review for:

The Counselors by Jessica Goodman

3.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Thank you, Booksparks, for the gifted copy of The Counselors {partner} #src2022

Genre: Young Adult
Trope: Mystery
Format: 📖
Pub Date: 5.31.2022
Star Rating: ☆☆☆

“Eight magical weeks at Camp Alpine Lake. Nothing exists outside this place. Not even the past.”

Let me begin by saying that I do enjoy reading Young Adult titles. A few have been incredible and either kept me on the edge of my seat or moved me to tears. However, some YA titles do not work for me, and this was one of them.

Little things throughout the book irked me and made it hard for me to enjoy. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t raised this way, but I had a tough time picturing these kids (because that’s what they are) getting dressed up for a night out and walking into a bar to get openly drunk. Let alone a camp (run by adults), allowing their counselors to load up into a bus and allowing said bus driver to drop them off at a bar. Then there were chapters involving the MC walking into the county clerk’s office in the middle of the night, using an ID badge that she took of a dead guy. Is there no security in this place?

I will say that I did enjoy the short chapters and dual timelines — it kept me interested and telling myself ‘just one more chapter’ until I had finished the book.

✌🏼 Dual Timeline
🏕 Summer Camp
🤏🏼Short Chapters
🔍 Mysterious death

As always, this is just my opinion, and I know there are a lot of people who enjoyed this book. So, take my opinion with a grain of salt.

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