Kill River & Kill River 2 by Cameron Roubique

𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 & 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 2

ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴏꜰ 1983, ᴛʜɪʀᴛᴇᴇɴ-ʏᴇᴀʀ-ᴏʟᴅ ᴄʏɴᴅɪ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ɴᴇᴡ-ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ, ꜱᴛᴀᴄʏ, ᴢᴀᴄᴋ, ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀᴀᴅ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱɴᴇᴀᴋ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄᴀᴍᴘ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ʙʏ ʀᴀꜰᴛɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴀʀʙʏ ʀɪᴠᴇʀꜱ. ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴛᴇɴꜱᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴇᴇɴᴀɢᴇʀꜱ ꜱᴛᴜᴍʙʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴍʏꜱᴛᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ.

ᴀᴛ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜʀɪʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ, ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴅɪꜱᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀꜱ. ꜱᴏᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴋ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇ ɪꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡꜱ, ᴘɪᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴏɴᴇ ʙʏ ᴏɴᴇ. ᴏɴᴄᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ꜰᴀʟʟꜱ, ᴄʏɴᴅɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴇꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴋ, ᴀ ᴍᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴɪᴀᴄ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ɴɪɢʜᴛᴍᴀʀᴇ.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars – for both

Cameron has done it! He is a new favourite author of mine.

I honestly had never read a 80’s slasher horror read before. To be honest I never even realised anything such as this existed within sub genres in horror. Until I took part in the BookTube’s: Bloody Beach Readatlong. Thank goodness for this readalong held by incredible BookTubers because I have now found one of my favourite type of reads within horror.

Kill River and Kill River 2 read exactly as 80’s slasher films. The first half is a slower paced read. Giving the perfect moment to introduce the characters, get a feel for their personalities and what they were all about. The plot was described in such perfect detail. I could really envision the scenes and where the characters where in each moment. It also gave me time to pick and choose my favourite characters and not so favourite.

I found myself even before the creepy moments started working around in my head who I thought was going to be killed first and potentially how they were going to die.

You know….just based on your typical slasher film rules. You know … those rules….If you don’t… than I don’t think you are a true slasher films lover!

Cameron’s description for both the characters and the settings were phenomenal and without being overly wordy. I felt as though I was seeing everything Cyndi and her friends where in the moment, right down to the beautifully landscaped water park decorated with the perfect wildflowers and other designs. Now this may become to hard for some to read when the murder scenes start. They did get extremely gruesome at times, so be sure you have a good strong stomach…. I can’t stress this enough.

These reads are not for everyone. But if you want to experience some of that 80’s slasher film nostalgic feels be sure to pick up both Kill River and its amazing sequel Kill River 2.

“𝕂𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℝ𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕, 𝕘𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ‘𝟠𝟘𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕘𝕚𝕒. 𝕊𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕛𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖, 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜!”

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gruesome Book Worm

-Nichole

Fat Camp by James Sabata

𝐅𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐖𝐚šíč𝐮, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭… … 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐞.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars

The slasher horror read with a deep underlining story.

Fat Camp was brilliant.

Phillip had lost so much in his close family life. Decides its time to do better by himself, runs off to camp Wasicu to lose weight. Only to lose much more than what he signed up for. Yet the strength that builds within Phillip is inspiring. He himself is a force to be reckoned with.

The slasher moments within Fat Camp were well done. They reminded me of a true slasher film. Quick, unexpected and shocking. Also not over the top, quiet realistic which only added to the chill factor.

I know the focus for most while reading this book is the murder scenes but I couldn’t help but get pulled right into the character growth as well. Existing relationships that flourished and new relationships launched. All while getting your quench of shocking, gory moments.

Moral of the story with Fat Camp. Don’t mess around with others, be careful how you wrong people. You never know who will decide to get an awful revenge!

Fat Camp was the perfect edition to my summer reads! Thank goodness my son was back from his summer camp long before I read this.

I would highly recommend this read. Sneak it in before our summer is completely gone.

“𝔽𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕞𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣, 𝔽𝕒𝕥 ℂ𝕒𝕞𝕡 𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣, 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕠𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕓 𝕠𝕗 𝕟𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕘𝕚𝕒 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕨 𝕦𝕡 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜.”

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gory Book Worm

-Nichole

Cold Storage by David Koepp

ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴘᴇɴᴛᴀɢᴏɴ ʙɪᴏᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ʀᴏʙᴇʀᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴀᴢ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴠᴇꜱᴛɪɢᴀᴛᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴜꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʙɪᴏᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ, ʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜰᴀʀ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴇ: ᴀ ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ᴍᴜᴛᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍ ᴄᴀᴘᴀʙʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴇxᴛɪɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ-ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜʀɪᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ꜱᴛᴏʀᴀɢᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ʙᴇɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ-ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ ʀᴇᴘᴏꜱɪᴛᴏʀʏ.

ɴᴏᴡ, ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴅᴇᴄᴀᴅᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴇꜱᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜰᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ꜱᴜʙ-ʙᴀꜱᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴍᴇɴ ʜᴀꜱ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪᴛꜱ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱ ᴏɴ ᴀ ʟᴇᴛʜᴀʟ ꜰᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ ꜰʀᴇɴᴢʏ. ᴏɴʟʏ ᴅɪᴀᴢ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ɪᴛ.

4 out of 5 stars

If you know anything about David Koepp or have read up on him. Koepp is an American screenwriter and director. Best known for his work on Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Panic Room and War of Worlds.

I could completely see Cold Storage being adapted into film. It absolutely read like a movie setting.

You start off with your flash back into 1987, where you are introduced to the organism and find out just how much destruction it can cause.

Flash forward into the modern day and in comes new characters that are completely in the dark and have no idea what exactly is in the sub-level of this building or the awful things that happened decades ago.

Until the story takes a harsh turn, bringing the experienced together with the inexperienced in a rush to save humanity.

The reason for me knocking 1 star from my rating was how slow the plot and character growth was, at least after the original impressive flash back in 1987. The next few chapters seem to drag on a bit. Also some content in my opinion felt like unneeded story filler. But I tell you, once you get through the slow gap in the first half of the book it really starts picking up.

Cold Storage becomes chilling. I felt I couldn’t put the book down until I knew exactly what happened and if the trio was successful.

The outcome was exactly what I was hoping for and that is not always the case when reading a book. This was very refreshing.

If you are a lover of scifi, horror, mystery, thriller. I think you will devour Cold Storage.

I would love to see Cold Storage on the big screen one day.

Thank you so much to HarperCollins Canada for sending this arc my way for review.

Publisher: Ecco

Release date: September 3, 2019

Only a couple weeks away! Mark your calendars. You don’t want to miss out on Cold Storage.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Terrifed Book Worm

-Nichole