Dead Girls Walking

Dead Girls Walking

Sami Ellis

Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.5

A shocking, spine-chilling YA horror slasher about a girl searching for her dead mother’s body at the summer camp that was once her serial killer father’s home—perfect for fans of Friday the 13th and White Smoke Temple Baker knows that evil runs in her blood. Her father is the North Point Killer, an infamous serial killer known for how he marked each of his victims with a brand. He was convicted for murdering 20 people and was the talk of countless true crime blogs for years. Some say he was possessed by a demon. Some say that they never found all his victims. Some say that even though he’s now behind bars, people are still dying in the woods. Despite everything though, Temple never believed that her dad killed her mom. But when he confesses to that crime while on death row, she has no choice but to return to his old hunting grounds to try see if she can find a body and prove it. Turns out, the farm that was once her father’s hunting grounds and her home has been turned into an overnight camp for queer, horror-obsessed girls. So Temple poses as a camp counselor to go digging in the woods. While she’s not used to hanging out with girls her own age and feels ambivalent at best about these true crime enthusiasts, she tries her best to fit in and keep her true identity hidden. But when a girl turns up dead in the woods, she fears that one of her father’s “fans” might be mimicking his crimes. As Temple tries to uncover the truth and keep the campers safe, she comes to realize that there may be something stranger and more sinister at work—and that her father may not have been the only monster in these woods.


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    Mar 24, 2025
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    Mar 15, 2025
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    I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that i was so close to DNFing this book.. the first 50% is really difficult to get into and for me, really confusing where every single character was introduced at once. I started this as the e-book and finished it as the audiobook because I wasn’t wanting to read it due to the storyline feeling complicated and me having to reread bits over and over to fully comprehend what was going on.

    This sold me with the description (a summer camp slasher full of queer women of colour) and the second half was exactly what’s described, but the scene setting went on a little too long in my opinion. With a slasher, I prefer to get straight into the action. When you do get to it though, it was fast paced and kept me hooked.

    Temple was quite difficult for me to connect with for the majority of the book, but as her character grew I began to get less and less frustrated with her. A lot of the other campers and camp counsellors did blur into one unfortunately where they were introduced in such quick succession, but Cali and Yaya were a great addition at the end of the story (when they weren’t screaming, whining or throwing up).

    All in all this wasn’t the worst book I’ve ever read, but it wasn’t the best either… It does read like it would make a great TB show/film though so I will give it that.

    Thank you to NetGalley, Abrams Books and RB Media for the proofs in return for an honest review.

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