e-ALC, 11:02:08
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
Release Date: June 9, 2026
Published by: Books on Tape
Read from: June 7-8, 2026
Stand-alone
Source: PRH Audio App (I received this e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Death of a Parent, Death, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Grief, Cursing, Gun Violence, Infidelity
For Readers of: Adult, Audio, Multiple POV, Realistic Fiction, Thrillers. MysteryIn this addictive dual-timeline debut novel, a woman confronts her past at the remote Southern summer camp where the tragic death of her fellow counselor may not have been an accident after all.
Five years ago, Greer left her family’s summer camp in the mountains of Georgia and vowed she’d never return. An idyllic season had turned into a nightmare after a mysterious Phantom began stalking the camp—and ended with Greer’s friend and fellow counselor dead. Losing Steph shattered everything, and Greer’s been fleeing from the grief ever since.
But then Greer’s mother dies, and Greer finds herself back at Dread’s Cove, surrounded by the people she was closest to that intense summer. Two ex-boyfriends—one a childhood sweetheart, the other the guy she’s never gotten over—and old friends. Including Margo, Steph’s best friend.
Greer and Margo didn’t leave things on the best of terms. But now, Margo needs her. Margo never believed that Steph’s death in that horrific fire was an accident—and she’s on the trail of an explosive secret Steph took to her grave.
Greer has to make a choice: keep the Cove’s secrets and her own, or finally face the truth about that summer.
*MY THOUGHTS*
Listen the entire time I was reading this I kept asking where tf is this going? And trust me, you will never figure it out lol I did, but the motive was 1,000% wrong. That’s just how crazy this whole thing was.
Starting with the characters, one of them was a bitch LOL I kept asking myself, “Why are y’all friends with her?!” There were SO MANY TIMES I got mad at them because just leave that girl alone. I knew she was terrible. But then come to find out, none of them, including the other characters were trustworthy. Like at all. When I tell you every single character in this is unhinged. They are LOL
The mystery itself was good. It had so many layers. I was only able to guess one part of it because there were only so many red herrings. But I can say this, when the puzzle pieces start clicking and start to come together, they will CLICK and you will say OH MY GAWD! I think I said out loud yikes lol
This had so much going on. I want to say more, but there’s spoilers. There’s so much happening in this, I promise you think you know, but you really have no idea. And it’s set at one of my favorite settings, a summer camp. I promise, you’ll be binge reading this like I did trying to figure it out!
Overall, I give this
