MINI REVIEW: THE BOY IN THE WOODS by Scott Thomas

"Eddie Reicher was a freak. They all said it, and so that's what he believed."

Scott Thomas has done it again with this gripping horror about a night at camp gone terribly, terribly wrong. Young Eddie-Dog Face-Reicher is bummed about staying at Camp Cottonwood one more night, wishing his parents could’ve picked him up on schedule like the other kids’ parents. But maybe it won’t be so bad! After all, he’s not alone. The cool camp counselors are also staying behind as well as June, the one person who never treated Eddie like “The Freak” everyone else thought he was. But when night falls and an unknown evil starts making its way through camp, Eddie wishes more than anything to go home.

I read THE BOY IN THE WOODS easily in a day! In only 142 pages, the story had such a strong, steady build up to the terror awaiting somewhere in the woods. What I absolutely loved about it, was the fact that I had no idea what was in store for Camp Cottonwood and those left behind! I found myself anxiously asking questions and taking guesses as to what it was I needed to be afraid of. Plus it’s gory, it’s creepy, and I will be shocked if this story doesn’t make you itchy.

THE BOY IN THE WOODS is the perfect, quick read to make your skin crawl and it’s available on the inkshares website!

(Special thanks to Inkshares, Night Worms, and author Scott Thomas for this surprise digital copy for review!)

(5/5⭐)


                                                                                     xo Nina