The Lake

To me the book was a tad slow and drawn out toward the end. HOWEVER, this book was definitely an eerie read that left me on edge. When I got to chapter 27, I found it so scary and omg dolls???
This book is very good if you're a reader who enjoys spooky books in a forest. However, If you don't enjoy cliffhangers, you may want to skip this read as I threw the book when I finished it. (But for real it really is a good book)

Happy reading :)) <3

"𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨?" 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕜𝕖 - Nᴀᴛᴀsʜᴀ Pᴿᴇsᴛᴏɴ ⭐ ( 3.5 / 10 ) That quote sums up a few of the books I've been reading lately. 🙄 Two. Two books. This one and ACOTR but hmmm neither here nor there. Anyway, so first. Let me say The Cellar was great by Natasha Preston so I know she can do good books. This one right here. Disliked it so much I almost stopped and tossed it. I didn't. It pains me to not finish a book. So when you see I did not. It's on a level. Anyway! I gave up the two stars because I did run around on guesses of whodunnit becausd it couldnt possibly be THAT obvious... I was wrong, it was. Anyway i still guessed to entertain myself. The main characters Esme & Kayla I just didn't care for them at all. Esme was too paranoid and scary about everything, and Kayla was too much of an asshole to her so called best friend. Honestly, I just didnt care enough about either of them to be the leads in this but here they were. The actual person I cared most for was briefly touched on in passing throughout the book and then full introduced toward the end. Gimme a book on them and I may consider reading it... But again like I said. Did not care for anything really in this book. Good premise and idea. Terrible follow through, like M. Night Shyamalan. It was what it was, but Ms. Preston is on punishment for a minute. 𝔹𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕕 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝘑𝘢𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘖𝘶𝘵

I try not to be overly harsh as a rule, but I genuinely cannot understand how this was published. The writing is so corny, the pacing was boring, the *twist* was downright absurd.

Nope, not for me. The characters were flat, the ending was so rushed, and the miscommunication trope drives me crazy

This was my first thriller, and I have to say it's not my favorite genre. I agree it was a slow start for me to get into, but once I finally got immersed in the reading, it grew on me. You can tell it is YA. Most things were predictable. Wish the ending was a bit better.