The Darkness Greeted Her

The cover, title, and premise of this novel had me incredibly intrigued. Even the first chapter I felt was set up so well to lead into a very tense, dark novel. Unfortunately this did not wind up delivering for me. A lot of the dialogue felt stale and the characters underdeveloped. I found myself wishing we spent less time on attempting to dive into each girl's individual story and more time immersed in the camp itself and the element that drew me to the story most, the Appalachian woods! There was too much telling and not enough showing. I do appreciate the author's care and attention to detail on how Harm OCD was depicted. Thank you NetGalley and SourceBooks for the ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.