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Dead Girls Walking: A Novel
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Sami Ellis’s Dead Girls Walking is 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.
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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Dead Girls Walking: A Novel
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Original price was: $17.99.$7.38Current price is: $7.38.
Terri –
Temple Baker’s Troubling Legacy
The main character, Temple Baker, is the daughter of the notorious North Point Killer. Told from a third person perspective, the reader sees how she is at odds with her dark family history. Her father, a convicted serial killer, left a haunting legacy by branding his victims. Despite rumors and suspicions surrounding his crimes, Temple always believed in her father’s innocence regarding her mother’s murder. He would never do such a thing, even if he killed so many others. However, his shocking confession from death row forces Temple to confront the past and search for evidence to prove her belief that her father never would have killed her mother.
A Twisted Scenario
Temple returns to her father’s former hunting grounds, now a camp for black LGBTQ girls who love horror. As a camp counselor, Temple infiltrates the camp and navigates unfamiliar social dynamics all while maintaining her hidden agenda: find the truth about her mother and father. Amidst the camp’s eerie atmosphere, a sense of foreboding grows as a mysterious death raises chilling possibilities.
Unraveling Dark Secrets
As Temple delves deeper into the camp’s secrets, a sinister pattern emerges. Fearing a disturbing connection to her father’s crimes, she races against time to protect the campers and uncover the truth. The unsettling realization dawns on Temple that the shadows lurking in the woods hold more than just her father’s legacy, hinting at a malevolent force beyond her worst nightmares. Something is going on in the woods, and it may hint to her father’s confession falling with an inaccurate murder count…
Confronting Monstrous Truths
In her quest for justice and safety, Temple confronts the haunting reality that evil may have deeper roots than she ever imagined. There’s more to the murders than a possible mock serial killer. With her resolve tested and danger closing in, Temple faces a harrowing journey to unravel the mysteries shrouding her family’s dark past and the sinister forces at play in the haunted woods.
Final Thoughts
This novel has all the right thrills and chills with the narrative offering elements of mystery, suspense, and horror throughout. Temple’s troubled family past goes even farther back than she can imagine, but one is not the deeds of their families’ past. While friendship does play a part in this novel, it really revolves around Temple’s quest to prove that her father would never kill her mother.
The old farm-turned-camp offers many dark secrets, and the longer Temple remains in the guise of a counselor, the more at risk she is of being discovered as a serial killer’s daughter, and the lives of the girls at camp become further and further endangered. It will take the power of confronting the truths that a person never wants to face to come away from what was uncovered…hopefully alive. 😬
I really enjoyed the narrator for the audiobook. She really made the book feel the way it should: black girls-only LGBTQ camp for horror lovers waiting like a cabin in the woods… This novel is certainly a thrill that any young adult horror lover will devour.
A_Mac –
Temple’s dad is a serial killer, and though he admitted to killing her mom, Temple can’t bring herself to believe him. Deciding to find answers, she returns to the abandoned family farm that has since been turned into an overnight camp for queer, horror-obsessed girls. Temple doesn’t like anyone, so signing up as a counselor might have been a bad idea, but it was the only way she could think of to gain access. But when some strange things begin occurring at the camp, Temple realizes she may have just bitten off more than she can chew.
The book is written in an interesting way, with voices and sounds interspersed throughout the narrative that highlight everything constantly running through Temple’s mind and odd things that she hears. Temple is an angry protagonist, so angry that I did find it off putting and her inner dialogue became quite repetitive. It made it difficult to connect with her as a protagonist. The secondary characters were all quite difficult to tell apart as well as there was almost no development given to them.
The setting was well written and brought to life through detailed descriptions. It helped to add to the atmosphere of the read. There are also multimedia elements to this book, including an excerpt from an interview and posts to forums, that are scattered between some chapters.
This book got weird, especially in the last portion. There was a lot going on, and it didn’t take the direction I thought it was going to based on the blurb. Instead, it was more supernatural/magical realism that became pretty odd. I had a difficult time being drawn in by the things going on, which made the resolution a little less punchy than I wanted it to be.
If you’re looking for a YA supernatural horror with great representation that explores multigenerational trauma and has an angry protagonist, you’ll likely enjoy this one. My thanks to NetGalley and Amulet Books for allowing me to read this work. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.
Rachel Shaw –
I was promised gore and mayhem, and Dead Girls Walking absolutely delivered. The slasher horror vibes were consistent throughout. The story moved fast from one catastrophe to another.
I felt that the breakneck pace left very little room for character or relationship development in the first half. There was some enjoyable progress in those areas in the second half, but it was just too little too late for my reading preferences.
If you are searching for a fast-moving gore soaked thriller, but don’t need relational depth, this is a fabulous choice!
Plot – 3
Writing and Editing – 4
Character Development – 2
Personal Bias – 2
Final Score – 2.75
Thank you Sami Ellis, Amulet Books, and NetGalley for my advanced review copy. My opinions are my own.
Katy –
Temple’s dad is a serial killer. She knows this. He’s on death row because of it. What she doesn’t know is what happened to her mother. So she returns to her old home—now turned into a camp—as a camp counselor. She has one goal: find her mom’s body. The only problem? People are popping up dead and Temple has no idea why.
This was an engrossing horror story with a ton of gore and plenty of twists. My only complaint is that it was maybe too twisty? I think it could have been a smidge shorter and a little less complicated. Regardless, I think fans of the genre will enjoy watching this tale unfold.
Katherine Townson –
I’m not much of a horror movie fan, to be honest, but the whole “her dad is a serial killer” angle had me hooked from the start, and I love Temple. She’s angry and standoffish and just so real—and she’s also hilarious. I ended up not only rooting for her, but for her newfound friends (made against her will lmao). It’s the perfect book for horror fans and horror weenies like me (the creeping dread and campy slasher moments are offset by the humor, and by the central mystery that’ll keep you reading all night.)
10/5 stars, this author is an instabuy for me now!