Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: April 2023
Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It’s just how she’s wired – her worst-case scenarios never actually come true.
Until she arrives at an off-the-grid summer camp to find a blackened, burned husk instead of a lodge – and no survivors, except her and two other late arrivals: Reyva and Mariana.
When the three girls find a dead body in the woods, they realize none of this is an accident. Someone, something, is hunting them. Something that hides in the shadows. Something that refuses to let them leave.
I was hoping for a good start to 2026 in terms of reading But sadly, The Lake House did not deliver. The premise of the book was great. 3 teens dropped off at an off-grid summer camp. Each one hoping for a great summer and a new start. But they instead find a burned building and a dead body.
My main issue with the book was that it was boring. It was way too slow. UNtilt he end I never felt an urgency of danger. There was too much introspection from Claire that really added nothing to the story. I get it, she is super cautious and not brave. How do I know? Because she keeps telling me. Except when she, of course, proves that she can be super brave. I honestly got tired of being in her head.
I am going to get a bit spoilery, but one of the reveals was really dumb. They find out they are on an island after walking the shoreline for a day and ending back up in the same place. I was confused. I thought that was implied from the beginning of the book. If I knew, why didn't they? After that I kind of checked out of the story. The ending was fine. But nothing earth shattering.
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