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A review by quillnqueer
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.0
I'm not a fan of books that open on intense, bloody scenes as I've found they tend to quickly become boring, and that's what happened with this book. After surviving their sister's attack, Miles goes back to the camp that changed her, in the hopes to find answers about the mysterious Honeys, the group of girls Caroline was part of.
The day to day camp scenes were so, so boring. and unforunately, they're a solid 75% of the story. I loved that Miles is genderfluid and there was some exploration of this, though I did dislike that the entire camp seemed to solely use he/him pronouns. The almost-romance with Wyatt was welcome, but I think he was treated terribly throughout the story.
The ending was very odd, it felt like we had one almost ending, which was very visceral, very horrifying, but then we almost hit a lull before another, second ending happened and it did very much feel like this ending was added on to make some of story make more sense. I think You're Not Supposed To Die Tonight was a much better version of this story.
The day to day camp scenes were so, so boring. and unforunately, they're a solid 75% of the story. I loved that Miles is genderfluid and there was some exploration of this, though I did dislike that the entire camp seemed to solely use he/him pronouns. The almost-romance with Wyatt was welcome, but I think he was treated terribly throughout the story.
The ending was very odd, it felt like we had one almost ending, which was very visceral, very horrifying, but then we almost hit a lull before another, second ending happened and it did very much feel like this ending was added on to make some of story make more sense. I think You're Not Supposed To Die Tonight was a much better version of this story.