Author: Josh Winning

Genre: Thriller/Horror

Publication Date: July 30, 2024 

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐💫  (3.5/5)

Heads Will Roll takes place at what is basically a summer camp for adults that focuses on unplugging from social media and the outside world (no phones allowed). Most of the people attending the camp have something they are running away from; some “thing” they have done in the real world that they need to escape. Willow, the main character, was a sitcom star who was canceled after she posted a tweet that was blasted as being anti-LGBTQ.

The fact that this camp is creepy is obvious from the start – there is no build up that slowly lets you know Camp Castaway is not all it seems. The characters are interesting, but none really stick out as being a person to root for to get their life together and do better when, or if, they leave. For me, the book read more like a thriller with a little gore thrown in towards the end than a horror novel. I found the double-twist ending a little lacking. Without saying too much, I thought one of the twists was good and unexpected, and the other just left me rolling my eyes because it was such a common horror movie trope.

Overall, Heads Will Roll is a good read and worth a shot if you are looking for a summer release that isn’t about romance or a tropical vacation.

Thank you to NetGalley, Josh Winning, and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam  for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.