A review by morganjanedavis
Offstage Offerings by Priya Sridhar
3.0
3.5
When Vivian gets offered a job as a counselor at a theatre Summer camp she views it as the perfect opportunity for a resume-builder as she works towards her undergrad in Performing Arts. All she has to do is help kids with the basics of acting and put on a few shows throughout a couple of months: what could go wrong?! Viv is making friends and all is well until counselors and kids start disappearing, random bursts of wind carry the stench of rotting meat throughout the building, and growling noises become hard to ignore. Can Vivian figure out what's happening to her students and staff members before it's too late?
I enjoyed this! Book 17 in the Rewind or Die series truly read like an old school Goosebumps novel. The gargoyles is really what made the book exude that energy imo, very much something silly turned ominous. While this was a fun read, I felt that the action was sparse throughout the middle of the book. The portions where the counselors were just goofing around and hanging out were drawn out and I would have loved to have read a little bit more of a build up besides just discussion about the events before the climax of the book was revealed. I thought the ending tied everything together well. I'd recommend this if you're in the mood for an old school middle grades type of spooker.
When Vivian gets offered a job as a counselor at a theatre Summer camp she views it as the perfect opportunity for a resume-builder as she works towards her undergrad in Performing Arts. All she has to do is help kids with the basics of acting and put on a few shows throughout a couple of months: what could go wrong?! Viv is making friends and all is well until counselors and kids start disappearing, random bursts of wind carry the stench of rotting meat throughout the building, and growling noises become hard to ignore. Can Vivian figure out what's happening to her students and staff members before it's too late?
I enjoyed this! Book 17 in the Rewind or Die series truly read like an old school Goosebumps novel. The gargoyles is really what made the book exude that energy imo, very much something silly turned ominous. While this was a fun read, I felt that the action was sparse throughout the middle of the book. The portions where the counselors were just goofing around and hanging out were drawn out and I would have loved to have read a little bit more of a build up besides just discussion about the events before the climax of the book was revealed. I thought the ending tied everything together well. I'd recommend this if you're in the mood for an old school middle grades type of spooker.