Another effervescent teenage tale of summer camp from the
author of Camp Boyfriend. I admit to having had
reservations about the title CAMP PAYBACK - revenge isn't
something we associate with a supervised summer camp. In
the previous book a young lady agonised between the
boyfriend at home and the one she only met at camps. I
felt that focus on having to commit to a serious
relationship at such an early age was misplaced.
Alex is a girl who is not allowed to be a carefree
youngster at home. Her parents are determined to win a
place on a talk show with their popular blog
called 'Wholesome Home' and her father rules the family
with an iron rod. Her mother tries to keep the peace but
won't stand up to the man, while her brother Andrew tries
to be well behaved because it gets him into less trouble.
Small wonder that Alex feels frustrated when nothing she
does is ever good enough. When she gets to summer camp,
she intends to break loose and have fun, as payback.
The counsellors will confiscate all electronic gadgets, but
the boys are already sending jeering texts. They belittle
Alex because last year she insisted on staying a virgin.
Seriously? Who needs that kind of pressure at fifteen?
What kind of pathetic immature idiots are these boys? That
was my thought, and Alex echoes it. She promptly marches
up to a handsome new boy and kisses him, giving the idiots
something to look at as payback for their insults. She
doesn't even know his name.
Javier didn't realise that he was supposed to play along.
The problem is, Javier's a junior counsellor. He's
seventeen and from a troubled background, and this is his
chance to straighten out and earn some money. He'll be
fired if he's caught getting close with camp girls. As the
days pass he reluctantly starts getting to like the
excitable Alex, but any day now a reality show crew is
going to show up and follow her, not that she knows it!
So you get the picture, J.K. Rock has mixed up similar
spicy ingredients which will appeal mostly to teenaged
girls, though boys could learn a lot from it and find it
fun too. With a play called West Side Scary to rehearse,
and good campfire cooking, it's not exactly home. CAMP
PAYBACK will keep YA readers entertained.
Alex has big plans for camp this year, starting with making
it the best summer ever. Having fun and breaking some rules
will get her the payback she wants against her parents and
her ex-boyfriend. Because of his disgusting texts, she's
headed to a super strict all-girls school in the fall. Then
she meets Javier and revenge doesn't seem nearly as
important as getting to know the troubled loner determined
to keep a low profile at camp.
But Alex's trouble-magnet
personality and Javier's need to stay in the background
don't mix nearly as well as their irresistible chemistry.
With her home life eroding under her feet and her last year
of summer camp speeding to a close, Alex wants to make her
mark on the world and squeeze every bit of fun out of her
time with Javier. Too bad her old plans for revenge turn
back on her just in time to ruin everything. Will she lose
Javier too?
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