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Camp Hell
Kidnapped and forced into slavery, Amber wonders what other sinister secrets Brenton Camp holds. She is locked in a tin prison until it’s time to turn tricks, her innocence ultimately stolen by the Gypsy King. Two psychopathic brutes built their empire from the misery of others. Can Detective Crane silence his inner demons long enough to bring the brothers to justice? Camp Hell is an epicentre of brutality, organised crime, and exploitation. Will Amber ever escape the carnage?
131 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 27, 2020
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Cheryl Elaine
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Cheryl Elaine is a British Author, and resides in Yorkshire. Throughout her life she has been an avid reader and wrote many short stories, which lead her on a path to the world of publishing. She released her debut novel - No Ordinary Girl, followed by her latest release - Stitched.
I hope you enjoy my dark and disturbing crime books, and if you fancy reading something lighter, why not check out my fantasy novel – Dragged to the Depths.
You can find out more about me, at the following places
https://www.cherylelaine.co.uk/
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Cheryl Elaine is a British Author, and resides in Yorkshire. Throughout her life she has been an avid reader and wrote many short stories, which lead her on a path to the world of publishing. She released her debut novel - No Ordinary Girl, followed by her latest release - Stitched.
I hope you enjoy my dark and disturbing crime books, and if you fancy reading something lighter, why not check out my fantasy novel – Dragged to the Depths.
You can find out more about me, at the following places
https://www.cherylelaine.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/cherylelaine...
https://www.instagram.com/cherylelain...
https://twitter.com/CherylElaine15
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December 22, 2020
Well!, never was a title so truthful
This is Camp Hell and once you are a ‘resident’ here you are not leaving, alive
The story starts with the main character realising she has been brutally attacked and kidnapped and is being held in a prison cell....that is a caravan, we then learn she has been taken to join many others at a reclusive travellers site, hard to get in and even harder to get out, some have been there years, decades
What she witnesses there is abhorrent, blood curdlingly cruelty and pure evil and then when she finds out what is expected of her she realises just how her life is over.....until an ally, slowly at first, starts to show herself and maybe just maybe she can escape
There are murders, rape, abuse, bullying in every form, beatings and general nastiness from some truly horrible characters and it is an intense read, the story is told so well I felt it was a real account of what was happening and I was incensed and wanted to call the Police myself, it felt very real
It is a disturbing and dark look at Modern Slavery, something we are all aware happens but ( for me anyway ) thought little about, this book has changed that
Not a cosy read but a read you wont ever forget
10/10
5 Stars
This is Camp Hell and once you are a ‘resident’ here you are not leaving, alive
The story starts with the main character realising she has been brutally attacked and kidnapped and is being held in a prison cell....that is a caravan, we then learn she has been taken to join many others at a reclusive travellers site, hard to get in and even harder to get out, some have been there years, decades
What she witnesses there is abhorrent, blood curdlingly cruelty and pure evil and then when she finds out what is expected of her she realises just how her life is over.....until an ally, slowly at first, starts to show herself and maybe just maybe she can escape
There are murders, rape, abuse, bullying in every form, beatings and general nastiness from some truly horrible characters and it is an intense read, the story is told so well I felt it was a real account of what was happening and I was incensed and wanted to call the Police myself, it felt very real
It is a disturbing and dark look at Modern Slavery, something we are all aware happens but ( for me anyway ) thought little about, this book has changed that
Not a cosy read but a read you wont ever forget
10/10
5 Stars
October 16, 2020
This is a dark, hard hitting book.
Amber is dragged off the streets and thrown into a van and has no idea who has taken her or why.
Steve is a nasty piece of work and as head of the gypsies, what he says, goes. He’s used to dishing out brutal beatings to men and women and sees the people he’s kidnapped as his own personal workforce. Kept tied up and periodically beaten, Amber thinks it can’t get much worse.
She soon realises she’s wrong when she’s told to dress up and become a prostitute.
Detective Crane is looking for Amber, Jenny and Olivia but can he find out what has happened to all these people?
Amber dreams of escaping but can’t see a way out.
This is a fast paced read and a hard hitting story.
Even though the book was quite short I really connected with Amber and was desparate for her to escape.
A great read that I highly recommend.
Thanks to Cheryl Elaine for sending me a copy to read.
Amber is dragged off the streets and thrown into a van and has no idea who has taken her or why.
Steve is a nasty piece of work and as head of the gypsies, what he says, goes. He’s used to dishing out brutal beatings to men and women and sees the people he’s kidnapped as his own personal workforce. Kept tied up and periodically beaten, Amber thinks it can’t get much worse.
She soon realises she’s wrong when she’s told to dress up and become a prostitute.
Detective Crane is looking for Amber, Jenny and Olivia but can he find out what has happened to all these people?
Amber dreams of escaping but can’t see a way out.
This is a fast paced read and a hard hitting story.
Even though the book was quite short I really connected with Amber and was desparate for her to escape.
A great read that I highly recommend.
Thanks to Cheryl Elaine for sending me a copy to read.
September 28, 2020
Amber has fled social services due to being shipped around foster carers, she is sleeping rough on the streets. When she is dragged off the streets, she has no idea who has taken her or why.
Steve and Dave are brothers and are the head of a gypsy clan. They have their fingers in many pies; drugs, prostitution and slavery.
Detective Crane is looking for Amber and he starts hearing about others who have disappeared. Can he find out what has happened to all these people?
This is a gripping read and quite sad, in that even in this day and age, slavery still happens.
A fast paced and intense story. The author has written some great characters, people broken who find the spirit and resolution by digging down deep.
I highly recommend this book.
Steve and Dave are brothers and are the head of a gypsy clan. They have their fingers in many pies; drugs, prostitution and slavery.
Detective Crane is looking for Amber and he starts hearing about others who have disappeared. Can he find out what has happened to all these people?
This is a gripping read and quite sad, in that even in this day and age, slavery still happens.
A fast paced and intense story. The author has written some great characters, people broken who find the spirit and resolution by digging down deep.
I highly recommend this book.
October 12, 2020
If you like your books fast paced, brutal, gritty and raw, then without a doubt this is your sort of book.
This book sucked me in from the first chapter, and it just got more brutal, and more gritty the more I read on.
I felt I could empathise with the characters a lot and it was truly heartbreaking to read what they were going through.
I was genuinely disappointed that this book finished , I had completely lost myself in the book and was quite surprised to see I was at the end.
I had never heard of this author before, but was offered a copy of her book for an honest review. Without a shadow of a doubt, I will be purchasing her previous books and will be looking out for all her future releases too!
5/5 for me 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
This book sucked me in from the first chapter, and it just got more brutal, and more gritty the more I read on.
I felt I could empathise with the characters a lot and it was truly heartbreaking to read what they were going through.
I was genuinely disappointed that this book finished , I had completely lost myself in the book and was quite surprised to see I was at the end.
I had never heard of this author before, but was offered a copy of her book for an honest review. Without a shadow of a doubt, I will be purchasing her previous books and will be looking out for all her future releases too!
5/5 for me 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
September 27, 2020
Stephen Murphy is the Gypsy king ..- A title bestowed on him after the death of his father.Stephen and his brother David run the Brenton Travellers site , a place where there is a strict code of honour..those that go against the code have been known to vanish without trace . Amber is a young homeless girl living off the streets ..when she is chased and attacked one night and knocked out cold , she wakes to find herself locked up inside the camp..What she witnesses there and the things she has to endure will be forever engrained in her mind ..Detective Crane is a man with a tortured mind ..After an incident a while back it's something that he is trying to put behind him ..yet has never really faced full on .When he goes in search of Amber ...this will be the case that for him changes everything .....Amber meanwhile is taken to a different location..Willow Farm where she meets Ben a gentle man with learning difficulties..Its here where Amber sees that monsters really do walk amongst us ...On the eve of a celebration a darkness covers Willow Farm ...A darkness that is devastating...For with it there comes Evil ..that is Ice Cold ..Unrelenting...and Terrifying.....An Ice Cold Petrifying read ...in all its Darkness ...
September 27, 2020
Cracking story. It just takes off & has dark corners that make you jump. It’s dark & had me gripped start to end.
You’re heart will hurt, then it will get angry!
Excellent and a great addition to this authors books
You’re heart will hurt, then it will get angry!
Excellent and a great addition to this authors books
October 7, 2020
Great story. Some warped characters and really dark in places. Had me gripped from the beginning
June 24, 2021
An incredible tale of survival and redemption again all odds.
I’d heard that Camp Hell was quite a harrowing and traumatic read. After finishing the book, I realized these comments were correct, but Camp Hell is much more than a horror story depicting incarcerated moments of the victims. It’s a book that demonstrates even when freedom is given, memories hold them down, imprisoning them with an insidious pain that encircles their soul, trapping them as effectively as the physical chains or ropes that constrained their bodies. Only by those who have been abused taking total control of their future, can a true catharsis be achieved. Their need to determine exactly, the outcome of every action - borne out of being nothing but a puppet, controlled and used at the will of their abusers - is evident in the main protagonist Amber, and this desire burns through her. She finds her path back to being human again, after all she’s been through in one sudden, irrevocable moment of inhumanity - it’s perfect irony, and from this reviewer’s perspective, totally justified. And in this, as a reader, you see the powerful beauty of Ms Elaine’s formidable writing.
The characters in Camp Hell are a myriad bunch with the victims ranging from the homeless, disabled, illegal immigrants and the dispossessed of society. The abusers lead by Steve, the Gypsy King are nothing more than vile, evil creatures preying on the marginalised and weak. In between the two ‘camps’ fall those who have no choice, such as Steve’s daughter Lavinia, Darren, the corrupt council liaison officer and Crane, a police detective addicted to drugs and sadomasochism. They all do things blindly, following actions expected of them, and caught in a habitual downward spiral, without having the true strength of will to do right thing.
Each character reflects who they were before and what incarceration, depravity and torture has made them. These glimpses into the characters’ minds is deeply affecting and utterly sad. Remembering days in warm beds, with their loved one close by, and then waking up to a dark, dank and insect-invested stable, tugs at the readers heartstrings. An easy read this isn’t, but it is an extraordinary one. These scenes of past home life, freedom and comfort serve to illuminate the sheer brutality and wickedness of the Gypsy King and his band of depraved criminals.
There is sensitivity embedded within Ms Elaine’s writing, and although the scenes are savage and raw, they are not visceral nor graphic. Excellent description is there, but it’s not one that is garbed in sensationalised, graphic prose out to gratuitously shock. As a reader, you feel each character’s pain and suffering, as if you were that person - there is no voyeuristic inference making you the spectator of the heinous. The victims’ thoughts of finding escape and justice drives the book’s momentum, and avoids it descending down a road to complete darkness.
Perhaps, the aspect that makes the plot line of abduction so horrific, is that this happens in reality far more regularly than you’d imagine, and because the victims are the homeless and the dispossessed- those individuals who have fallen down the cracks in society - their terrible fates never hit the news. Left to be used and exploited by criminal gangs who seem to be immune from prosecution, their evasion from justice buoyed by corruption of those who should be protecting.
In Camp Hell, Crane is two steps away from being a broken shell of a man. Held together by his cocaine and masochistic addictions, he knows he’ll have to face his inner demons if he’s ever to gain back his reputation and respect from his peers. Most of the story is told through Amber Hart’s eyes, the homeless girl snatched from the streets to a life of forced sin and vice. You can feel her resilience; her unwavering quest for freedom and her despair at Lavonia’s recalcitrance to help or even try to change her life. As the reader heads towards Lavonia’s big wedding, it’s apparent she hates herself. Her life, although filled with luxurious clothes, jewellery and houses is still poison. Unable to escape but knowing she must, Lavonia’s fate is sealed.
Ms Elaine’s sociological perspective regarding the traveller community is accurate and incisive. Outsiders don’t want to know what goes on. ‘You stay out of my way, I’ll stay out of yours’ vibe that strums through the book unveils an uncomfortable acceptance, and under the mask of tradition horrors are propagated. Council liaison officer for the travelling community, Darren George has his palm well and truly greased by Steve, and thus, turns a blind eye to all the Gypsy King’s heinous catalog of crimes, and keeps the police at bay.
It’s clear from the narrative, the police don’t want to get involved in supposition on the part of Crane. A feeling of ‘don’t want to open that can of worms - it’ll lead to too much paperwork!’ Steve and his gang use this cognitive dissonance to run riot, engaging in serious and highly organised crime worthy of mafia mobsters.
There is a relentless feeling as you turn the pages of, ‘surely they’ll get their comeuppance’ this keeps you reading ever faster, almost holding your breath. When the end chapters do arrive, you can finally breathe out again. No spoilers, but the way the denouement is framed describes a balance of justice. A cathartic moment you know had to be. A beautifully-written tale of freedom and redemption through unimaginable subjugation - fabulous, recommended reading.
I’d heard that Camp Hell was quite a harrowing and traumatic read. After finishing the book, I realized these comments were correct, but Camp Hell is much more than a horror story depicting incarcerated moments of the victims. It’s a book that demonstrates even when freedom is given, memories hold them down, imprisoning them with an insidious pain that encircles their soul, trapping them as effectively as the physical chains or ropes that constrained their bodies. Only by those who have been abused taking total control of their future, can a true catharsis be achieved. Their need to determine exactly, the outcome of every action - borne out of being nothing but a puppet, controlled and used at the will of their abusers - is evident in the main protagonist Amber, and this desire burns through her. She finds her path back to being human again, after all she’s been through in one sudden, irrevocable moment of inhumanity - it’s perfect irony, and from this reviewer’s perspective, totally justified. And in this, as a reader, you see the powerful beauty of Ms Elaine’s formidable writing.
The characters in Camp Hell are a myriad bunch with the victims ranging from the homeless, disabled, illegal immigrants and the dispossessed of society. The abusers lead by Steve, the Gypsy King are nothing more than vile, evil creatures preying on the marginalised and weak. In between the two ‘camps’ fall those who have no choice, such as Steve’s daughter Lavinia, Darren, the corrupt council liaison officer and Crane, a police detective addicted to drugs and sadomasochism. They all do things blindly, following actions expected of them, and caught in a habitual downward spiral, without having the true strength of will to do right thing.
Each character reflects who they were before and what incarceration, depravity and torture has made them. These glimpses into the characters’ minds is deeply affecting and utterly sad. Remembering days in warm beds, with their loved one close by, and then waking up to a dark, dank and insect-invested stable, tugs at the readers heartstrings. An easy read this isn’t, but it is an extraordinary one. These scenes of past home life, freedom and comfort serve to illuminate the sheer brutality and wickedness of the Gypsy King and his band of depraved criminals.
There is sensitivity embedded within Ms Elaine’s writing, and although the scenes are savage and raw, they are not visceral nor graphic. Excellent description is there, but it’s not one that is garbed in sensationalised, graphic prose out to gratuitously shock. As a reader, you feel each character’s pain and suffering, as if you were that person - there is no voyeuristic inference making you the spectator of the heinous. The victims’ thoughts of finding escape and justice drives the book’s momentum, and avoids it descending down a road to complete darkness.
Perhaps, the aspect that makes the plot line of abduction so horrific, is that this happens in reality far more regularly than you’d imagine, and because the victims are the homeless and the dispossessed- those individuals who have fallen down the cracks in society - their terrible fates never hit the news. Left to be used and exploited by criminal gangs who seem to be immune from prosecution, their evasion from justice buoyed by corruption of those who should be protecting.
In Camp Hell, Crane is two steps away from being a broken shell of a man. Held together by his cocaine and masochistic addictions, he knows he’ll have to face his inner demons if he’s ever to gain back his reputation and respect from his peers. Most of the story is told through Amber Hart’s eyes, the homeless girl snatched from the streets to a life of forced sin and vice. You can feel her resilience; her unwavering quest for freedom and her despair at Lavonia’s recalcitrance to help or even try to change her life. As the reader heads towards Lavonia’s big wedding, it’s apparent she hates herself. Her life, although filled with luxurious clothes, jewellery and houses is still poison. Unable to escape but knowing she must, Lavonia’s fate is sealed.
Ms Elaine’s sociological perspective regarding the traveller community is accurate and incisive. Outsiders don’t want to know what goes on. ‘You stay out of my way, I’ll stay out of yours’ vibe that strums through the book unveils an uncomfortable acceptance, and under the mask of tradition horrors are propagated. Council liaison officer for the travelling community, Darren George has his palm well and truly greased by Steve, and thus, turns a blind eye to all the Gypsy King’s heinous catalog of crimes, and keeps the police at bay.
It’s clear from the narrative, the police don’t want to get involved in supposition on the part of Crane. A feeling of ‘don’t want to open that can of worms - it’ll lead to too much paperwork!’ Steve and his gang use this cognitive dissonance to run riot, engaging in serious and highly organised crime worthy of mafia mobsters.
There is a relentless feeling as you turn the pages of, ‘surely they’ll get their comeuppance’ this keeps you reading ever faster, almost holding your breath. When the end chapters do arrive, you can finally breathe out again. No spoilers, but the way the denouement is framed describes a balance of justice. A cathartic moment you know had to be. A beautifully-written tale of freedom and redemption through unimaginable subjugation - fabulous, recommended reading.
October 26, 2020
The great thing about this book is that it evokes emotion. It's an original, albeit harrowing book that lives with you as you read it.
We follow the nightmare that Amber endures. An innocence forced into an adult world against her will, run by a Gypsy King who cares for nobody but himself. This is a world that doesn't play by our rules, it's about status and power - anything for cash.
The only person in her corner is a bumbling, sloppy Detective. Will that be enough?
Cheryl doesn't pull back her punches, in fact hers are bare-knuckled, splitting skin and knocking out teeth. The details could turn your stomach, but that's exactly what the story calls for.
A wonderful literary offering once again. A sunny 5* read all the way!
We follow the nightmare that Amber endures. An innocence forced into an adult world against her will, run by a Gypsy King who cares for nobody but himself. This is a world that doesn't play by our rules, it's about status and power - anything for cash.
The only person in her corner is a bumbling, sloppy Detective. Will that be enough?
Cheryl doesn't pull back her punches, in fact hers are bare-knuckled, splitting skin and knocking out teeth. The details could turn your stomach, but that's exactly what the story calls for.
A wonderful literary offering once again. A sunny 5* read all the way!
October 11, 2020
The author of this book sent it to me to give an honest review.
From the start this book was fast paced and kept me interested throughout. If life didn’t interrupt I’d have read this in one sitting.
The things the characters had to endure at camp hell where awful and sadly this type of thing is happening in real life.
I really felt for amber and the rest of the girls with what they had to do each day at the hands of the gypsy king.
Poor Ben’s story was just heartbreaking, to think of what he went through.
Even tho these were just characters in a story I really wanted them to get justice and I felt their pain along the way.
I will look forward to reading more from this author.
From the start this book was fast paced and kept me interested throughout. If life didn’t interrupt I’d have read this in one sitting.
The things the characters had to endure at camp hell where awful and sadly this type of thing is happening in real life.
I really felt for amber and the rest of the girls with what they had to do each day at the hands of the gypsy king.
Poor Ben’s story was just heartbreaking, to think of what he went through.
Even tho these were just characters in a story I really wanted them to get justice and I felt their pain along the way.
I will look forward to reading more from this author.
October 30, 2020
Gripping
This book was the type of book to suck you in and keep you gripped from beginning to end , wanting to help the woman and wanting tiger justice for peop!e that can do that to another living being over the emotions along with the characters and silently pleading that the operation was discovered and stopped, respect to the cop going out in a last ditch attempt to do good.
This book was the type of book to suck you in and keep you gripped from beginning to end , wanting to help the woman and wanting tiger justice for peop!e that can do that to another living being over the emotions along with the characters and silently pleading that the operation was discovered and stopped, respect to the cop going out in a last ditch attempt to do good.
October 17, 2020
This is a different style of book for me - it is well written and gripping. The chapters are quite short but invite you to read ‘just one more’. Consequently, I raced through this book and I didn’t see the end coming.
October 15, 2020
Gripping, brutal and engaging. Great characters and very well written. Really enjoyed it
October 20, 2020
This is a new author for me so I wasn't sure what to expect. I certainly wasn't disappointed! A dark story which had me hooked from the start. Will be reading more of her books.
July 18, 2021
Gripping tale :) If you like a good mystery and have no triggers make sure to read this
February 12, 2024
A sad brutal story of kidnappings, enforced slavery, torture and young girls forced into sex by two brothers one known as the Gypsy King; who made a fortune off the back of these girls.
What is Camp Hell? What happens during a Romani wedding?
Can DI Crane help these girls and what is his personal life like?
Despite the topic this was a very well written story but can anyone finally get their revenge?
What is Camp Hell? What happens during a Romani wedding?
Can DI Crane help these girls and what is his personal life like?
Despite the topic this was a very well written story but can anyone finally get their revenge?
November 3, 2020
Loved 😍
Really enjoyed this book & thrillers aren’t usually my gig at all. Highly recommend and look forward to reading more by this author!
Really enjoyed this book & thrillers aren’t usually my gig at all. Highly recommend and look forward to reading more by this author!
February 21, 2024
The emotions this story brought up in me , well, frustrating, sad , angry , … written really well from the main character’s perspective. Totally immersed with this story.
Definitely recommend 🦋
Definitely recommend 🦋
October 14, 2021
Cheryl Elaine tackles some serious disturbing subject matter in Camp Hell, but wow what a read. It's barbaric brutality stirred an almost visceral reaction from me while I was reading this. I was drawn into the horror of the story, and while I had to know how it all played out, I almost didn't want to find out. I almost wanted to read it with my eyes shut, just like I watched scary television from behind a cushion as a child. How anyone can treat their fellow man with such complete disregard is beyond me, the dehumanising of those kept at Camp Hell was disgusting and but for the courage of one and the kindness of a stranger, the story may not have had the resolution it did.
I received this book as an ARC from the author, in return from posting an honest review
Merged review:
Cheryl Elaine tackles some serious disturbing subject matter in Camp Hell, but wow what a read. It's barbaric brutality stirred an almost visceral reaction from me while I was reading this. I was drawn into the horror of the story, and while I had to know how it all played out, I almost didn't want to find out. I almost wanted to read it with my eyes shut, just like I watched scary television from behind a cushion as a child. How anyone can treat their fellow man with such complete disregard is beyond me, the dehumanising of those kept at Camp Hell was disgusting and but for the courage of one and the kindness of a stranger, the story may not have had the resolution it did.
I received this book as an ARC from the author, in return from posting an honest review
I received this book as an ARC from the author, in return from posting an honest review
Merged review:
Cheryl Elaine tackles some serious disturbing subject matter in Camp Hell, but wow what a read. It's barbaric brutality stirred an almost visceral reaction from me while I was reading this. I was drawn into the horror of the story, and while I had to know how it all played out, I almost didn't want to find out. I almost wanted to read it with my eyes shut, just like I watched scary television from behind a cushion as a child. How anyone can treat their fellow man with such complete disregard is beyond me, the dehumanising of those kept at Camp Hell was disgusting and but for the courage of one and the kindness of a stranger, the story may not have had the resolution it did.
I received this book as an ARC from the author, in return from posting an honest review
October 6, 2020
Well I have read Cheryl's previous three books and I enjoyed them. So I was looking forward to reading this book. I was not disappointed! She has given the reader another cracking read.
Amber is a troubled teen who has fallen through the cracks in the welfare system, tired of being shunted from foster parent to foster parent she decides to run away. The trouble is she jumps from the frying pan into the fire. She is abducted by a gang of travellers who specialise in prostitution, drugs and slavery.
Add to this a tortured detective called Crane. A detective with a traumatic past which he self medicates with liberal quantities of cocaine, and also use of a dominatrix. We also have other characters like Jenny who at first seems hard hearted but we realise she is just doing what she needs to do to survive!
Chery pulls all these threads together with a fast paced story, quality writing and well rounded characters. If you want a quick, fast and exciting story that in places is gruesome then this could be the book for you. I recommend it to you.
Amber is a troubled teen who has fallen through the cracks in the welfare system, tired of being shunted from foster parent to foster parent she decides to run away. The trouble is she jumps from the frying pan into the fire. She is abducted by a gang of travellers who specialise in prostitution, drugs and slavery.
Add to this a tortured detective called Crane. A detective with a traumatic past which he self medicates with liberal quantities of cocaine, and also use of a dominatrix. We also have other characters like Jenny who at first seems hard hearted but we realise she is just doing what she needs to do to survive!
Chery pulls all these threads together with a fast paced story, quality writing and well rounded characters. If you want a quick, fast and exciting story that in places is gruesome then this could be the book for you. I recommend it to you.
November 7, 2020
This is the second book I've read from this author, so I kinda knew what to expect. The story largely centres on Amber, a young girl who is plucked from the streets, waking up in a freezing cold barn. As the pages turn, she is witness to and subjected to many foul deeds at the hands of the Gypsy King and his cohorts. And it's not just her, there are others, barely clinging to life, each of them riddled with pain and harrowing memories.
I really enjoyed the book. Yes, it's dark and gritty, but as the story unfolds, there is a common theme. Hope. The ending was a real eye-opener, which I will not divulge. Suffice to say, it was a fitting conclusion.
I will look for more titles from this talented author, who really knows how to plunge the reader into Hell.
I really enjoyed the book. Yes, it's dark and gritty, but as the story unfolds, there is a common theme. Hope. The ending was a real eye-opener, which I will not divulge. Suffice to say, it was a fitting conclusion.
I will look for more titles from this talented author, who really knows how to plunge the reader into Hell.
October 21, 2020
When Amber is enslaved by Gipsy King Steve, all her nightmares come at once. Deprived of food, sleep, basic comforts & humanity, things soon escalate into a living terror & Amber soon finds that she is just one cog in the wheel of a much larger & disgusting slave trade. This is an intense read, so realistic that it feels as though you’re peeking into someone’s diary. The scenes are harrowing, my skin prickled at the descriptions, this author brings to life each event with such clarity & insight that you can almost smell the fear leaping off the pages. I’m not easily spooked, but this book left me reeling. An easy five stars.
May 6, 2021
Excellent read.. seriously unputdownable!
Brilliantly written, fast paced and full of surprises along the way! First book I've read from this author and won't be the last. Meet the Gypsy King and his horrendous brother and follow Ambers' disturbing and dark journey through life in Camp Hell. I won't say much about the actual story as don't want to spoil the surprise... suffice to say once you start reading you won't want to put down.
Brilliantly written, fast paced and full of surprises along the way! First book I've read from this author and won't be the last. Meet the Gypsy King and his horrendous brother and follow Ambers' disturbing and dark journey through life in Camp Hell. I won't say much about the actual story as don't want to spoil the surprise... suffice to say once you start reading you won't want to put down.
October 13, 2020
I was excited by the premise and blurb on this book and it didn't disappoint. Dark, bleak and brutal - Camp Hell takes you on a wave of different emotions throughout the read.
My only criticisms would be that it felt rushed and a little disjointed at times - but that did not detract from my enjoyment of the novel. I'll definitely be reading more from this author.
My only criticisms would be that it felt rushed and a little disjointed at times - but that did not detract from my enjoyment of the novel. I'll definitely be reading more from this author.
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