I  am extremely pleased with my first venture into the Tingleverse. Read this for my queer book club for October and it was quite a good fit. Those of us queer folk with a religious upbringing can easily relate to Rose, as she fights inner and literal demons to remember who she truly is and how she relates to her faith. I'm glad that Tingle managed to show this struggle from both sides of the spectrum

with Rose ultimately distancing herself from religion and Saul finding a way to make his faith his own. It just paints a more realistic picture since everyone's faith journey is different. I'm not particularly religious myself, but satisfied that Chuck tried to include varied experiences.

I have to say, there was a piece of me that was tickled by the idea of demons showing up whenever you have gay thoughts. It just seems so needlessly extra, but that's a lot of faith denominations for you. 

While I had a great time with this book, I will say that there were a couple of plots threads that seem a bit lose or fall off altogether. I was surprised that Isaiah completely disappeared from the story and Rose going into a straight relationship wasn't a big priority of her parents

you know, the ones that sent her to the camp in the first place.

I know once the plot kicks off it's pretty much go go go since that's how Rose's mind works, but there are some areas that could have used more development.

The camp itself is still very mysterious at the end. How did the camp get in league with demons? What really was the ritual of release that Rose found? Who is this Annie that Dr. Smith mentioned while losing his memories because worms? I don't know if Chuck is planning on revisiting Camp Damascus or intentionally left certain things vague, but a tiny smidgen more of answers would have been nice.

Also, loved the autism rep in this books. The stimming, the fixations, the processing of emotions, the feelings of relief when you're around people who understand and accept all the parts of you. The physicality and the sensory aspects of the book were done so well because of that awareness to surroundings and stimuli.