Crater Lake

"Yes it does. Jennifer Killick started off writing funny books, and then she published Crater Lake , which has the combination of being funny and being a bit scary , which is really hard to do. It has that sci-fi element because … have you read it? Yes, Crater Lake does have freaky alien wasps and spores and mind control that turns people into bug-eyed zombies , but they’re not reanimated dead people. It’s probably more accurate to say it has an Invasion of the Body Snatchers vibe. It’s set in a residential camp and there are aliens and a huge hole in the ground and people are behaving in a strange way. Invasion of the Body Snatchers was a big inspiration for my book, The Invasion of Crooked Oak , and I enjoyed that element in Crater Lake . Jennifer Killick has been doing really well, mixing the scares and comedy. I have read the sequel, Crater Lake: Evolution , which is great, and I’ve also been reading the Dread Wood books which are tremendous fun – with a few scares to keep readers on their toes. I’ve just got the latest one, Flock Horror , and it’s on my table ready to read next."