Lost Girls of Hollow Lake by Rebekah Faubion
Published by Delacorte Press on January 27, 2026
ISBN: 059390043X
Genres: Psychological thriller
Format: Young Adult
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When five of the eight high schoolers who went missing on a camping field trip make it home shaken but safe, their return is surrounded by rumors and a suspicion that they all had something to do with the three who remain unfound. When one of the missing girls shows up dead in a lake, the suspicion heightens, and soon the teens are not only trying to maintain their innocence, they’re also avoiding a killer who seems determined to finish them off. Throw in a malevolent spirit connected to the island they disappeared on and a couple of vloggers who are constantly following them, and the healing process gets even more complicated.

Main character Evie is tough and guarded, though she completely melts around her dog, Tiger. Through the trauma of being stalked and accused, Evie rekindles a relationship with Sunny, another survivor she has pushed away since returning,  and the romance helps to offset an otherwise very dark story.

Give this YA thriller to fans of the Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer franchises, anyone waiting for the final season of Yellowjackets, or anybody who would simply like to enjoy some heavy 90s-slasher style gore.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath