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This book was very different than what I expected it to be. I didn't read the synopsis of the book, so I guess my shock at the book's contents was partly my fault. I basically just looked at free Audible books with vampires in it and this one popped up, so I listened to it. I'd recommend reading this book as opposed to listening to it though because I didn't fancy the narrator's voice very much. He sort of sounded like an annoying elementary school teacher who tried to dramatically change his voice for each character.

Before I dive into the rest of my review, it's important that you know that there's lots of mentions of spiders in this book. Spiders are a huge plot point and they are described in detail, so if you are afraid of spiders, then maybe skip this book.

The characters in this book lack depth to me and I couldn't connect to them at all. They were all deeply flawed and none of them interested me. Had I been reading this in elementary school or middle school and I identified as more masculine, I might've loved the characters though as they all seemed to be traditional teenage boys.

The end of this book surprised me with how sad it was. Normally I don't feel sad in a book if I can't connect to the characters, but the author does a great job of pulling on your heartstrings and I felt genuinely heartbroken over some of the stuff in the book. It says a lot about a book if I feel actual emotions from reading it, so that's why my rating is at around 3 stars.

Warning: the rest of my review will contain mild spoilers.


There were two parts of the story that made me say "wtf." To start off with, it was mentioned that Darren had murdered his pet tarantula by vacuuming it up. That's so messed up... Second of all, Darren seemed way more concerned about not ending up in jail as opposed to being concerned about his friend that was about to die. And we're supposed to believe that Steve is the evil one??

One last thought about this book was that Darren being able to sense things, like the ticket, felt very stupid and cheesy. It pulled me somewhat out of the story and it really did not flow with the rest of the almost believable creepiness that the story held.