What I didn’t love about this novel was how the omniscient POV was handled. I LOVE the premise of this novel: 14 contestants play hide and seek for a week in an abandoned amusement park and the winner gets $50,000 (now I don’t know why the characters in the novel thought you could change your life with that amount because for some that was the amount of money they owed in student debt, I personally would’ve liked to have seen higher prize money in order to understand why many people stuck it out as long as they did, even after things started to get weird). Then when I began reading it I realized that I’ve read this author before, she has written The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, and although I loved the premise of that novel, I ultimately didn’t enjoy the journey. This is what made me hit request super fast. I think there’s something really creepy about a place that used to bring so much joy, and now evokes only dread (at least I think it does). I want to premise this with the fact that I have a certain fascination for abandoned amusement parks. It’s the reason she’s alive and her family isn’t.īut as the people around her begin disappearing one by one, Mack realizes that this competition is even more sinister than she imagined, and that together might be the only way to survive.įourteen competitors. All she has to do is hide, and she’s an expert at that.

The prize: enough money to change everything.Įven though everyone is desperate to win-to seize a dream future or escape a haunting past-Mack is sure she can beat her competitors. The challenge: Spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don’t get caught.

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