Adam really isn't enjoying his camping trip with Sol and his family: what he thought was going to be a glamping weekend turned out to be a night or two in a dingy tent where he couldn't sleep. So Adam suggests walking to the nearby village which turns out to be no better as it's apparently deserted. But when he suggests a game of hide and seek to Sol, Adam gets far more than he bargained for.
Oh my goodness, this book is aptly named! There is something incredibly spooky about it that means fear and apprehension lurks at the turn of ever page.
With the book put together as the first case in Darkdive, a database for first hand accounts of unusual experiences, the book catalogues Adam's account of his game of hide and seek. I really don't want to give anything away so I'm not going to say too much more about the plot. What I will say though, is that I would hate to be in Adam's shoes; nothing seemed to make sense but everything felt so horriblly real and believable at the same time. I could feel my heart-rate rising just reading the book and the element of the unknown really does build the tension.
I love Christopher's books for the elements of science and the way he can twist plots to really make readers question their opinions and their understanding of what's happening, and Fear Files absolutely does this again. I finished the book just before lunch and I was still lost in Adam's world hours later, mulling over the events and trying to come up with an answer to what actually happened!
Publishing 25th September, Fear Files: Hide and Seek will certainly grip you and will absolutely make you think differently about a game you no doubt played countless times as a child. Perfect for fans of Dan Smith and Jennifer Killick, I'm already excited for the next book in the series.
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