Scuttle

Creepy, gripping, and horrific! I am not a fan of spiders. You can’t trust something with that many legs (and eyes)! Scuttle begins with a teenage camping trip in the woods on Halloween, a cruel trick, and a dead body! It was instantly intriguing to me. What a great book to read during the dark fall months! This one will have the hair standing up on the back of your neck and feeling as if something is crawling over your skin! In Scuttle, Hudson, a teenager who finds himself transformed and has no idea why or what is happening to him…

This book played out like an eerie late night creature feature film that played on Saturday nights while I was growing up. It is dark, creepy, and horrific but also has heart. It touches on family, relationships, coming of age elements, secrets, and spiders.

There are some gory scenes so be warned. Despite the gory scenes, this book shines with the POV of Hudson and his father, Rex. Readers are privy to their feelings, thoughts, and motivations. Both have questions, both want the truth, and both want Hudson to be okay. I could feel Rex’s desire to protect his son paired with his anxiety and dread.

I enjoyed the sense of dread and danger in this book. As the book unfolds and Hudson and his father travel to the states to gather more information from Hudson’s mother, the book becomes even more tense as some revelations and truths are known.

Creepy, dark, horrific, and a wonderful fall read!

Thank you to HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.