Hide by Kiersten White
Come out, come out, wherever you are…
A week long hide and seek competition in an abandoned amusement park seems a bit strange but it’s easily overlooked when you consider the grand prize of $50,000.
Fourteen competitors are chosen and one in particular, Mack, is in it to win it. She’s an expert at hiding thanks to her haunting past.
There are few rules: You get a 30 minute window to hide at the start of each day, you must stay hidden from dawn until dusk – zero allowances (nope, no bathroom breaks), and 2 competitors will be eliminated each day.
Mack quickly realizes this competition isn’t a silly reality show contest but something much more sinister…
I don’t want to give anything else away! This book was just plain fun; it sounds odd to say considering the plot, but it made me nostalgic for the middle grade/YA horror stories I read as a kid from authors like R.L. Stine (same vibes). While this is geared toward adults, it’ll be a good fit in YA as well.
Creepy with a dark back story, Hide is definitely an entertaining contemporary horror story that I couldn’t put down!
Thanks to Del Rey and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review. Hide is scheduled for release on May 24, 2022.