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Too Scared to Sleep

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This book is a YA compilation of short stories & single page bits of various fairly light horror stories. It is fairly short and fabulous for reading in one sitting or for grabbing for a quick little story anytime. I was pleasantly surprised at the variety of different types of stories (without spoilers: stories ranging from gurgling garbage disposals to hellish entities and hell itself.)

Each story is followed by a scannable QR code that shows you the story play out in a short clip, and that alone makes this book AWESOME. I loved them! Such a unique addition that blends visual art with storytelling!

As for the writing itself, the author writes wonderfully. Every line is well thought out and immersive. He writes in great detail and has some very unique plots, I would love to read some adult horror by him, this level of eeriness in a YA book gives me great hope for what he could bring to adult horror!

I didn't have a particularly favorite story, but the ones that stuck with me the most after reading were probably "Are You Ready" and "Finder's Keepers." I enjoyed every story and plan to grab this book up in physical format to add to my bookshelf, I liked it that much! Definitely recommend if you enjoy horror, it's the perfect intro before you dive head first into full on adult horror!

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3.5⭐️

This is a book a short horror stories. Ranging from fleshing eating garbage disposals to mind sucking phones. This is a great start to horror if you’re just dipping your toes into the genre. Horror is on my top of my favorite genres.

There were some stories that really either gave me the creeps or grossed me out like horror stories should. Then there were some stories that I just clicked through because I could not get into it (Mostly in the Web / Electronic Section). I’m more of a slasher / gore horror person.

Still over all this book a great book and I’d definitely read more by this author definitely if he writes more into the adult horror as this book is more for YA.

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