Frightmares, Eva V. Gibson
Frightmares, Eva V. Gibson
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Frightmares

Author: Eva V. Gibson

Narrator: Barrett Leddy

Unabridged: 8 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2022


Synopsis

A 2023 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel!

In a Florida tourist trap, a summer acting job turns into a real-life horror show when a cast member turns up dead—then disappears. This nail-biting story is perfect for fans of Fear Street and the Scream franchise.

Dave is spending his final summer before college working at Frightmares House of Horrors, a struggling haunted house attraction held together by malfunctioning killer clown mannequins, a cheap replica Annabelle doll, and a lot of improvising.

After a particularly disastrous shift ends in an employee walkout, Dave reluctantly takes over a role for his friend, however, he makes a horrifying discovery—a real dead body, hidden on set. But when Dave returns with help, the body is gone.

Though the killer covered their tracks, Dave realizes they must know what he saw. Could he be their next target?

About The Author

Eva V. Gibson is the author of the YA novels Together We Caught Fire, Where Secrets Lie, and Frightmares. A bookworm since early childhood, she has routinely gravitated to the dark and gritty, reading, then writing, stories with grim themes and flawed, complicated characters. She lives in Northern Virginia with her family, and spends most of her time brooding, baking, creating, and parenting, awaiting the day her kids read her books with equal parts excitement and trepidation.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie

Review coming soon.......more

Thank you so much to Underlined and Eva Gibson for my copy of Frightmares! It was a fun YA horror about Dave, a teen working at a tourist trap haunted house the summer before college. Everything is falling apart and there are many sketchy things about the job, but when Dave finds an actual dead body......more

Goodreads review by Horror

A YA horror set on a House of Horrors called Frightmares was what sold the book to me. I love the fact that we follow a bunch of characters that work in this place setting up different horror themed rooms to scare the visitors. Unfortunately it was less of a horror story and more of a murder mystery.......more

Goodreads review by B

This was a pretty good book. If you like a lot of cussing, (which I don't really mind, but it was excessive at times), teen awkwardness, a little bit of scary and a lot of snark, this book might be for you. It was, I must say, totally unpredictable in its predictableness. To clarify, I had the kille......more


Quotes

Praise for FRIGHTMARES:

A 2023 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel!

"Frightmares is YA horror at its best—voicy, thrilling, and wholly unique. Gibson’s quirky characters and whip-smart humor shine against the non-Disney-fied backdrop of Florida’s seedy underbelly. A spine-chilling book you won’t forget."—Jennifer Moffett, author Those Who Prey

"[A] propulsive thriller."—Kirkus

"Witty and fast-moving."—Booklist

"Summer thrills and chills!"—Brightly