The Game - Scott Kershaw

Genre: Horror | Thriller

Release Date: Expected 12th May 2022

Publisher: HQ

Welcome to The Game.

They don't know the rules yet, where it came from or what exactly is even is. But they're going to play anyway, and they're going to do whatever it takes to win - because if they don't win, the people they love is going to die a horrible death.

For the five complete strangers dotted around the world, The Game begins when a terrifying text arrives from an unknown number. Now time is running out for them, and there's only two options - play the game, or lose.

The Game is a practically a Hollywood blockbuster on paper - it's bloody, violence and explosive in a wonderfully over-the-top way that will keep the pages turning until they run out. Despite the madness, I still found time to worry about our poor players and the people they were fighting to protect even if we didn't get to know them too well.

Menacing and horrifying dark, this fast-paced story is full of intrigue and mystery, with twists being thrown out all over the place every time you think you've pieced together the complex and convoluted clues left behind. There were a few loose ends that did feel unresolved and left a few holes in the story but most of the story had me waiting with bated breath.

A compellingly cinematic thriller that will chill any reader down to their bones and make them question just how far they'd be willing to go for the ones they love.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

I was gifted an advanced reviewers copy of this title in return for an honest review.

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