The Holy Terrors

I had no idea that Simon Green was already famous for his Nightside series when I requested this book from NetGalley and I must say this is book does not do him any favors in me wanting to read it.

The plot sounds cool but everything else was not good to me.

Several people get chosen to be on a show like Ghost Hunters. They got locked in a haunted hallway, which is already a “meh” setting, but they're being filmed of their survival for one night where 20+ people have already been killed. You get a mediocre build up of tension from random sounds in the walls and footsteps but nobody is there. Then people start dying and there ends up being the same clue on all the bodies which already gives away the big reveal that I almost 100% figured out at about 75%. The “big” reveal happens and the book ends within 5 pages and even the ending was bad. The characters are very annoying. I don't know if I can ever stand to hear the word “darling” ever again. There's not one but TWO characters that constantly use the word and it's given me ptsd.

I seriously recommend the publisher do some changes before putting this out to the public...