Run & Hide

It is exciting when someone suggests a book that is completely off your radar. Especially one that promises so much. Enter Run & Hide (Myths & Monsters, #1).

It follows a woman, whose family runs a ghost hunter show, to national parks to take exciting photos of gear for an outdoor camping company. Her stepbrother, who is in a popular rock band, wants to tag along for the ride. Little do they know, the rock stars' bandmates do not want him to go, and show up to stifle their plans.

I thought the plot was fairly enjoyable, and it has all the ingredients of a good monster escapade. It's set in a secluded area, creatures are running amok, characters are picked off one by one, and survival instincts are put to the test. I was actually quite pleased to see some film references and literary shout-outs strewn about the plot. It added a bit of reprieve from the lasciviousness. But its main goal is to entertain, so does it succeed? Yeah, I think so. It is what it is, for better or worse. If you want to disconnect from reality for awhile, this will definitely deliver.

But let's not beat around the bush any longer. It's pretty graphic. It's not as bad as I initially thought, but it contains some pretty hefty content. But, I must say, some of the more steamy sequences are intriguing. Weird, but interesting.