Friday, February 19, 2021

Book Review | Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon

Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon is a middle grade horror novel.

Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon

One of our most iconic childhood games receives a creepy twist as it becomes the gateway to a nightmare world.

I went up the hill, the hill was muddy, stomped my toe and made it bloody, should I wash it?

Justin knows that something is wrong with his best friend.Zee went missing for a year. And when he came back, he was . . . different. Nobody knows what happened to him. At Zee's welcome home party, Justin and the neighborhood crew play Hide and Seek. But it goes wrong. Very wrong.

One by one, everyone who plays the game disappears, pulled into a world of nightmares come to life. Justin and his friends realize this horrible place is where Zee had been trapped. All they can do now is hide from the Seeker.


Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon absolutely blew me away. Not only is it a scary middle grade novel - this is a straight up MG horror - it has a lot of heart. Friendship, family, terror. You guys have seen me praise a lot of middle grade horror lately, and this is one I highly, highly recommend. Put it in your classrooms, put it in your libraries, buy it for your kids, buy it for yourself. I was an absolute mess reading this book. Books like Hide and Seeker are exactly why I read - and will continue to read - middle grade. I haven't found an adult book with this kind of heart in a long time.


5/5 stars

11 comments:

  1. I'm sold! I'll definitely be reading this one. :)

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  2. This sounds amazing! Anything with heart works for me😁

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  3. That sounds really good. I love your little skeleton statue.

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    1. Thank you! He's supposed to hold wine, but I keep him on my desk to hold books and things. :)

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  4. I don't tend to read a lot (if any) MG but this does sound good.
    Lynn :D

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  5. I really loved this book too, and I agree that it was MG horror with heart!

    Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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  7. i was assigned this book and absolutely cannot wait to read it!

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