‘Misfits’ by Hunter Shea is a horror story that drops us in 1993 with five kids who all bond with each other due to being the odd ones out amongst all the other kids. All, for one reason or another, Misfits.

Marnie, one of the five, is brutally raped one night and the kids know they have to retaliate themselves. Their town has a creepy legend like a lot of towns seem to. The Melon Heads are the legend in this case. They live deep in the woods on Dracula Drive! Out of the five friends, only Marnie and Mick believe in it. The rest of the misfits know it’s a myth created to keep kids from entering the woods. The misfits use this to get back at Marnie’s attacker, without realising they are setting a plan in motion that they may regret forever and that just occasionally the scary legends and myths are there for a reason and they may find themselves in their own nightmares pretty soon.

Well yes, if you want scary, here you have it! If you are a bit faint-hearted and don’t like your books dark or gruesome steer clear of Misfits! This book doesn’t just grab you, it throws you into it, right from page 1! Hunter Shea’s writing recreates the 90s in graphic detail and is spot on, I was almost nostalgic at certain points. We witness the struggles that each teenager is going through, with their parents and their personal problems also.

A very original story, with every character Hunter Shea has created, fitting together like a jigsaw to create an absolutely bang on Horror story. I would say one of the darkest and best horror I have read, maybe EVER! It is a book that you end up almost scared of turning the pages of because you never know what’s around the corner, do you?

Thank you to Random Things Tours and Flame Tree Press for the copy of the book to write my review today.