The Scarry Inn

De: Shirley McCann

Narrado por: Joey Eugene

Convinced they are the victims of a sick, practical joke, Heidi and her three friends are resigned to spending the night at The Scarry Inn, even though the atmosphere is anything but welcoming. Surely the owners, Dick and Thelma Scarry, are simply trying to drum up business for their new motel by terrifying the guests.

But when Kara is found brutally murdered, they realize the danger is real, and they must find their way to safety before the secrets of the inn claim another victim. Making things even more difficult is the lack of cellphone service in the small town of Frighton, Arizona. With no clue who they can trust, the remaining threesome are now caught up in a fight for their lives.

©2016 Shirley McCann (P)2018 Shirley McCann

OK

The Scarry Inn. Is an OK read/listen, personally I found it to be more a YA book. The story line is good and the narration is also good. But the teenage characters are just annoying. Teenagers often are and maybe this wasn't the perfect choice for me. I prefer darker novels.
I was given a free copy of this audiobook at my own request, and voluntarily leave this review.

Oddly light for a horror story...........

The Scarry Inn is a horror story, but I found it oddly and pleasantly light for the genre. This story takes place over Christmas Eve/Christmas morning during a dangerous snow storm in Frighton, Arizona. Heidi, Cara, Beau and Alex are four high school students driving from California to Flagstaff to spend Christmas with Heidi's estranged father. They experience car trouble in Frighton and end up spending the night at the Scarry Inn, a small motel run by Dick and Thelma Scarry. Through a wonderful use of foreshadowing and excerpts from various secondary characters to move along the story, the author gives these four teens an incredibly scary night, ending in multiple deaths. I had an inkling about mid-way through the book what was actually happening behind the scenes, and the ending proved my guess correct. However, it was a very interesting trip to get to that resolution. Although I am not always a fan of books with teens, I found these four kids very resourceful given their age and the frightening circumstances, and I was definitely rooting for them to survive their ordeal intact.

Joey Eugene's narration was excellent. He did well with both male and female voices as well as mature and teenage voices. Other than a few mis-pronounciations, I enjoyed his narration and would listen to him again. Overall, this was a very enjoyable audiobook experience.

I received a copy of this audiobook at my request in exchange for this honest review.

Fun, Scary Read

Way to build suspense! Glad it all came together in the end. who would have thought to put fear and Christmas together.

The Scarry Inn

The story is pretty good, though I came close to stopping the audible more than once. I have never listened to so many characters, which was all of them, whine so much.

I enjoyed the voice of the narrator, except for the character voices for which there was to much whining.

I was provided a copy of this audible free. The opinions in this review are mine and given freely.

The Scarry Inn review

A winner. I really enjoyed listening to this. Interesting and well worth the time. Five stars.

Had me guessing

I had no idea what was really happening at the Scarry Inn. Don’t listen at night alone? The narration was great he really brought the story to life

Great Story

This is an awesome story of four teens who are forced to stay at The Scary Inn. They don't know if the fears they experience are real or staged. Are their lives in danger or will they all get out alive. That's what I wondered through out the book, however, the outcome isn't what I expected. I loved it!

Great story

I enjoyed the plot and idea of a group getting stuck and thrust into a bad situation. What I didn’t like was that I felt it took too long to get to the part I was interested in. Once we get to the interesting part that really captures my attention, it ended. I would like to see less build up and more bang when the story gets really good.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

not bad

I cant call this the best book but it was no means the worst. I do wish the mystery and horror had a bit more prevalence in the story though.The mystery so to speak does go all through the book by not telling you exactly what is going on and even n the end I still didn't fully grasp why the bad guys were at the inn and killing people. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

The story had an abrupt ending.

I was anticipating a story with some frightening moments and there were. However, the story was drawn out. Then in the last couple of chapters, it was summed up with the abrupt finish. I did like the characters and I would listen to another book with them in it.