Welcome to Nightmare Island

By: Devin Cabrera

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

Join five friends as they unwittingly embark on a perilous journey to a purportedly state-of-the-art tourist attraction – a haunted island. When they soon discover that they have been lured into a trap, the group must band together to endure the terrifying ordeal of surviving the night while being relentlessly hunted by the most dangerous ghosts the world has ever known.

Will they make it out alive, or will they become the next victims of these malevolent spirits? Find out in this gripping page turner that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end!

©2023 Devin Cabrera (P)2023 Fright Night Audio

Meh…

It seemed to go on forever. I was hoping for more of a traditional ghost story, so I was a bit disappointed.

Excellent story and narration

Definitely based off of 13 Ghosts, as stated by the author. Which is one of my favorite movies. Can't wait for a sequel and other novels by this author!

Jurassic Park meets 13 Ghosts

Jurassic Park meets Thirteen Ghosts is a fairly accurate description of the plot, and I am here for it! Devin Cabrera is excellent at plot, he sets it up nicely and doesn't bog the book down with needless rabbit trails or narratives. The plot gets 5 stars/wizard hats.

The execution...wasn't so great. You can tell this is a first novel. There is a lot of repetition of words and names in places where Devin doesn't want the reader to get lost. It seems like he's unsure if the reader with follow what he's trying to convey unless he spells it out very clearly. As the book progresses, it happens less and less, so you see progression even here. Did it knock me out of the story a couple of times? Yes. However, I was willing to overlook it because I was enjoying the story.

The story follows 5 friends who are invited to a haunted island for an adventure. This quickly go sideways when the murderous ghosts trapped on the island escape captivity. There will be blood, as they say. This is a fun ride. It isn't complicated to see what is going to happen or who the good guys are, it was pretty predictable, but who doesn't enjoy a good popcorn fest?

I will say, I did not believe for a minute our main guy, Jonah, was a horror novelist. He never acted like someone who had even read a horror novel before, let alone read them.

What I really enjoyed was the world building and the set up for future books. There is so much room to get more information on the current situation as well as the backstories on the ghosts we are only given a vague introduction too. In fact, Devin's second book, Jones 1963, is a backstory to one of the ghosts introduced here. I love this concept creating a world and then building on it.

This book will not change your life, however you will probably have a good time reading.

Great Ghost Story!

Original concept-a ghost tourist trap!
Very enjoyable story with a great narrator and storyline.

Very 13 Ghosts Vibe!

This story is 13 Ghosts meets Jurassic Park. It's a solid story with potential to be expanded into a series revealing more backstory of the origins of the ghosts and the characters involved. It's very visual and would translate well to other mediums.