Admittedly, I am not a fan of gross-out horror, so I probably would not have picked this book up if it wasn't in the Books of Horror Indie Author Brawl. That being said, this was also my first Matt Shaw book and I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I would! I've gotten pretty good at just skipping over scenes, so that didn't bother me. But the interesting plot is what really hooked me. I like game show horror a lot, and this book was a cool twist on that subgenre. In fact, I liked it enough to want to pick up the rest of the series at some point. 4 stars