Jennifer Killick takes us back to Dread Wood High for the fifth instalment of the series with Angelo, Naira, Gus, Coll and Hallie heading off to the local amusement arcade to celebrate Collette’s 13th Birthday and in true Dread Wood fashion, terror, genetically modified animals and some well placed humour, the kids tangle with Collette’s sinister Grandparents and their crew.

Having either read or listened to the previous four books I was well up to speed on the series and the formula, but what I really enjoyed is that each setting provides a whole new set of horrors that keeps each book feeling fresh and manages to keep the reader on the edge of their seat.

The core group of characters are ever evolving, each book in the series manages to further develop the kids as more and more horrific things happen to them and the situations they get stuck in become even more terrifying, ‘Fright Bite’ gave me some real ‘Saw’ vibes at one point but never felt over the top.

This is the fourth part of the series I have listened to the audiobook for and at this point I feel that I will be hearing Marlowe Chan-Reeves’ spot on narration in my sleep. The added music and sound effects throughout the soundtrack really help give it a spooky atmosphere and I always hold on until the end to hear the creepy rendition of that books nursery rhyme.

Overall, ‘Fright Bite’ is a great book for older kids and is a great addition to the already fun ‘Dread Wood’ series, putting Jennifer Killick up there with R. L. Stine in the Children’s Horror Authors Hall of Fame.

This book had non-stop edge of your seat action. I kept thinking I would read just one more chapter but the suspense continued and I didn't want to leave it. I feel like there was a lot more going on in this one with a surprise near the end.
I wonder how many books are left in the series. Part of me wants them to just go on but I also really want to know how it will be concluded.
I liked the narrator, he sounded just like I imagine Angelo would.

Book 5 in the Dreadwood series, this can also be read as a standalone. It has a great narrator in Marlowe Chan-Reeves - doing creepy voices where needed. It’s very Goosebumps and Point Horror, with a first-person, present-tense narration.
The friendship group is wonderful with well-rounded characters. They were all both funny and engaging.
The nightmarish plot involves a birthday day out gone wrong with mild horror for older children.
This is actually my first ever audio book! It was great to be able to listen while doing the laundry. Loved the music at the beginning each chapter, very eighties, reminiscent of Stranger Things.

Thanks Netgalley for my copy.

This was obviously a sequel which I didn't know at the time, but that's fine. Alot of what you needed to know was explained by the end.

I enjoyed this book, the characters were fully fleshed out and believable, especially as the circumstances are not. What happens is something I genuinely fear about those escape rooms!

Good fun. I'd like to read some more of the series now.

Zombies are just the best horror creatures! I love the idea of a zombie escape room. If you're familiar with the Dread Wood series, then it will be no surprise to you that things are going to go badly, with not only zombies to deal with but infected rats too. If you think the Neon Perch sounds too good to be true, then you're right! Never mind the food outlets, the adventure golf and the go carts, the escape room, Project Z, is their newest feature and the must-have experience for teenagers.
You don't have to have read the other books in this series to enjoy Fright Bite, but I think it would add extra depth to the characters and help you understand what they have already been through. Mind you, with their experiences, you would have thought that the idea being trapped in a series of horror-themed rooms would have been the last place they would want to go...

Absolutely adore Jennifer Killick's writing. This book was so much fun, so much tension and mystery. Plus the narrator was PERFECT. The voices for the Latchetts were soooo creepy and fit so well. Loved it.

A thrilling and fast paced read! I think the target audience would really enjoy this book! A zombie escape room and venomous rats!

Going into this I didn’t know that it was part of an ongoing series (my own fault haha), but even though I hadn’t read the previous books this was still enjoyable! There were a couple of parts I perhaps didn’t understand at first as I didn’t have this previous knowledge, but it didn’t hinder the fun and adventure of the book. I thought the cast of characters were relatable and cool and this book will definitely go down well!

I think the audiobook was really well paced and I enjoyed the narration a lot.

Fright Bite is the fifth book in the Dread Wood Series. The club losers are out celebrating Colette's birthday at an escape room experience, but things take a turn when giant poisonous rats appear. This means only one thing the Latchitts are back!!

This is another great instalment of the series. It's fast-paced, creepy, and funny. I've read the series from the very beginning, and although I've loved them all, this is my favourite. You can read this as a standalone, but I highly recommend that you start from the first book so you get to know the back story of the characters and you can also see them grow from the start. Also, there are some references to the previous books.

I have listened to all the books on audiobook and have loved the narrations for all of them. Marlowe Chan-Reeves does a brilliant job. he brings the characters to life and adds some great atmosphere to an already fab read.

I love this series and can't wait for the next book to come out!!

I would like to thank NetGalley and the publishers HarperCollins UK Audio and Farshore for my audiobook. These are my honest and unbiased thoughts, and I am sharing them voluntarily.

Jennifer Killick books are incredibly popular in our school Library, so I didn't hesitate to listen to this one! The characters in the Dread Wood series are very relatable and 'the gang' been developed really well throughout the books. Fright Bite continues with their adventures and continues to be gripping, yet contain an underlying humour which is an excellent combination for keeping younger readers engaged.
The narrator of this book was superb. Despite being narrated by only one person, he was able to inject identity into each character - possibly the best example I've heard of this yet.
I will continue to encourage our students to engage with audio books. They are extremely reluctant, but titles such as this are great examples to guide them towards.

This is a fast paced fun gentle horror audio book for older children and teenagers. Super fun age appropriate fiction. Having listened to the previous, and equally enjoyable Dread Wood book with these characters I say it makes following the back story much easier; though you could still listen to this as an enjoyable stand alone. Thank you to Harper Collins audio UK Audio and NetGalley for the audio ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.

FRIGHT BITE continues this brilliantly scary MG horror series with an escape room gone horribly wrong.

The book brilliantly flips the whole escape room premise into a terrifying experience. The time pressure counting down adds to the tension. Unlike a normal escape room, you know they're really locked in and can't simply press a button to get out. The various challenges that have to be solved are extra creepy (the glass tank one was the worst!)

I enjoyed the way the book was structured, starting with the hijacked escape room, slowly building tension with the sense that something was wrong but not. And then it all got reset into a larger escape room with the added modified creatures (and this series' other trademark, the nursery rhyme!)

The Latchitts are back! I very much enjoyed getting to see them again as they are such good villains. They're almost as creepy as their creations and there's something very unsettling about two grandparents taking all out revenge on their granddaughter and her friends. Plus the reveal of their little helper!

This is the first entry I have listened to and I enjoyed  Marlowe Chan-Reeves' take on the characters. It's funny and scary, and you get a real sense of familiarity from the way he does it (it is his fifth entry, so he knows them well.)

There is a World Book Day special short story and then one more book in the series coming out later this year. I am looking forward to them!

I was absolutely delighted to get this on audio, having had a couple from the series last year. It's been said that this series is perfect for lovers of the Goosebumps series... they're not wrong :).

It's Collette's birthday and her surprise birthday treat is a night out with her friends at Neon Perch, the local centre with food stands, pizza, mini golf and best of all. . .a brand new escape room. They have to rely upon each other and their varied skills to get out alive when the escape room seems to know their individual fears and play on them.

It's another gripping read in a great set of books. I hope there are many more to come.

The narration is truly excellent.