Description from Goodreads
Island life can be deadly.
For Ollie Arias, owning an island in Micronesia is beyond his wildest dreams. Moving his best friends from college to share his dream…priceless. A little urban exploration of the abandoned military lab unearths strange, dark secrets. And awakens a slumbering beast that has gone decades without food. Ollie and his pals have unwittingly unleashed a deadly infection above, and a prehistoric killing machine below. The storm of the century is headed their way. Paradise has never been so close to hell.
My Thoughts on the Book
Megalodon In Paradise gave off a bit Jurrasic Park meets Jaws vibes, combined with some mad Nazi scientists brought over to the US through Operation Paperclip. It's a fast-paced book that reads like a popcorn book, but sometimes that's what's needed. It was still a fun creature feature horror novel, even without the depth.
I felt really bad for Ollie at times, as he never got a break. Some of the characters, like Ollie, had some depth to them, but quite a few of them were more like cookie cutter characters of sorts. It was still fun reading about the various characters and the dynamics between them though.
Megalodon In Paradise isn't Hunter Shea's best book nor the scariest horror novel I've read, but it's still an engaging and fun quick read suitable for summer-time. Just perhaps don't read it while on the beach, before dipping your toes in the ocean. You just never know what could lurk beneath the waves.
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