Review: Whiteout (Red Eye #10) by Gabriel Dylan

Title: Whiteout

Series: Red Eye #10

Author: Gabriel Dylan

Genre: YA, horror

Publication date: January 2019

Published by: Stripes Publishing

Source: Borrowed from library

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Synopsis: Charlie hopes that the school ski trip will be the escape from his unhappy home life he so desperately needs. But there is something wrong with the remote ski village of Kaldgellan. Something is out there, something ancient and evil, among the pines and the deep untracked drifts, watching and waiting. And when the storms blow in, Charlie and his schoolmates wake to find the resort deserted. Cut off from the rest of the world far below, as night falls the few left alive on the snowbound mountain will wish they were somewhere, anywhere else. Only ski guide Hanna seems to know of Kaldgellan’s long-buried secrets, but whether Charlie can trust her is another question...

My rating: ★★★☆☆
I loved the premise of this book! There’s something lurking around the resort, stalking kids who have gone up there on a school ski trip, and then just slaughters them! It was pretty brutal, gory, but I liked that!

The story itself started off slow—well, it started off with an avalanche but then it moved onto a whole bunch of character introductions I couldn’t keep straight.


I was pretty meh about most of the characters—I just couldn’t really connect with any of them. By the end I did like a couple of them, but not enough for me to cry over them when they died. Which is fine cause I was here for the kills! 😈

The creatures themselves that were stalking the kids were not immediately described which confused me because the kids had a clear view of the thing. I just wanted to know what they were! Lol.

So these things turned out to be vampire-like—they only come out at night, but they don’t drink just the blood, they eat the entire thing! They can also turn others and are connected to the queen... like a hive mind! It was pretty interesting. Although I was surprised that Tara was one of the survivors at the end. She was such a bitch throughout the whole book—I just did not like her! Then came the Epilogue... and duh. Of course she got bitten and is now carrying the queen Sabina in her brain. Why not... I guess?

The setting I really loved! One of my favorite books is Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep, and one of the reasons is because of the setting at a ski resort. It’s just so good! But this one, I don’t know... I just needed more. Maybe more set up in the beginning? Idk.

Overall, it was an okay read. I didn’t love it, but I also didn’t hate it. I just needed more from it. The characters were meh, the story was a little slow at the beginning, but I liked the vicious creatures and just going on the journey with the characters and seeing them try to survive.

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! 😊