I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I confess…I was there for the spiders. I thoroughly enjoyed Sarah Pinborough’s spider saga (Breeding Ground and Feeding Ground) and am also following the more recent current series by Ezekiel Boone (The Hatching and Skitter, with the third in the series coming out soon). I even watch cheezy “only seen on Netflix” spider monster romps and with enough beer even like those. I was supposed to like this one.

But I didn’t.

The spiders were pretty cool but I just couldn’t stand the rest of the characters. It felt more like a military campaign book than a creature feature. I wanted either regular folks or maybe scientists (….we can’t kill them! We must preserve them for science! CHOMP!) but these misogynistic testosterone overdriven robots (whether good guys or terrorists) made me sick eventually. I like Jack Reacher as much as the next guy but these characters were completely unrealistic beyond the point where it was even unintentionally funny. I wanted them all to get wiped out. As awful as they were, the spiders were the most interesting and appealing yet the relentless battle scenes between the military and the terrorists as well as the constant info-dumps about life in the middle east in the age of ISIS just wore me out.

As usual, mileage may vary and different tastes may enjoy this novel. I didn’t.
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I hate spiders. They totally creep me out and I love it, which is why I had to read Arachnosaur by Richard Jeffries. lol

Soldiers facing off against terrorists. Death, blood, bullets and savagery.

Key struggles to make sense of what was happening to him, a concussion messed with his mind. Could he believe what he was seeing? The squad had been slaughtered. How many were left besides him? He wanted answers.

And….we know something worse is coming his way.

Key and Daniels are opposites, but work well together as a team. Key is methodical and Daniels a bit reckless. Can they save the world from the egomaniacs who think they can control their new weapon? Foolish, foolish men.

I love the combination of military intrigue and giant spiders. So much of it read as if it could be real. The writing was detailed and the action was non stop.

The world…well…I loved to visit it, but don’t want to live there.

I would love to be on their next adventure.

I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Arachnosaur by Richard Jeffries.

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