I requested this because I love Trevor's art and was hoping for an equally creepy story and I was not disappointed. SCAREWAVES blended what I love about Goosebumps, Fear Street, and serial podcasts such as The Magnus Archives. Spooky monsters and messed up radio frequencies is my jam. My only minor nitpick is the ending felt a bit rushed. There was a build up to the big reveal but it felt as if it was over far too soon. I loved the transcripts of the radio show and I could almost hear it as I read. All in all, I had a blast and a fair bit of nostalgia for the middle grade horror stories that kept me company when I was younger.

**4.5-stars rounded up **

The small town of Beacon Point has a long and lurid history of eerie local phenomena. People disappear on the regular and creepy creatures are sighted just as regularly. The adult residents of the town prefer not to talk about these unpleasantries, so they tend to turn the other way, or sweep unsavory incidents under the proverbial rug.

Regardless of the adults lack of action. over the course of several increasingly scary nights, a group of the local kids are forced to work together to try to find out the truth about their town. They need to put a stop to the horrors, before the horrors put a stop to them.

With fast-paced, intense chapters following the kids, as well as excerpts from a local radio show relaying the past spooky history of the town, Scarewaves is a wildly-entertaining read!

I had the pleasure of listening to the audiobook for this one and cannot recommend it highly enough. The production is so well done. It had me giddy!

I particularly enjoyed the sections from the radio show. The narration of the show host, Alan Graves, was so convincing. I would frequently forget what I was listening to, it sounded so much like a creepy podcast. Also included, fantastic sound effects that made those parts extra fun.

I really enjoyed the initial set-up to this one as well. We have a new girl in town, a social outcast, and other kids becoming friends with a cause, and an urgency. They need to figure the mystery of their town out and they learn to rely on one another rather quickly because of that.

I was also so impressed with the horror imagery that Henderson brought to the page. I mean, I know I shouldn't have been surprised by that, as it is what he does. If you are familiar with Henderson's illustrations, you know he has an incredibly dark and vivid imagination. We love to see it!

As far as Middle Grade Horror goes, this definitely is top shelf work. There are legit scary moments in this. I would have been obsessed with this as a kid. Heck, I'm almost obsessed with it as an adult! An absolute monster of a debut for Henderson. I definitely recommend if you are a fan of Spooky Middle Grade that you add this one to your TBR immediately.

Thank you so much to the publisher, Scholastic Press, for providing me with a copy to read and review. This was an darkly delightful read!

the monsters and the spooky scenes were iconic. disappointed there was not much explanation of the end of the story itself, but it was a fantastic horror story.

I always tell myself not to read middle grade horror books at night, but I never listen 😅

Scarewaves was honestly SO creepy. It starts out going hard and doesn’t stop. The various monsters throughout the book were so scary.

I really love middle grade horror. I often find them scarier than adult horror books because I feel like most authors really know how to play to childhood fears. Trevor Henderson took that to a whole new level.

I’m curious if there will be a second book because it left a few things unanswered for me.

My students kept asking for horror and they got it! This is one of those keep you up at night stories when you’re officially too big for Goosebumps spooky

Scarewaves is a middle grade horror novel. A group of kids have to fight off monsters and save the town. It is fast-paced and full of creepy imagery so it is sure to be a hit with those students who only read horror. The only major complaint I have is I believe there are too many characters introduced and that could be confusing for some readers.

Scarewaves is perfect for fans of Katherine Arden's Small Spaces and Christopher Pike's Spooksville. Scarewaves features spooky images drawn by the author himself and even creepier tales of friends who have to fight monsters together. This book is the right amount of creepy for younger audiences and people who love scary books. It's sure to make you have trouble sleeping at night!

Most adults in town seemed to take things in stride, as if a kid going missing now and then was normal.

Scarewaves, by renown internet horror sensation Trevor Henderson, is quick to follow in the footsteps of children's and middle grade horror. Cemented in the nostalgia of Goosebumps by R.L. Stine and Shivers by M.D. Spenser, Scarewaves focuses on a group of relatable young teens each getting lost within this spooky tale in their own ways. Living within the town of Beacon Point, so named for the mysterious lights in the sky at night, not all is well. Children have gone missing, and the adults are barely doing anything about it.

Horror comes to life at a slow crawl in Scarewaves, leaving the reader simmering in a hot pot of water as the horror ramps up over a slow course of time. Coupled alongside transcripts for radio broadcasts featuring the worrying stories and myths centered around Beacon Point, Scarewaves draws the reader in and leaves them clutching their blanket in fear. Tensions are high, the stakes are terrifying, and there is laugh out loud comedy sprinkled in between.

My only true criticism is that the penultimate fight with the monsters at the end felt rushed and less planned than the build up leading up to the final fight. Within a couple of pages and no real, true explanation for why Alan was so important to the plot line, everything was "solved" within just a few words. I could easily see the potential for a sequel with this in mind that delves a little deeper into why Beacon Point has such a huge monster problem on its hands.

Otherwise, Scarewaves was an incredibly entertaining read, and the visceral descriptions were horrifying!

Every town has its stories of haunted houses and strange sightings, Beacon Point seems to have a few. The local horror radio host, Alan Graves, is well known for his town’s creepypastas. So many stories of monsters and people disappearing in town every year. Of course if you ask any adult, those stories are silly nonsense. However the children in Beacon Point are starting to find out that his stories are real. What lurks in the woods?

I absolutely enjoyed this book from start to finish! Each chapter got freakier and creepier than the last. I liked being able to see each kid's point of view and experiencing how they were feeling and thinking. It was cool that every child had a different type of creature that was coming after them. I honestly didn't see the ending coming and had a great time reading this book. I recommend this book!

3.5 stars rounded up!

Scare waves is a middle grade horror book about a group of kids who all have encounters with monsters but all of the adults don’t believe them. Many other kids have gone missing in their town and their are a lot of stories and myths about their town. They ban together to try and stop these monsters and save the kids in their town.

This book was just ok for me. I liked the radio show aspects sprinkled in, I’m a sucker for mixed media in books. I liked all of the characters and the monsters were all very creepy and scary. The book also had illustrations throughout (which didn’t show up on my kindle but I’m sure will be great when published.)

I’m not a fan about how many characters were introduced and how many of them went missing and never heard from again in the book. There were too many characters introduced and too much going on. I think a couple of these characters could’ve been taken out without having a big impact on the story. I also feel like the ending was a bit lackluster and I wasn’t to totally happy with it.

I think it was a good debut novel and it had a good creepy vibe. However, there were a couple of thinks that bothered me throughout. Thanks so much to netgalley and scholastic for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!

There’s one character in this book that legitimately had me looking in corners. The man with the long coat and wide brimmed hat gave me chills I hadn’t know in a long long time.

The middle school years are hard enough without the threat of murderous monsters. In Scarewaves, Henderson pits outcast kids against a centuries old evil and the result is creepy and terrifying. Mary is new to town and living in a haunted fixer-upper Victorian house. While she is stalked by an evil doppelgänger-like creature, other kids in town are being terrorized by different but equally frightening entities as well. Realizing they share similar supernatural experiences, the group bands together in an effort to get photographic evidence. What ensues is a fast-paced adventure that is not only entertaining but filled with adrenaline-fueled fear. An obvious horror novel Scarewaves is also a testament to friendship and fitting in.

This was a wonderfully creepy read. I love any novel where friendships develop around surviving and fighting a shared evil (obviously it had middle grade IT vibes). The monsters that each of the kids faced were severely creepy and definitely made it hard to sleep one night.

I liked the multiple perspectives in the book, but it did make it more difficult to feel connected to all of the characters equally, especially since Mary is set up to be the main character in the beginning. The ending also felt like it came abruptly and gave more questions than it answered about the nature of the monsters in Beacon Point and Allan Graves' radio show, but possibly setting it up for a sequel?! That I will definitely be on board for.

It was okay. I like how the story was crafted. I just think there was too many point of views that could make a kind of conflicting or took away from the story. Especially since this is the middle grade book, this is gonna be for a young readers, who may not be able to grasp all of those characters.

I like the idea of the creatures I just wish there was some backstory to how they came to be/their purpose. They all had some back stories but not all were in depth. Some just simply existed. The ending was a bit predictable with the radio host but I wished there was an explanation of the ending and how what happened had to do with the creatures.

The best middle grade horror book since Small Places by Katherine Arden. The story was engaging and the illustrations (Henderson's strong suit, and what he's been known for up until now) really added an extra visceral layer of horror to the book. A great read for horror buffs from ages 10 to adults.

I enjoy reading middle grade horror because I feel it takes me back to the basics of what is considered scary.
Scarewaves surprised me, because it got a lot darker that I was expecting. The deer with people faces were especially disturbing.
I wish the book had been a little longer, as the characters could have used more fleshing out. As it stands, they are pretty flat.
Still, a good read. I think kiddos looking for scary books will like this one.

Scarewaves is a creepy story with interesting characters hat each add to the story. It's a real page turner that once you start reading, you won't want to put it down.
It's a great read for Halloween time. It has serious Goosebumps vibes and fans of the GB series will definitely enjoy this one. I highly recommend it.

This book taught me that it is possible to have jump scares in text on a page. I am NOT saying this is inappropriate for middle grade (and I loved it!) but I would not have survived this as a child. Good heavens. All the fun of Goosebumps at its best, but far better written and with illustrations that filled me with dread. I started recommending this book before I finished it, and now that I have I have no regrets about spreading the word. I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy so I can look at all the illustrations that weren't in the ARC. I'm pretty sure my soul left my body like twice. Marvelous book!

The adults are oblivious, but the kids in Beacon Point know what's going on. Don't stay out after dark! Trevor Henderson's debut middle-grade title uses his strengths nicely. He conjures a creepy array of scary characters, and there are genuinely terrifying moments and vignettes. His art will send this book to the top--the advance copy was missing most of the accompanying drawings, but the ones that were included were just what this fan had hoped for. The strength is in the details, though, not in the whole. By itself, the story's pacing is a little rushed, and the writing is less skillful than the art. I'm definitely buying it because the whole package will deliver the scares my middle-grade readers want after rereading Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark for the billionth time. Henderson shows so much skill and promise; it'll be lovely to see the polish that comes with another book or two.

"Scarewaves" is a must-read for fans of the YA Horror genre. From start to finish the author wove an intriguing and atmospheric tale.

As a teen I read every Goosebumps or Fear Street book I could get my hands on and while this book definitely gives off that vibe the author's personal writing style shines through and differentiates it.

I think this book is going to be a huge hit among it's intended audience! I know I will be pre-ordering a copy .

Thank you Trevor Henderson, Net Galley and Scholastic for providing me with an ARC of this book.