I loved the premise of this book, I liked the cover, I found the photos inside interesting, and the format was ok. But that's as far as it goes. I found it practically unreadable.

Thank you to NetGalley and Xpresso Book Tours for the ARC of this book.

Urbex Predator is a survival horror novel following several young urban explorers as they attempt to photograph an abandoned barracks located in the middle of nowhere.

Overall, I think the premise of this book was very intriguing. I liked the concept of these urban explorers, and how social media was incorporated into it as well. I wasn't sure what to expect going into this one, but by the end of it all, it was reminiscent of a b-slasher film. There were a lot of different characters and lots of violent deaths, and it also reminded me of a lot of the horror stories I enjoy by Richard Laymon.

Other than that, this book unfortunately fell flat for me. The characters were one dimensional, and all the men were essentially horrible people in multiple ways. I do think there needs to be a trigger warning implemented, because there was a lot of offensive slurs, misogyny, violent sexual assaults, and the murder of a dog...all of which could definitely trigger someone if they weren't aware/prepared. There were also too many characters to keep track of, so it got confusing at times with the dialogue and was a little chaotic when switching between all the storylines with the various characters. Maybe breaking those sections up into more chapters could help with that? Additionally, some of the big reveals/motives fell flat because there were just so many different things going on. The ideas and overall plot were both fine, it was just a lot to keep up with and was too chaotic and rushed at the end.