A review by darkheartbooks
1:35AM by Andrea Waggener, Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.75

Well… that escalated quickly, didn’t it?! The FNAF books have always been advertised as ‘not for younger readers’ and honestly…who are they kidding? They weren’t particularly unnerving – no more than the Goosebumps ones were. But 1:35am ramps that up and honestly, some of the actual horror of the stories were intense and definitely had my eyes going wide in a ‘WTF’ way! But that’s a GREAT thing!

So 1:35am is the third instalment of the Fazbear Frights collection of short stories – each book has three short stories and I’ve enjoyed the past instalments but this one kicked it up a notch!
The first story was easily the scariest in terms of actual horror. It’s a slow burn and honestly it’s just so fucking tragic!

But the best bit about this collection – OMG the call backs to the original games! I love the interwoven webs between these stories, the original books, the games, omg trying to figure it all out is sweet agony!

But being able to recognise the throw backs or links was amazing throughout these stories – hence the 5 stars!

People who aren’t previous fans of the franchise can still enjoy these stories, but fans will absolutely get the most out of these!