I think the book has a lot of qualities that young readers who like horror might enjoy, like following an organization similar to the SCP, having this weird military experiment going wrong, turning people into alien-like monsters or making the story with a sort of found footage feel with the "top classified" files. I can definitely imagine young kids recomending this series to each other if the next books focus on building a strong consistent and interconected lore in between the main stories. Nothing like some horror theory crafting based on crumbs of lore hahaha.

With all that said, I did find the book a tad too short, even taking into account the fact that it's a book for a younger audience. I remember I used to devour books as a kid. Even a 500+ pages book would last me like 2 days. So less than 200 pages was barely an appetizer for me.

I'm also personally from the idea that too much description takes away from the horror, but if they are going to describe the monsters in detail I think future books would benefit from having drawings of said scary situations (monsters or aliens or whatever it is they plan on talking about) or even some kind of "photo evidence", to go with the found footage "secret files" vibe (like the blurry Bigfoot or Loch Ness monster photos)

Loved this book, really fast paced, very different and unique and really enjoyed every second of reading it!