ARC received for an honest review

This is David Koepp's debut novel, however you can see the screenwriter in him shine through in his story.

Cold Storage is an entertaining, if at times farcical sci-fi/horror story about a killer fungus that could take over the world.

Now, I am not sure if this book was supposed to be funny or serious, however I found it had many laugh out loud moments. I know it is fiction and supposed to stretch our belief, but gees, come on sometimes it was just u eye-roll worthy.

I found that the story flowed well, but it did lack character development. They were all a little 2 dimensional for me. I felt that they would probably come across better on the screen than the page (not surprising though with the author's background).

The highlight of the story for me was a character called "Teacake". I don't want to spoil anything, however is quite delightful.

So, whilst this isn't the heaviest of reads, I did find myself picking it up each lunch time to dive a little more into this fantastical adventure. It's not the greatest book out there, however it was enjoyable enough for me to keep reading.