Into the Pit: An AFK Book (Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights #1)

Scott Cawthon · Elley Cooper

Dec 2019 · Sold by Scholastic Inc.

About this ebook

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest player up at night . . .

What do you wish for most? It's a question that Oswald, Sarah, and Millie think they know the answer to. Oswald wishes his summer wasn't so boring, Sarah wishes to be beautiful, and Millie wishes she could just disappear from the face of the earth. But in the twisted world of Five Nights at Freddy's, their hearts' deepest desires have an unexpected cost.In this volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories from different corners of his series' canon, featuring cover art from fan-favorite artist LadyFiszi. Readers beware: This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans.

Ratings and reviews

Wow. I haven't actually played the video game yet but damn this proves to show some great FNAF lore! The first chapter was probably the most interesting and might be the scariest one. 2nd chapter was alright. I think the pacing could have been faster but the dark twisted ending was great! 3rd chapter while not as great as the first I think is my 2nd favourite. I really love the ball pit concept shown in the first chapter and it makes for such theories. Interesting how the story is told in third person for all of them but you can really feel what the characters are feeling like the narrator has a great bias for each of them! The third one has to be the best characterisation out of all 3 of these chapters and the ending was certainly vague and open but feels complete nonetheless. Oh yeah, also I like how each of the chapters' storylines you can feel are somewhat connected while not being obvious. Really great job with this novel I am hoping to get into the FNAF lore some more!

Into the pit was a meh in my opinion for its childish and mediocre concept but the other 2 stories caught my interest that is to be beautiful and count the ways are easily one of the best stories in the fazbear frights saga.

The book altogether, was great. The story was thrilling and captivating, I would give 5 stars, but there's a few things i'd like to point out: The stories got pretty long and boring to read at some points, which wouldn't be a problem if the abnormally long suspense led to an abnormally shocking end. which didn't succeed, especially in "To Be Beautiful" It started feeling too long and it felt like a chore to read, it lasted for so long i already figured out how it would possibly end. This problem didn't happen in the other stories, atleast not nearly as bad as in "To Be Beautiful" Seriously, I wanted to like "To Be Beautiful" since i've heard a lot of good things about it, and it seemed cool, atleast in the start of the story. (Spoiler warning) The ending was cool too, but not thrilling enough to make up for the many many pages of Sarah just hanging out with "the beautifuls" and all her school drama.. It felt so monochromatic. Anyway, The other stories were amazing and thrilling!

About the author

Scott Cawthon is the author of the bestselling video game series Five Nights at Freddy's, and while he is a game designer by trade, he is first and foremost a storyteller at heart. He is a graduate of The Art Institute of Houston and lives in Texas with his family.
Elley Cooper writes fiction for young adults and adults. She has always loved horror and is grateful whenever she can spend time in a dark and twisted universe. Elley lives in Tennessee with her family and many spoiled pets and can often be found writing books with Kevin Anderson & Associates.