My 5-Star review in entirety published at Amazon for J.S. Frankel’s novel with sinister twists:

Drawn to J.S. Frankel’s Teen & Young Adult novels for his accurate portrayal of “fringers” at odds with their peers, ‘The Hundredth Floor’ was no exception.

Kyle Toombs and Marina Ohanian each bring their own psychological baggage with them when they enter the Tower Hotel’s walking contest in commemoration of its 100th anniversary.

Horror at its finest, Kyle and Marina embark on a seemingly impossible “walk through hell and back” along floors sixty to one hundred, which—er uh—for all intents and purposes, don’t exist. Ankrus, a sadistic, hell-spawned fiend with a murderous connection to the hotel, calls the shots by exploiting their deepest fears along a frightful climb.

While impossible for some, not for this author, who:

Vividly depicts the unspeakable horrors Kyle and Marina encounter along their hell-raising adventure which inhibits them from differentiating reality from illusion.

Interjects the characters’ horrendous backstories.

And, my favorite—plausible character transformation.

One of Frankel’s darker stories, he grabbed my attention from the first floor, and held it all the way up to the hundredth.

A highly recommended climb!