The Hostel: Party Hard. Trust No One.

By Aria Knox

Bluefields isn't just a hostel - it's a barely-standing, cheese-scented warzone filled with chaos, trauma, feral residents, overworked staff, and carpet stains shaped like continents. It's supposed to be Danny Jones' second chance. Instead, it becomes the place where everything explodes - literally and emotionally.
Fresh out of survival mode and desperate to stay out of trouble, Danny arrives with a bin bag, a hoodie, and a vow to turn his life around. But Bluefields has other plans: flirt-wars, mouldy bread, disastrous staff, police raids, drug drops, emotional explosions, rats with emotional support needs, and a set of residents who could start World War III over a stolen charger.
As Danny's past claws its way back - the drugs, the debts, the dangerous men he tried to outrun - the fragile safety of the hostel spirals into madness. A missing support rat, a catastrophic STI outbreak, collapsing buildings, corrupt staff, community meltdowns, and a landlord so evil he should come with a health warning all collide in a story that is equal parts hilarious, heartbreaking, chaotic, and painfully real.
When a teenage girl is groomed by the very world Danny escaped, and when a ruthless criminal marks him for revenge, he must choose between running from danger or standing with the only dysfunctional family he's ever had.
This is a story about survival. About trauma. About found family.
And about a hostel held together by hope, duct tape, and the sheer stubbornness of the people who refuse to be forgotten.
Dark. Chaotic. Emotional. Funny.
The Hostel is a wild, unforgettable ride through the messy reality of young people who fall through society's cracks - and the makeshift home that catches them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQGSGN8L
• ISBN13: 9798249965419
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"