joeykellermeier's review
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
shirazy's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
rumsey_reads's review
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
reading_rainy's review
5.0
Reread/listen time! 10.11.21
Huge thank you to [a:Imogen Keeper|15601917|Imogen Keeper|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1591035352p2/15601917.jpg] for the audiobook! This was my second time with this story and I found even more to love listening to William Travino and Imogen voicing these characters. This is one of my very favorite post apocalyptic series. Highly recommend in both book and audiobook formats.
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4.6.21
Reading this book was such a pleasure! I was expecting the usual post-apocalypse story but this one took it up a notch. The amount of love between the couple at the start of the story was incredibly touching and melted my heart.
Auden and Beast are such a sweet addition to the story. They help our MC's to grow emotionally and in Frankie’s case, realize the inner strength she carries. Yorke is simply one of the most compassionate male leads I’ve read in a long time.
Ends on a cliffhanger so have that second book queued up and ready to go!
Huge thank you to [a:Imogen Keeper|15601917|Imogen Keeper|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1591035352p2/15601917.jpg] for the audiobook! This was my second time with this story and I found even more to love listening to William Travino and Imogen voicing these characters. This is one of my very favorite post apocalyptic series. Highly recommend in both book and audiobook formats.
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4.6.21
Reading this book was such a pleasure! I was expecting the usual post-apocalypse story but this one took it up a notch. The amount of love between the couple at the start of the story was incredibly touching and melted my heart.
Anyone who says you can’t belong to another human has never had this, and I feel sorry for them. You can belong to someone.The characters in this story are real, flawed, and all struggling to survive the new world they live in. The weaving of this book is build on these people, I think that's why it felt more realistic than most books of this genre. There was plenty of horror, but it was man-made rather than zombies...and that is honestly more terrifying.
Auden and Beast are such a sweet addition to the story. They help our MC's to grow emotionally and in Frankie’s case, realize the inner strength she carries. Yorke is simply one of the most compassionate male leads I’ve read in a long time.
Ends on a cliffhanger so have that second book queued up and ready to go!
lynne_joseph's review
5.0
I started this book thinking "plague" would somehow morph into a zombie outbreak. Nope! It is the Australian Flu which plunges the world into chaos, and in light of Covid, this book takes on a slightly more realistic bent. Imogen Keeper's writing style is engaging and her characters, especially Frankie, make your heart ache.
This is the first book in a series, and I can't wait to get to the rest!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
This is the first book in a series, and I can't wait to get to the rest!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
vinjii's review
4.0
This series contains both an apocalypse and a surprisingly tender romance - not the kind of mash-up I was expecting to work, but it does.
Keeper makes it work! The relationships (both love and friendship) are incredibly touching, and I just...melted. And I want more.
The characters are well developed, real, flawed, and the struggle to survive in this new desolate world feels realistic. I love them all, am worried for them all, and will gladly adopt them all.
Broken and its sequels are very character-driven and the plot is at times heart-breaking but also hopeful in nature. Yorke especially is one of the wonderful male protagonists I've encountered in a long time.
The books are short and entertaining and can be read in one sitting. I can't recommend this series enough if you're a romance fan even if apocalypse isn't your jam.
Keeper makes it work! The relationships (both love and friendship) are incredibly touching, and I just...melted. And I want more.
The characters are well developed, real, flawed, and the struggle to survive in this new desolate world feels realistic. I love them all, am worried for them all, and will gladly adopt them all.
Broken and its sequels are very character-driven and the plot is at times heart-breaking but also hopeful in nature. Yorke especially is one of the wonderful male protagonists I've encountered in a long time.
The books are short and entertaining and can be read in one sitting. I can't recommend this series enough if you're a romance fan even if apocalypse isn't your jam.
catnaping's review
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
izzylocke's review
2.0
I truly feel that this isn’t a completed book. This has almost no plot. Nothing happens. Hopefully something will happen in the sequel but I haven’t decided if I’m going to read that yet. The whole book feels like an introduction to something that never comes.
izziede's review
4.0
I really liked this book but i would read it at least in one go up to book 3 and view it as 1 book.
Dual POV.
The heroine is living with her husband who she utterly is devoted to and he as with her as the plague hits.
The other POV is the Hero, who is not her husband.
So SPOILER
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I guessed hubby wasn't going to make it.
It is very sad.
I felt the author was either very brave to have the heroine in love with another man, who she obviously will struggle to move on from or shot herself in the foot, as some readers I know will struggle to move on from this.
The writing is great.
The end of the world scenario is chillingly believable, though I did feel the news reports were perhaps a bit too much, I'm not so interested in every detail of the spread.
The other issue some may have is the Hero and heroine don't meet in this book which is why I would recommend reading books 1-3 in one hit.
There is a vague intimate scene with her husband, its not detailed.
Each book ends on a cliffhanger of sorts tbc
The author has hinted this will be an 8 book series, why do I do this to myself as they are not all out yet..
Dual POV.
The heroine is living with her husband who she utterly is devoted to and he as with her as the plague hits.
The other POV is the Hero, who is not her husband.
So SPOILER
#
#
#
#
I guessed hubby wasn't going to make it.
It is very sad.
I felt the author was either very brave to have the heroine in love with another man, who she obviously will struggle to move on from or shot herself in the foot, as some readers I know will struggle to move on from this.
The writing is great.
The end of the world scenario is chillingly believable, though I did feel the news reports were perhaps a bit too much, I'm not so interested in every detail of the spread.
The other issue some may have is the Hero and heroine don't meet in this book which is why I would recommend reading books 1-3 in one hit.
There is a vague intimate scene with her husband, its not detailed.
Each book ends on a cliffhanger of sorts tbc
The author has hinted this will be an 8 book series, why do I do this to myself as they are not all out yet..
izziede's review against another edition
4.0
No intimate scenes other than the Hero and heroine.
An attack on the heroine, though it doesn't go far.
Tbc
An attack on the heroine, though it doesn't go far.
Tbc