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A review by jax036
Survivors by Amy Marsden
4.0
Not your average birthday party.
This book starts with intensity and manages to keep the tension up throughout the entire book. It definitely kept me on the edge of my seat, not wanting to put the book down.
Amy Marsden's Survivors cannot be simply lumped with other novels in the "zombie pandemic" genre. The way she is able to show the very different human reactions to a global pandemic is phenomenal. In times of crisis you really do see this broad spectrum of human behaviour.
Told from the perspectives of three different characters; Jennifer whose 24th birthday celebration is interrupted by chaos, Sergeant James Millino, an irish soldier who was holidaying in London and Victoria, a beautiful blonde school teacher with a hidden past. It is a nice balanced amount of perspectives, gradually revealing more about each of these characters. It was especially good to see Sergeant Millino become less robotic solider boy and more human through his time spent with helicopter pilot Sergeant Wright. Hopefully in the next book we get more insight into Wright's charismatic character.
There is a good amount of flirting in Survivors. Between Millino and Wright, between Dr Roux and Victoria and between Jennifer and French soldier Alexia. A realistic way to relieve some tension.
Marsden's writing is really good for a debut novel. I enjoyed the book from start to finish. The tension created is amazing, with the reader constantly wondering who among the group may have become infected. I look forward to getting my hands on the next book.
Thank you to NetGalley, Amy Marsden and NineStar Press for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy.
This book starts with intensity and manages to keep the tension up throughout the entire book. It definitely kept me on the edge of my seat, not wanting to put the book down.
Amy Marsden's Survivors cannot be simply lumped with other novels in the "zombie pandemic" genre. The way she is able to show the very different human reactions to a global pandemic is phenomenal. In times of crisis you really do see this broad spectrum of human behaviour.
Told from the perspectives of three different characters; Jennifer whose 24th birthday celebration is interrupted by chaos, Sergeant James Millino, an irish soldier who was holidaying in London and Victoria, a beautiful blonde school teacher with a hidden past. It is a nice balanced amount of perspectives, gradually revealing more about each of these characters. It was especially good to see Sergeant Millino become less robotic solider boy and more human through his time spent with helicopter pilot Sergeant Wright. Hopefully in the next book we get more insight into Wright's charismatic character.
There is a good amount of flirting in Survivors. Between Millino and Wright, between Dr Roux and Victoria and between Jennifer and French soldier Alexia. A realistic way to relieve some tension.
Marsden's writing is really good for a debut novel. I enjoyed the book from start to finish. The tension created is amazing, with the reader constantly wondering who among the group may have become infected. I look forward to getting my hands on the next book.
Thank you to NetGalley, Amy Marsden and NineStar Press for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy.