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Survivors by Amy Marsden
4.0
4,5/5⭐️
Jennifer is turning 24 the day of the apocalypse. The government had tried to hide it, but a deadly virus is spreading. The ones who get it are marked with their death, but that’s not all: The host will have urges to bite and infect people.
This was such a cool mix of zombie apocalypse with awesome characters! (Wright, I’m looking at you, babe.)
But you know, it’s still a zombie apocalypse, which is not unheard of. I didn’t feel like there was anything new to this take, but boy-oh-boy was it enjoyable. (Especially the British touch to it *chef’s kiss*)
The writing is the absolute best—probably one of the best I’ve ever read. It’s straight forward and describes emotion so… real. (I felt things I didn’t know could be felt in that way, you know?)
Confession:
I have never enjoyed a third person point of view. Well, never until now. The pov shifts are also so incredibly good! The characters felt so real and so different in their own way.
To me this was advertised as a “lgbtq” read—which it’s not. The main character is bisexual and has a little crush on a French soldier named Alexia, but that’s kinda it. I liked it that way though. This book definitely didn’t need some big romance. (Except for the tension between James and Wright. They are to die for.)
originality: 3/5
romance: 4/5
writing: 5/5
characters: 1000/5
I’d 100% recommend this to anyone who likes the zombie genre (or anyone new to it, like me) and isn’t bothered by the lack of new stuff. For me, a first timer with the whole zombie thing, it was an amazing introduction. (This is the first book in the duology.)
Ah!! Need that second book now!
(Thank you, NetGalley and Amy Marsden for this free advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.)
Jennifer is turning 24 the day of the apocalypse. The government had tried to hide it, but a deadly virus is spreading. The ones who get it are marked with their death, but that’s not all: The host will have urges to bite and infect people.
This was such a cool mix of zombie apocalypse with awesome characters! (Wright, I’m looking at you, babe.)
But you know, it’s still a zombie apocalypse, which is not unheard of. I didn’t feel like there was anything new to this take, but boy-oh-boy was it enjoyable. (Especially the British touch to it *chef’s kiss*)
The writing is the absolute best—probably one of the best I’ve ever read. It’s straight forward and describes emotion so… real. (I felt things I didn’t know could be felt in that way, you know?)
Confession:
I have never enjoyed a third person point of view. Well, never until now. The pov shifts are also so incredibly good! The characters felt so real and so different in their own way.
To me this was advertised as a “lgbtq” read—which it’s not. The main character is bisexual and has a little crush on a French soldier named Alexia, but that’s kinda it. I liked it that way though. This book definitely didn’t need some big romance. (Except for the tension between James and Wright. They are to die for.)
originality: 3/5
romance: 4/5
writing: 5/5
characters: 1000/5
I’d 100% recommend this to anyone who likes the zombie genre (or anyone new to it, like me) and isn’t bothered by the lack of new stuff. For me, a first timer with the whole zombie thing, it was an amazing introduction. (This is the first book in the duology.)
Ah!! Need that second book now!
(Thank you, NetGalley and Amy Marsden for this free advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.)