Review: This Volume Leaves You Hungry For More
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2013
When each new episode of this ongoing series comes out, I get excited to see what my favorite characters are doing.  Darrell, Mallory, Preston and Gemma are growing and becoming more developed as the series progresses and as the meltdown accelerates, each member of this family begins to see a preview of just how far civil society may slide.  As food scarcity begins to set in, we see just how determined a average person can become when prices skyrocket and supplies run low through a combination of not-unexpected factors.  Society is in the pressure cooker, and clearly set to quickly explode even as everyday life struggles along to maintain some sense of normalcy.  The author does a great job of building this tension without resorting to Mad Max tactics, but anyone reading this series can tell that the wheels are about to come off.Again, we are also treated to snippets from the journal of Anna-Marie, which are both a fascinating glimpse at the past and a source of unfiltered information for Mallory as she reads along.  I love the journal entries and look forward to each new revelation.  Anna-Marie Santiago has become an important character in the story, just as much as the family we started off following at the beginning, and her observations about making do with what you have really hit home.All in all, a very good entry in this series and one that sees an escalation in the action.  No spoilers, but based on what has gone on here in Volume Six, the next volume looks to be a doozy.