Review: Come for the teaser, stay for the whole ride
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 21, 2012
I don't really understand the complaints about this being a teaser. Why?1. It's free (most if not all of the time)2. It is even NAMED book 0 (zero, nada, bubkis, zilch, etc)so that should provide a clue that it's basically an introductory piece... a prologue leading up to book 1.3. Did I mention that it's free?Does it leave you hanging? Oh yeah. The "main event" that the trilogy is built upon is almost an afterthought here. (hence the one star deduction. The dismount is sudden and just a bit early and, like the fabled East German Judge, I deduct for that.But I've read the rest of the trilogy and know just how good this series is. Do yourself a HUGE favor and roll the dice. Grab the freebie teaser and plop down a couple of bucks for book 1 while you're at it. You WILL be hooked.You want me to define hooked? If you're a fan of post-apocalyptica fiction this is like Kindle Crack. I'm a hard core junkie for this genre, I'm in my mid-fifties (with gusts into the low sixties) so I've read TONS of this type of book. I can honestly say that I use Stephen King's "The Stand" (the real version, not that crapola "director's cut" one they released several years later) as the standard I measure all others by. I would say that Hugh Howey's "Wool" series is probably my second favorite in the genre. The Apocalype Blog books are every bit as good - possibly better - than the "Wool" books.Check out my other reviews and you'll know I'm not a shill. This series is the real deal and Melanie Edmonds needs to learn how to write quicker than I can read. She's one of the best indie author's I've found in the 2 years since my son gave me a Kindle for my birthday.