Review: Awesome!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2014
Scarlet and her best friend Hunter were lucky that Scarlet’s grandmother was hired and had 2 extra tickets to go on the maiden voyage of the space-cruise ship for six months. While out in space for one month, on Scarlet’s birthday, they hear that earth has been destroyed by nuclear weapons and they are the last humans left. Three years later, the people of the space-cruise ship have tried to make a new life for themselves onboard. When a new planet is discovered that may be habitable, the real trouble starts.Oh my God, I love this book! I am mentally doing a fan girl squeal right now and through most of the book too. I am a huge Airicka Phoenix fan, so I went into this book with high expectations, and it did not fail! What is not to love though? Futuristic society? Check. Space travel? Check. Zombies? Check. Survival and plenty of action? Check. Hot Alpha male protector? Double check. The book spends most of its time in the survival/fight zombies part, which was fast paced, stressful, gory, and amazing! I read this book in one sitting and loved every moment.Scarlet was a complicated character. She had so much angst and sorrow over outliving her parents, blaming herself when she had nothing to do with it. And her feelings for Rolf were so intense, yet she would never act on it. It seemed there was so much miscommunication between the two of them, at times I just wanted to shake Scarlet and have her tell Rolf that Hunter is not her boyfriend, but all she ever said is “he is important to me” and “I love him”. And yes, both those things are true, but they led to further emotional grief. She was surrounded by people, but was so lonely. The only person who really knew her she couldn’t have.Rolf was really dreamy. Yes he had prior commitments to Kiera, but come on man! He always seemed to swoop in to save the day for Scarlet, even when she thought she would not see him again. When it came to his past reveal, I feel like he kind of chickened out a little when it came to embracing his new future. He would protect Scarlet with his life, but could never give her the affection she wanted. At the end of the book, I wanted him to turn caveman and steal Scarlet away for some “bonding time”, but I guess I can wait for that to happen next book (hopefully!).The secondary characters were so well defined, that I got a good sense of who they are. Hunter is kind of self involved, looking out for his own pleasure, but he tried to be a good friend to Scarlet and he is crazy smart. Kiera was terrible at the start of the story, but by the end I kind of liked her regardless of her jerkiness. What you see is exactly what you get with her; she is a pretty little fluff who has one goal in mind. And Mac, he was pretty dreamy and sweet. If Rolf hadn’t been in the picture, Scarlet totally should have gone for him.For me, the book was just that good. I read it as an eBook and it said it was only like 185 pages, which concerned me that I was not getting a complete story, but it most certainly was. Everything was so well described and detailed, especially characters, which is my favorite part of a book. Seriously, my only complaint is that I don’t know when the next book will come out, and I have so many questions! The twist at the ending was shocking, I never saw it coming I have become invested in these people and I have worry now for their wellbeing.I received this book from the author in exchange for my honest review.