Review: Brilliant characters with an explosive plot line definitely worth a read!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
So I bought this book because I wanted to get my teeth stuck into something that seemed quite thrilling and exciting and I was not wrong! I must admit that I read this very quickly and thoroughly enjoyed it, which was brilliant! Crow really captures the audience with her attention to detail, creativity and avid plot line that keeps the reader just wanting more and more! Excellent. The story follows Helena Hawthorn who has been living in the shadow of her perfect younger siblings. Always in the dark shadow of The Hawthorn Angels, life for Helena is about to change drastically and it appears that nothing will quite be the same again! As the world awakens to a horrific sight, Helena must not only risk her life to keep her sisters safe, but she must fight to keep her name clean, otherwise she will be forever haunted by her past inability to keep them alive. Thrilling! Helena however is not alone; she has a new family the found in G.R.I.T the local motorcycle club; they will help her to fight against this horror and rise triumphant. However, the world has many horrors that neither could have ever thought possible; The Risen who not only stalk their daily lives but who stalk their nightmares as well. Even more thrilling! I quickly read onto the second book, which introduces the character Margaret Erikson; we learn how the two met and how their lives have intertwined into each other's. The third book continues with even more pace introducing skilfully `The Risen,' this leads the reader into the terrors of an apocalyptic world; here we meet Beth Clark a sweet single mother who must fight for her survival along with her darling daughter.  The story follows the two who must learn together so that they can get out together! Finally, Courage; this is the final punch and an explosive end to the series, as Helena and the G.R.I.T team must fight together to fight as problem that is even bigger than The Risen!Right, so now I've got through all of that onto the good bit! What I liked about the book! Firstly it is brilliantly written with lots of punchy descriptions and explosive writing techniques. The author certainly understands how to strike fear into the reader! Additionally the characters are extremely engaging and described to really pull the readers in making them want to read on which is brilliantly done! Not only was Helena well written but also the minor characters really helped to immerse the reader in the apocalyptic background. Really brilliantly done and handled by the author which is a real compliment! A final compliment was in the use of G.R.I.T motor cycle club; at first I wasn't sure it would all fit in but it definitely worked and helped to give some more strength to the main character and to give the book a sense of pace. If you have a long journey to make this definitely could be the book for you as it isn't too long so it keeps the interest of the reader, it moves with a sense of pace and the plot line and understanding of the genre is brilliant! Definitely worth a read in my books!