Review: Robertson has found one magic formula - cannot put this down
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
Reapers is the direct sequel to the Breakers series (books 1-3), which I have already given 5 stars.  Robertson has gotten into a rhythm with this series that works very well - I am already settled into Cut Off (Breakers book 5) where it continues.  In Reapers he selects two new characters with (barely) intertwining storylines, between which chapters alternate.  We are removed from the apocolyptic events by several years in Reapers and the stories of Lucy and Ellie involve mostly other humans as they have developed individually and collectively in the post-Alien invasion world.  I did not actually think I would enjoy Reapers that much but his writing is so compelling that you quickly find yourself rooting for emergent protagonists and cannot pull away.  Robertson has found one magic formula.