Review: Original, gritty world with fantastic characters...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
Absolutely loved this. The world was fascinating, and one of the more original versions of a dystopian USA that I've ever read. I don't want to give too much away, but the sheer level of detail in creating "Runners" and "Breakers" as new professions that would come out of the realities of this world, the fact that the buildings and uninhabitable (and why!!) I thought was completely brilliant. The military background, details on guns, the skill sets displayed with munitions...it all totally worked for me and made the entire world believable, even though I still have HUGE questions about the actual start of this epidemic and how that would have unfolded, (in fact I really hope he is going to write more in this world, because I would love to have these questions answered).The characters really made it though - I pretty much loved all of them, and found them really well done. The helicopter mom who now runs a colony of survivors was a nice touch (ha), and the two main characters were great and had amazing chemistry together, too.Like I said, just hoping he writes more in this world...would love to see more adventures with these characters!My only complaint was that I picked this up when I was really busy and couldn't put the danged thing down until I'd finished it. Not exactly a "complaint" if you know what I mean. : )