Review: So Much More Than I Had Hoped For!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
I found myself looking for a new series or a good single to read. I had read a sample of book 1 and new just by the first few pages that this was going to be a series I wanted to read.I currently keep up with about 5-6 different series and often like to wait for a few volumes to be printed so that I can really get into the flow and get to know the characters.I bought Arisen, Book 1 and within two weeks had finished the fourth installment.Good news is that Book 5 will be ready right around Thanksgiving.For those who like me, who enjoy reading multi book series, I could not give this series a higher recommendation.The books are not that long individually, usually somewhere between 125-175 pages, and with the constant action that can leave you sitting at the edge of your seat, it isn't very hard to finish an entire book in one sitting.One of the things I liked most is that the zombies do not always act in the predictable slow and dimwitted manner that is prevalent in most books. There is nothing wrong with the typical zombie (if there is such a thing) and being hunted by hundreds of the typical zombie is more than enough background for a great book but every once in a while, I enjoy a different version. There are some that only take to the night, some that seem perfectly happy eating their victim down to the bone while some will just have a bite or two in their quest to infect the maximum number of the living.In this series, you have them all. You have zombies who seem to be evolving from the slow dimwitted but undeterrable to runners then superfast hunters and now seem to be developing some type of hive mentality. The characters are great. You really start getting to know the main protagonist and their supporting casts who all are working toward a common goal. You have the very best of the special ops communities who have somehow managed to survive and find their way to the only nation - Britain - still surviving, although precariously. There are also "ordinary" people who have found extraordinary courage and reserves they never knew existed who step up and do whatever is needed for the common good, even if that includes their own lives.It would be very easy to lay out too much of the story but I would find it hard to believe that those of us who love this genre would not find Arisen a new challenger for top honors in zombie thrillers. Only one way to know - so do it.