Review: I loved it...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
This was a great story. This author did a great job. It was well written and you couldn't help but fall in love with every character. And like many other readers, I found "Trouble" to be very endearing. There was plenty of action and suspense, and even a bit of romance (completely PG Rated).This book takes place in Australia so there are a few differences. Like the temperature is measured in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit, distance is measured in meters instead of feet, and the word bitumen is used for their version of pavement or asphalt (it’s used often enough that you’ll need to know that). I almost stopped reading after the first page figuring that with the story taking place in another country, it would be too foreign to me and I would have to keep stopping to look things up so that I could understand what’s going on. Well I assure you, that isn’t the case. There are a few differences of course, but it’s really not that different from us and I was easily able to follow along without getting confused (once I looked up bitumen). So if you’re someone who worries about reading stories that take place on foreign land, no worries on this one.Editing is a big issue for me, so I rate each book on a 1-10 scale (1 being the least amount of errors, 10 being, "wtf are they talking about?") I give this one a 1. I don’t recall seeing any misspelled words and all of the grammar flowed smoothly. The author even did a great job with the paragraph separations (she actually used them). My other big issue of overly proper speech was not a problem for this author. She wrote the dialogue perfectly. If I hadn’t read at the end that this was a first time, self-published author I wouldn’t have known this was her first novel.This is the first book in a series, but there is no cliffhanger. It has a happily-ever-after (for now) ending. And I say “for now” because the second book in the series will continue with the same characters and seems to pick up where this one left off (according the author’s note at the end of the story) . However, this one did have a conclusive ending so that if you didn’t read on to the next book, you could be content with how this one concluded. I really enjoyed that and I think it’s the first book of its kind that actually had some kind of HEA.High recommendation as a must read for the zombie lovers. Though this book is geared toward young adult, I think it’s perfect for all ages. It’s really not childish so everyone can enjoy it. I will definitely be getting the next book in this series. I would have started it after I finished this one (at 1:30 a.m.) had it been released yet. But I’ll just have to wait impatiently for the next one.