Review: An Adventure in a World Overrun by Zombies
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2014
Anywhere But Here focuses on two characters, 17-yr old Waverly who can see a glimpse of someone's future when she touches their hand. Not much was made of her ability until the end of the book. She is trying to reach a save haven in this post apocalyptic, zombie overrun world, called Crestwood.The second is Remi, a young woman who has reached Crestwood. She has an abnormal ability to hear in a most strange, particular fashion. Remi seemed to spend most of the book with a  nonsensical obsession to have a gun even when she did not need one (she surrendered hers in order to join Crestwood).For the most part, I was not able to connect with the characters, especially Remi, and was puzzled on several occasions when the characters said or did things that seemed at odds with their personality/character.The origins of the zombies, who pose a constant threat throughout the book, is revealed in the book through flashbacks, but I do not recall seeing an explanation as to why some normal people were developing abnormal/super powers.Another threat present are raiders, and through them the book introduces a thread that continues into the sequels, for Waverly's group takes something from them, and they spend the rest of the book trying to get it back.