I read this back in July as an ARC borrowed from a friend. But my "real" copy arrived in the mail yesterday(September 13, 2012) and I was excited to get it!! Here is my review re-posted from July:
Benny, Nix, Lilah and Chong are still searching for the jet that they saw fly over them. They are beginning to think they were seeing things since they have not found it.
As always things are not easy in the Rot & Ruin. Some of the zoms seem to be evolving into a more faster breed, and some seem to be developing the ability to dodge obstacles. As if being chased around by zoms isn't bad enough, there is a religious cult now after the group. They call themselves Reapers and see their job as releasing all sinners into the darkness of death.
Relationships are strained also in this installment of the series. Benny seems to think that he needs to be just like his brother Tom. The weight of that responsibility has him hearing Tom's voice inside his head. Benny begins to wonder if he is going crazy. Benny isn't the only one that Tom has left an impression on. Throughout their ordeal in the Ruin each one at sometime or other remembers different lessons that Tom taught them about being "Warrior Smart". Those lessons help them each through their difficult journey as they become separated and encounter the new type of zoms and the crazy cult members on their search for a jet that they don't know exists anymore.
From the first page until the last page was turned Flesh & Bone was filled with one action scene after another! But not only do Benny, Nix, Lilah and Chong encounter zoms and cult followers, they also have to deal with their feelings for each other and their grief of losing Tom. So Flesh & Bone is not just filled with action, it is also filled with emotional roller coasters. I felt like I was there with each character as they fought an enemy or as they cried tears of grief or struggled within themselves for who they are becoming. Flesh & Bone managed to be just as good as Rot & Ruin and Dust & Decay without becoming stale or repetitive. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series! I have to find out how it all ends!
LOL-I have not picked it up, I like zombies but Im on the fence with reading this series. I did read Warm Bodies and loved it...:)
ReplyDeleteI totally understand your being on the fence about this series. I was for a while until I read the first one. I became an instant fan! But I let a friend borrow them and she wasn't impressed. Did you read The Forest of Hands and Teeth series? I have to say both the Rot&Ruin series and The Forest of Hands and Teeth are among my favorite zombie books. Not that I have read a lot of zombie stories, but yeah, I like these!
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