404 pages
ISBN: 9780373210589
Read 10-22-12
Format: Hardcover
Source: Borrowed
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She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.
Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.
Her father was right. The monsters are real….
To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies….
I wish I could go back and do a thousand things differently.
I’d tell my sister no.
I’d never beg my mother to talk to my dad.
I’d zip my lips and swallow those hateful words.
Or, barring all of that, I’d hug my sister, my mom and my dad one last time.
I’d tell them I love them.
I wish… Yeah, I wish.
This book was so awesome! It is definitely not your ordinary zombie tale. Instead of the usual sluggish, walking dead physical zombies, these are actually spirits that are infected and they are strong and fast. Also, you can’t just shoot them in the head to kill them, it’s much harder. It was definitely a book I could not put down, one of my favorites this year and I want the next one NOW. Why must I wait an entire year?!
This book was very exciting in several different ways and there is so much more to learn and uncover. The action scenes were really well-written and not at all confusing. The whole thing reads so fast and I would have finished it sooner than I did if life had let me sit down to it more.
There are so many characters I liked. Ali of course was awesome. She had to deal with a huge tragedy and she bounces back well. Her friend Kat is quite a character. Incredibly upbeat, incredibly fiesty, and an awesome friend. Ali’s grandparents were funny old folks who had some hilarious lines where they try to talk slang.
“You’re smart, pretty and you’re not a douche purse.”
If I’d had food in my mouth I would have spewed it. Douche purse? She must mean douche bag. But okay, I could roll. I was getting used to her filthy, funny mouth. Pg. 265
As for Cole, I wasn’t too crazy about him at first. I do like a confident, strong male lead, but in the beginning, he was a bit too forceful and a jerk. It was like he was two different people at first, but eventually we got to see who he was and I definitely warmed up to him.
The cover of this book is one of my favorites because of the details in it; the little skulls, the symbolds of the card suits, and the skull & crossbone design on the inside of the hardcover. All I have to say is READ THIS BOOK! A great book and a great Halloween read.
Zombies, action, great characters, witty banter.
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