Today's review will be about:
THE SUMMARY
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. 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.
FOREVER.
Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. 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.
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| This is apparel from threadless that I found! Cool, huh? :) |
MY REVIEW
I actually found this series at Wal-Mart (I know, I know, how American of me. Har-de-har-har.), but they didn't have the first one. I waited until the next time I went to Barnes & Noble and this book was the first thing that I picked up.
I didn't regret my decision.
I'm obsessed with Alice in Wonderland in the first place, but when you make Alice a bada** and then put her against tons of zombies that she takes out with special powers, I simply can't resist loving it.
As you can imagine, this book has a lot of really fast-paced fighting, a little bit of romance, and a whole lot of scary imagery. I'm seriously surprised that I didn't have nightmares about this stuff.
One thing that I didn't expect is the fact that this book is set in the real world (more or less). I was thinking it was going to be a little bit like the original Alice in Wonderland where she went down a rabbit hole and was transported to a place completely different from the world she had come from, but instead she just ends up in the same world that she has always been in- it's just that she can actually see the zombies now.
I really got a kick out of how Gena Showalter put in little elements of the original story in order to keep tying it back into the classic. Ali has a friend named Kat, there's a rabbit cloud constantly reappearing, and then there's Cole, who I have a raising suspicion is the mad hatter. This really made me enjoy the book, and it kept reminding me that it was an adaptation.
All in all, I liked this book, and if you like strong, kick-a** female leads, you will too
I didn't regret my decision.
I'm obsessed with Alice in Wonderland in the first place, but when you make Alice a bada** and then put her against tons of zombies that she takes out with special powers, I simply can't resist loving it.
As you can imagine, this book has a lot of really fast-paced fighting, a little bit of romance, and a whole lot of scary imagery. I'm seriously surprised that I didn't have nightmares about this stuff.
One thing that I didn't expect is the fact that this book is set in the real world (more or less). I was thinking it was going to be a little bit like the original Alice in Wonderland where she went down a rabbit hole and was transported to a place completely different from the world she had come from, but instead she just ends up in the same world that she has always been in- it's just that she can actually see the zombies now.
I really got a kick out of how Gena Showalter put in little elements of the original story in order to keep tying it back into the classic. Ali has a friend named Kat, there's a rabbit cloud constantly reappearing, and then there's Cole, who I have a raising suspicion is the mad hatter. This really made me enjoy the book, and it kept reminding me that it was an adaptation.
All in all, I liked this book, and if you like strong, kick-a** female leads, you will too
A LITTLE EXCERPT
"We went airborne, flipping over, crashing into the road upside down, then flipping over again. The sound of crunching metal, shattering glass and pained screams filled my ears. I was thrown back and forth in my seat, my brain becoming a cherry slushie in my head as different impacts jarred me and stole my breath.
When we finally landed, I was so dazed, so fogged, I felt like I was still in motion. The screams had stopped, at least. All I heard was a slight ringing in my ears.
"Mom? Dad?" A pause. No response. "Em?" Again, nothing.
I frowned, looked around. My eyesight was hazy, something warm and wet in my lashes, but I could see well enough.
And what I saw utterly destroyed me."
When we finally landed, I was so dazed, so fogged, I felt like I was still in motion. The screams had stopped, at least. All I heard was a slight ringing in my ears.
"Mom? Dad?" A pause. No response. "Em?" Again, nothing.
I frowned, looked around. My eyesight was hazy, something warm and wet in my lashes, but I could see well enough.
And what I saw utterly destroyed me."
Well, that's all for now!
See you next time!
~Sea-Solo
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P.S. So sorry that this was late, I had a lot of things to do on Friday and couldn't get it done on time. Cinder will be on time, however, so come back this Saturday for that.
Thank you in advance for your kind consideration! :)
