Jamie Thornton (1)

Just when I thought the zombie genre was dead, along comes [a:Jamie Thornton|5661809|Jamie Thornton|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1388715153p2/5661809.jpg] with an approach that is fresh and interesting. The main character, Mary, is a runaway who is trying not just to survive, but to actually thrive on the streets with her close-knit group of supportive friends.

As the story progresses, things, as always, take a turn for the worse. The tale is fascinating and ultimately poignant; Thornton's narrative style is taut and fast-paced, and in this story the tension never lets up.

Read this novella. I promise you, you will enjoy it.… (plus d'informations)

*Received a copy from a Goodreads giveaway.

The most interesting part of the book for me was the blog Mary posts on, though it's hard to imagine the world she's living in because it sounds a lot like our world now, but also like there's supposed to be some super dystopian quality to it. The virus was the standard government gone wrong set-up.

My biggest issue with this book is that even after reading all of it I felt more like I'd read just the first chapter. As in: there's not a lot of plot, not a lot of the characters. I didn't really get to inhabit their world before the book ended.… (plus d'informations)