This is part of Red Hill. I would recommend reading Red Hill first. The story is told from Jenna's POV. Like Red Hill there is violence and gore. The adult content is missing from this one so I would be comfortable with giving it to a teen to read. Jenna is 13 and while she has to grow up fast, the author has pretty much kept her writing as a young teen. There is one scene that could be considered disturbing to a younger person. I don't want to go into detail here as it would be a spoiler. I will say though that it isn't anything new. I had seen it on ZNation and Walking Dead. ( )

Among Monsters by Jamie McGuire is a companion story to the novel about a zombie apocalypse called Red Hill. One of the main characters in Red Hill, Scarlet, has never given up hope that her two daughters are still alive and that her ex-husband will keep her daughters safe and bring them to her. This is the story of how they managed to survive and get to the sanctuary at Red Hill.

In particular this is Jenna’s story. She is thirteen and when the world goes to pieces around her, she find out how resourceful and practical she can be. She protects and looks out for her young sister, Halle, and even, at times, is better at keeping them together than her father appears to be. She had been resentful of her father in recent times, begrudging him his girlfriends, but as they travel through this nightmare, they learn to understand each other and work on their survival together.

I read Red Hill a number of years ago but have to admit that I really didn’t have a clear memory of it. This didn’t really affect how this story worked. Among Monsters was about a different set of people and it wasn’t until the end that stories combined. I enjoyed this story, Jenna was a heroine worth rooting for, the issues between her father and her were much the same as any normal teen and single father but the circumstances they were caught up in encouraged them to talk about their feelings and resolve most of their problems. Of course there was plenty of zombie action so I was able to get my thrills as well. ( )

Wow. ( )

Good follow up to Red Hill Road- which was awesome. ( )