This was the first book I've read by author Logan Keys, and I really enjoyed the YA dystopian zombie romance fusion! I found myself really drawn to the story of Liza and Jeremy, especially as we got further into the story and their characters continued to develop. His background was especially intriguing, and I look forward to finding out more!

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the author. ( )

I really wanted to like this book, the concept was really interesting and something new for me. The beginning was good, introducing Liza and Tommy. However the more I read the more disconnected I felt towards the characters especially Liza, reading her POV I just scoffed each time a character in her arc was introduced. Tommy’s POV was interesting but still not strong enough for me to form an attachment. This was disappointing because the story itself was good. It was written wonderfully, I just really did not like the characters so whenever something story driven happened to them, it didn’t have the full impact it should of.

I am not saying that Liza or Tommy was not strong or have strengths that people would like, and honestly, I am not sure what I am looking for as protagonists in this story. I think that is another reason I couldn’t give them book my all, I was entirely unsure of what I wanted. Maybe if I reread the book it can give me a better understanding of what I wanted from The Lost City.

If you have read this let me know how you felt about the characters and if you had any favorites and why. ( )

This is a call out to all those lovers of genre-bending! We've got a zombocalypse, an enormous fight for freedom from an authoritarian regime, cancer victims, hulk-outs, and even a bit of poetry and music.

What more could we ask for in a YA?

Um, we could always ask for and receive some actually nice romance. Yeah! Romance! Liza and Jeremy are so cute together! Maybe I'm just a sucker for writers who love musicians. Or maybe it's the purple eyes or the nigh-immortality or the sweetness in the face of all these hungry shambling hoards (and even the zombies!)

Of course, this book isn't all about the list of cool features or even the fact that we even get time to wage war with Tommy and hulk out as if we're all playing an awesome game of Resident Evil with a very, very generous dose of Alice In Wonderland. Cool, right?

And all the while Jeremy is out to free them all from the terrible yoke of the elite rich and their dangerous survival techniques. Come on! I *love* body mods. Of course, these kinds of body mods are a bit extreme, but what can we do! It's an extreme kind of world! :)

This book has great pacing and a lot of fun characters and action and character development, but none of that is quite as amazing as the end. Fair warning, however... these kinds of reveals might absolutely prevent you from avoiding the next book in the series. :) :)


Thanks to the author for a copy of this book! ( )

The last City By Logan Keys took me completely by surprise. It was one of those stories that I started to read and thought I'm not going to like this! why? you may ask, well I usually find that within minutes of starting a new book I can usually surmise if the writing style is one I'm going to like.
strangely with the last City, the first couple chapters didn't gel with me at all and I thought oh ow what a shame, it sounded so epic sigh.
Then BAM!!!! I don't know what happened but I couldn't put the bloody thing down, It was like my kindle was permanently attached to my hand, where I went so did it follow and my poor family was second best to this amazingly addictive unique Tale that I was on a mission to finish.
How to adequately describe The last city to do it justice mmmm, well I will start by saying this novel had a bit of everything, it wasn't really a romance or dystopian or even futuristic, it wasn't quite a supernatural or science fiction it had a mash up of everything and didn't concentrate on any one specific genre.
It really shouldn't have worked but it did.
Now to give a brief summary of this story here we go.
The last city starts originally by skipping between two character's stories, Liza and Tommy.
Liza is sick and is practically a prisoner and has been sent to the island to die.
shockingly she is the first ever to recover and is shipped back to the mainland to live in Ash city.
Tommy is a young soldier, he is a special, which basically means he has been experimented on and has been changed into something else. think the Hulk without the green tinge, you don't want to make Tommy mad he's liable to tear you limb from limb.
Their tales unfold separately all having a part to play in the final shocking picture and believe me, I was gobsmacked and also heartbroken for Liza when we get to the final distressing scenes.
As our saga reaches its final curtain the stage has been set for book two with Tommy and Liza placed strategically together, it's almost like the perfect checkmate ready for act two.
I've tried to give a sense of this book without giving anything away, take my word for it this is one book that is gonna grab you by the throat.
There something for everyone, We have Zombies, Vampires, super humans all set against a backdrop of a corrupt government, where the world's gone bat shit crazy and everyone's just trying to survive the best they can.
In conclusion, this was an unbelievably fascinating read and I relished every morsel and crumb it had to offer. I really can't think of any negatives, Logan Keys Did a brilliant job creating this post-apocalyptic read. This is the first book I have read by her it definitely won't be the last.
I received a free copy of this e-book from NetGalley and this is my unbiased honest opinion.

https://www.beckiebookworm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/ ( )

The last City By Logan Keys took me completely by surprise. It was one of those stories that I started to read and thought I'm not going to like this! why? you may ask, well I usually find that within minutes of starting a new book I can usually surmise if the writing style is one I'm going to like.
strangely with the last City, the first couple chapters didn't gel with me at all and I thought oh ow what a shame, it sounded so epic sigh.
Then BAM!!!! I don't know what happened but I couldn't put the bloody thing down, It was like my kindle was permanently attached to my hand, where I went so did it follow and my poor family was second best to this amazingly addictive unique Tale that I was on a mission to finish.
How to adequately describe The last city to do it justice mmmm, well I will start by saying this novel had a bit of everything, it wasn't really a romance or dystopian or even futuristic, it wasn't quite a supernatural or science fiction it had a mash up of everything and didn't concentrate on any one specific genre.
It really shouldn't have worked but it did.
Now to give a brief summary of this story here we go.
The last city starts originally by skipping between two character's stories, Liza and Tommy.
Liza is sick and is practically a prisoner and has been sent to the island to die.
shockingly she is the first ever to recover and is shipped back to the mainland to live in Ash city.
Tommy is a young soldier, he is a special, which basically means he has been experimented on and has been changed into something else. think the Hulk without the green tinge, you don't want to make Tommy mad he's liable to tear you limb from limb.
Their tales unfold separately all having a part to play in the final shocking picture and believe me, I was gobsmacked and also heartbroken for Liza when we get to the final distressing scenes.
As our saga reaches its final curtain the stage has been set for book two with Tommy and Liza placed strategically together, it's almost like the perfect checkmate ready for act two.
I've tried to give a sense of this book without giving anything away, take my word for it this is one book that is gonna grab you by the throat.
There something for everyone, We have Zombies, Vampires, super humans all set against a backdrop of a corrupt government, where the world's gone bat shit crazy and everyone's just trying to survive the best they can.
In conclusion, this was an unbelievably fascinating read and I relished every morsel and crumb it had to offer. I really can't think of any negatives, Logan Keys Did a brilliant job creating this post-apocalyptic read. This is the first book I have read by her it definitely won't be the last.
I received a free copy of this e-book from NetGalley and this is my unbiased honest opinion.

https://www.beckiebookworm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/ ( )