This book is not easily put into any one category: a little dystopian/cataclysmic, a little paranormal, with a hint of romance.
Lily and her autistic twin Mel live in a "farm," where all the teenagers are food for the zombies who feed on blood, known as ticks. Lily is planning to escape with Mel. Along comes Carter, who the girls knew from "the before." Lily is rightfully suspicious, because Carter has specifically been looking for Lily, for his own reasons.
Its been a long time since I've ever felt real fear for a character in a book. But, I did in this one. Love this book, and will definately be looking for the second one.
Lily and her autistic twin Mel live in a "farm," where all the teenagers are food for the zombies who feed on blood, known as ticks. Lily is planning to escape with Mel. Along comes Carter, who the girls knew from "the before." Lily is rightfully suspicious, because Carter has specifically been looking for Lily, for his own reasons.
Its been a long time since I've ever felt real fear for a character in a book. But, I did in this one. Love this book, and will definately be looking for the second one.
I'm not sure where to start with this one, so I will randomly review what comes into my head.
1. The first 100 pages are a bit of a snooze. It's setting up for the rest of the book, but I think it could have been done in less pages. Don't get discouraged, just hang on till around 100 pages because it gets really good.
2. Lily, one of the main characters, is so damn annoying and clueless I found myself hoping that a tick would get her just to shut her up some. You can only be a stubborn ass for so long before those around start to plan your demise. Ok so that wasan't anyone in the book that wanted to, that was just me. I think at the very end she decided to get her head out of her ass and start to listen to what Sebastian and Carter were trying to tell her. It's a shame she suffered a loss to finally get it.
3. Mel, Lily's autistic twin, has to be one of my favorite characters. She says very little, but her thoughts are dead on. One thing that I thought about through the book is that Lily is really not listening to her sister like she should.
4. Sebastian and Carter are such an odd duo that they made me laugh. Sebastian is so sarcastic he reminds me of myself.
I love the unique storyline and I love that their will be more books in this series. It has so much potential.
1. The first 100 pages are a bit of a snooze. It's setting up for the rest of the book, but I think it could have been done in less pages. Don't get discouraged, just hang on till around 100 pages because it gets really good.
2. Lily, one of the main characters, is so damn annoying and clueless I found myself hoping that a tick would get her just to shut her up some. You can only be a stubborn ass for so long before those around start to plan your demise. Ok so that wasan't anyone in the book that wanted to, that was just me. I think at the very end she decided to get her head out of her ass and start to listen to what Sebastian and Carter were trying to tell her. It's a shame she suffered a loss to finally get it.
3. Mel, Lily's autistic twin, has to be one of my favorite characters. She says very little, but her thoughts are dead on. One thing that I thought about through the book is that Lily is really not listening to her sister like she should.
4. Sebastian and Carter are such an odd duo that they made me laugh. Sebastian is so sarcastic he reminds me of myself.
I love the unique storyline and I love that their will be more books in this series. It has so much potential.
Really enjoyed this book for most part. It definitely held my attention and had some great character building. It's about the "After", when a virus of some kind turns people into blood sucking creatures. There are places that are called farms set up to protect the teenagers since the creatures seem to be more attracted to their blood. In one of these farms we find twin sisters Lily and Mel. Lily has always been the one to take care of Mel since Mel has autism. She took care of her in the "Before" and now in the "After" at the farm. Soon they'll be 18 and the higher ups at the farm will send them on their way. But Lily suspects this is not true. Sure, they are turning 18 but she doesn't think they'll just let them go. She, with the help of Mel, come up with an escape plan but they find that escaping might be the least of their worries.
Like I mentioned before, I really got into this book and enjoyed it. The only peeves I have is there was a lot on describing the Ticks throughout the book but each time it was pretty much the same description. Yeah, I got it and if there's not more to it, then drop it. Also, even though I enjoyed Lily's character, I hate how she kept making stupid decisions. I know this can be typical in YA books but can't say that I like it. There's even a point that she realizes she keeps making these stupid decisions and still makes them afterwards. I tolerated this and still enjoyed the book but it definitely took a star off for me.
Like I mentioned before, I really got into this book and enjoyed it. The only peeves I have is there was a lot on describing the Ticks throughout the book but each time it was pretty much the same description. Yeah, I got it and if there's not more to it, then drop it. Also, even though I enjoyed Lily's character, I hate how she kept making stupid decisions. I know this can be typical in YA books but can't say that I like it. There's even a point that she realizes she keeps making these stupid decisions and still makes them afterwards. I tolerated this and still enjoyed the book but it definitely took a star off for me.
