My Review of: Alice in Zombieland (White Rabbit Chronicles #1) by Gena Showalter

Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: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. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. 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….

I wish I could go back and do a thousand things differently.
I’d tell my sister no.
I’d never beg my mother to talk to my dad.
I’d zip my lips and swallow those hateful words.
Or, barring all of that, I’d hug my sister, my mom and my dad one last time.

My Review: Overall, I don’t feel like this book should be compared to Alice in Wonderland, because it’s nothing like that book. The only thing that’s related in the slightest to it, is the “White Rabbit in the Sky” and the title if the book. What I thought would be kind of a trippy adventure was just really a coincidence. Sure, the girls name is Alice, but she goes by Ali and nothing in the book is referred to as Wonderland, or even anything close to that. It’s not even Zombieland, it’s about a girl who joins a gang after her family is killed in a car accident, and they go out hunting zombies. I’m sure there’s a good story somewhere in there, but the book mainly focuses on killing zombies. Honestly, as exciting as that sounds, it gets boring after a while. The characters don’t really stick out. I’m not sure I’ll read the next book. Thanks for reading.

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My Review of: The Living Dead Boy by Rhiannon Frater

The Living Dead Boy by Rhiannon Frater
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: Josh Rondell is twelve years old and known as the “living dead boy” due to his rampant love of all things zombie. As the head of the Zombie Hunters Club, he’s obsessed with preparing for the zombocalypse.

Though no one around him really believes that zombies will one day rise to devour the living, Josh is convinced it just might happen.
When zombies do shamble into his schoolyard, Josh finds himself the leader of the dwindling band of zombie hunters, and he is charged with protecting them all. Josh’s baby brother, his closest friends, and the love of his young life try to survive as the undead take over their town.

Trapped in his treehouse and surrounded by the dead, will Josh be able to save them all?

A gripping horror tale for zombie fans of all ages!

My Review: Living Dead Boy probably should have just stayed dead. Honestly and truthfully, I didn’t like this book at all. Though it seemed interesting at first, the characters were bland, and obviously the author doesn’t have any kids, because they acted too old for their age. I kind of regret downloading this book. I mean sure, a free book is a free book, but I can’t see myself downloading anything else by the author. The characters are plain, they aren’t really developed, and they’re 2D. Two little boys, Drake and Josh (Yes like the tv show) who are a pre-teen and a toddler, face off with their friends in a tree house against a hoard of zombies. I didn’t like them. They didn’t seem like they could be real people, and I kind of thought that all the characters acted like they were eight, when they were supposed to be much older and much younger than that. Their friends weren’t important to the story, and I didn’t really get to know any of the characters anyways throughout the book. One kids parent dies, and they basically tell him to move on, but when one of their own parents die, the whole world stops for them. I just don’t understand. Maybe I’m too old for this book, but either was I didn’t like it. Thanks for reading.

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My Review of: Steths: Cognition by Karl Fields

Steths: Cognition by Karl Fields
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: Say the phrase No two are ever alike, and most think of snowflakes or fingerprints. But Steths, with their ability to hear heartbeats – and the emotions within them – know that each one of those is unique as well.

Sixteen-year-old Devin Chambers wants nothing more than a football scholarship, his ticket to a life beyond the hardscrabble neighborhood he calls home. But it’s his abilities as a Steth that get him noticed by the prestigious Faulkner Academy.

Being a “Faulkner man” means a life of privilege and influence. In the wrong hands, it also means having the power to destroy lives, as Devin learns when he encounters a man being framed for terrorism. He hears innocence in the man’s heart, but it’s a belief no one else shares, and he’ll have to risk his new life and bright future to save a condemned man from the death penalty.

My Review: Though new found powers are fun, this story just wasn’t for me. I requested this book from netgalley because it seemed interesting enough, and I needed something new to read, and as much as I wanted to like this book, I just couldn’t sink into it. The characters were stereotypical, and kind of bland to be honest. I felt like it took too long to get through this book, and that’s because I had to keep stopping and re reading chapters. In a way, I’m glad I read this book, because I never would’ve thought about people having the powers to listen to your heartbeat. I wouldn’t have known that because they could hear that, they could basically read your mind, and determine what situation you were in. Basically the book follows a teenage boy, Devin, who is a steth, and who is pretty much recruted into a college for his kind. Most people don’t know it exists as that, but they go there to learn about their abilities, and how his life changes throughout the book. It’s a cool story, but the characters weren’t people I could know outside of this book, and I didn’t like that. Check it out. Thanks for reading.

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My Review of: Gameboard of the Gods (Age of X #1) by Richelle Mead

Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA). Raised in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the military’s most elite and terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced reflexes and skills.

When Justin and Mae are assigned to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders, they soon realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger. As their investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers greater than they can imagine are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the world in which humans are merely game pieces on their board.

Gameboard of the Gods, the first installment of Richelle Mead’s Age of X series, will have all the elements that have made her YA Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series such megasuccesses: sexy, irresistible characters; romantic and mythological intrigue; and relentless action and suspense.

My Review: Gameboard of the Gods is an amazing story that I’d love to read again. Although I’m not certain where I got this book exactly, I’m glad I got the chance to read it. I absolutely love Richelle Mead’s books, and when I saw that she had started another series, I just had to read it. I love her writing, it always pulls me into the book from the very beginning. The characters are well developed and seem like they could be actual people. I definitely recommend checking it out if you haven’t already, I’m sure you won’t regret it. It’s about a few characters in general: Mae, a super soldier; Justin, a super smart guy who works for the government; and Tessa, a sixteen year old immigrant who’s been moved into a scary new country. The story line is an exciting kind of mix between a sort of murder mystery, science fiction thing, that also plays the science vs. religion card. I absolutely loved every moment of the book, and will definitely be reading the next in line. Thanks for reading.

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