Book Birthday Review: The Fall Volume 1 by Jared Muralt

Looking for an insane story of the apocalypse due to a virus? Do you want to see kids really have to take things into their own hands in that kind of world? If so, this might be something you want to look into the next time you’re looking for a graphic novel to read. It really shows the gritty parts of a terrifying future fantasy, and that’s just what I love about reading comics. And who knows? You might too.

5/5 Stars 152 pages
Published March 23rd 2021 by Image Comics

This book follows a family, a single dad and his two kids. After losing their mother to a virus that sweeps the world and creates a kind of chaos that destroys society as we know it, they’re forced to leave their home, sacrifice their pet, and really fend for themselves not only out in the wilderness, but in a chaotic village full of nasty people. Willing to do what they need to survive, they also end up picking up a baby along the way, and then eventually more people. It really shows the hard parts of life, like trying to live again after losing someone that means so much to you.

I loved this story from the moment I picked it up, and honestly, I knew that I would. I’m just addicted to these kinds of post apocalyptic stories, they’re so interesting and exciting to me. Yes, some parts were hard to read and hurt my heart, but I pushed through and came out clean on the other side. The art work was also a very nice addition, and really matched the story, in my opinion. I couldn’t ask for anything more from it, and I can’t wait to see what happens after this book. It really captured everything perfectly.

If you’d like to grab a copy, you can do so here!

And if you’d like to keep up with the creator, you can here on Twitter!

Thanks for reading! Hope you’re doing well, and reading awesome books like this one.

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The Rising Storm (Paradigm #1) by Ceri A. Lowe Review

5/5 Stars 340 pages
Published April 4th 2018 by Bookouture

Wow, I knew this book would be right up my alley, I just didn’t know how much I would actually love it. And I really did love it. A new and exciting take on the well worn path of a young adult dystopia novel, I really couldn’t get enough. It very much gave me Fallout vibes, and if you know me, you know I’m obsessed with that game. I couldn’t ask for more from it, and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next book in the trilogy.

Following a fifteen year old boy named Carter, we see his life unfold as he’s forced underground to pay his duties to the community, to freeze himself until they need him sometime in the next twenty years. He’s giving up what family he has left, his grandfather, after his parents passed away, and really everyone he knows. But he knows it’s what he has to do for the good of the world that he lives in. What he doesn’t know, is that someone’s pregnant with his children. And the world he thaws into is much more dysfunctional than the one he was frozen in fifteen years before. And most of all, that they think he’s their only hope for change.

It also follows Alice, a child who’s stuck in the middle of a devastatingly changing world almost ninety years before Carter’s frozen. She’s left alone in the middle of a flooding world, forced to fend for herself until help eventually comes in the form of the Community that eventually blossoms into the world that Carter knows. The two children are woven together in rotating chapters, and like I said at the beginning, I really couldn’t get enough of this book. I powered through it like it was nothing, and it really makes me want to read more dystopia novels, like now.

Exciting and unique, the thing I loved most about this book was how the two children’s stories were put together. They seem very different on the surface, but the more we get to know about them, the more we realize that the stories are a lot more similar than we originally thought. Both go through hardships, and both want what’s best for the community, but they have differing opinions that get them into trouble with the people around them. Originally one was sort of a rebel against the community and the other was everything that they wanted, but as we learn, they turn into something else entirely and find themselves in completely different places by the end of the book. I don’t think I would change anything about it at all, and I’m eager to start the next book in the trilogy as soon as I get a chance. One thing I was confused about however, was if everything was horrifically flooded for the better part of five years, wouldn’t all the houses be horribly water damaged? Or did it just storm and not horribly flood? Anyways, not important. I loved it, and that’s it.

If you’re into young adult dystopia novels with a new take on the subject, than I definitely think you should give this one a chance. Who knows? You might love it just as much as I did. You can grab a copy here, through my Amazon Associates link.

And if you’d like to keep up with the author, you can here, on Twitter!

Thanks for reading! Hope you’re doing well.

Leonardo 2 by Stéphane Levallois Review

I’m going to be honest, I wasn’t really sure what I was getting myself into with this book, and even though I had read the description, It really didn’t prepare me for what really happened. In this graphic novel is a collection of breathtaking works of art, and they are woven into an equally breathtaking story. I never thought scifi could blend so seamlessly with this style of art, and really Leonardo Da Vinci in general, but here I am, blown away and in awe of this book. I really enjoyed it, if you haven’t gotten the message yet.

5/5 Stars 96 pages
Published October 15th 2020 by NBM Publishing

In the future, Earth has been ravaged. The only people left are aboard The Renaissance, a ship circling the planet. But they’re not safe yet. An intergalactic ship has been tormenting the survivors with threats of war and destruction, and they’re going to keep their promise. And the only hope that humanity has, is that by cloning Leonardo Da Vinci, they wish to tap into his genius and allow him to create weapons of mass destruction. However, things don’t go exactly how they could have hoped.

With a beautiful art style unlike any of the other graphic novels I’ve read I think ever, this is a book that would really stand out on my shelf. Not only because of the art, but also the story. Woven together are pieces of their present day Leonardo 2 putting his master plan into place, and snippets of the original Leonardo’s life. He’s haunted by his past mistakes, and hopes to correct them in this new life he’s been given. And I think that’s exactly what he does.

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Overall, I don’t think I’m going to forget this graphic novel for a really long time. I want to re read it, and hold it in my hands, and that’s why I hope I can buy it sometime in the future. I would love to let my friends and family borrow it. I want everyone to know about it. And that’s really just that. I couldn’t get enough of it, and I can’t recommend it enough. Definitely check it out if you see it around, I think you’ll learn some new facts about Leonardo Da Vinci, just like I did.

If you’d like to grab a copy, you can do so here, through my Amazon Associates link.

And if you’d like to keep up with the creator, you can on Instagram, here.

Thanks for reading! Hope you’re doing well and staying safe.

Not a Drop to Drink (Not a Drop to Drink #1) by Mindy McGinnis Review

5/5 Stars 309 pages
Published September 24th 2013 by Katherine Tegen Books

After I finished the last apocalyptic fiction book I read, I really was just wanting more, and then scrolling through my e-reader I stumbled on this book. First of all, let me just say that I love this book cover so much more than any of the other’s I’ve seen lately. It’s just so interesting and fitting for the story inside that I just want a copy for my bookshelf to look at. And re-read, of course.

Following a young teen girl named Lynn, it tells her story through the third person viewpoint at her family’s farmhouse, they’ve lived in it for generations. Though, this isn’t just another young adult book about a girl on a farm. The world she lives in is a desolate one, running out of water and ravaged by disease in the cities. At the beginning of the book it’s just her and her mother, but that quickly changes.

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In this book, she has to face a lot of hard situations. Death, is the biggest one. Also, living in a world where her mother is the only person to trust and everyone else should be shot dead is a hard mindset to work herself out of. Protecting her home’s pond is all she’s ever known, that and hunting, killing, and just basically surviving for the most part. But she’s strong, and she can do anything she puts her mind to.

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After discovering a small family of a pregnant mother, an uncle, and a young girl thrust into her arms, she has to not only take care of herself, but now a small child. With help from her only trustworthy neighbour, she learns to open up to the outside world and really grow into a live that isn’t just about surviving, and I think that’s something that everyone should learn, even if it’s not as extreme as the problems in this book.

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From the moment I picked it up, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to put it down. Finishing the entire thing in just two days, I couldn’t stop thinking about what was going to happen next when I wasn’t reading it. It’s one of those books where you start it and you just can’t stop. I laid in the bath for almost 3 hours reading it, and after that I read it to go to sleep, when I woke up, and then all afternoon again. It’s everything I could want and more in a book, and I really mean it when I say I want a copy for my shelf. All the questions I had about it were answered by the end of the book, and though it ended at a very nice spot, I did notice that there’s a sequel, and I’d love to check that out, if I could get my hands on it.

If you’d like to get a copy for yourself, you can do so here.

Here’s a link to the author’s Twitter, if you’d like to follow them.

Thanks for reading! I can’t get this book out of my head, and I have a feeling that you won’t be able to either if you ever check it out. If you’d like to chat about it, I’d love to in the comments! I hope you have a good day, and stay safe.

Shadow of the Coalition (The Omni Towers #2) by Jamie A. Waters Review

5/5 Stars 370 pages
Published September 13th 2018 by Hidden Realms Publishing

Though it’s been probably two years since I’ve read the first book in The Omni Towers series, I definitely haven’t forgotten about it. I was able to jump right back into the world without any problems, and that’s exactly what I love in a series. With all the books I have, I can’t always just sit and read a series through to the end and I like to space it out, and I’m thankful I can do so with these books, because I’ve really loved the three that I’ve read so far.

Following Kayla as usual, this book shows her life as she tries to cope with this new found power she has, her bond that was created with her fiance Alec in the towers, and still hold onto that Ruin Rat Brat she’s always been with her lover and Omni Trader, Carl. Only this time, it gets even more complicated than it already is. With word of a new group trying to hunt her down, we learn about the Russian based Coalition, The Omni Tower’s rival.

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Is there anything I have a problem with in this book? Honestly nothing I can think of. I loved every moment of it, and I just couldn’t get enough. I try to read a quarter of a book every day, and I had no problem with that goal for this book, even reading more everyday so that it was over way too quickly. I couldn’t get enough! It was so good in fact, I honestly thought about just starting the next book immediately after, but thought I should save it for another day.

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Overall, I think this is one of my favourite book series. I know I’m still new to it only having read three books so far, but It’s just one of those things that sticks with you, you know? I love the apocalyptic wasteland, the ruins, and the futuristic towers all mixed together with elemental magic. It’s everything I could ever want and more, and I can’t wait to start the next book.

If you’d like to grab a copy, you can do so here.

Here’s a link to the author’s Twitter, if you’d like to keep up with them.

Thanks for reading! I’d love to chat about the series in the comments, if anyone feels up to it. Hope you have a great day, and stay safe!

Shelter (The Aftermath #1) by David Hutchinson Review

3/5 Stars 304 pages
Published June 12th 2018 by Solaris

Ever wonder what would happen if a comet broke apart and smashed into the Earth, causing the downfall and destruction of civilization? Then this is the book for you. Not only does this show you what would happen to the people who got a hold of farms and managed to take care of themselves, but also what would happen if people banded together, like raiders, and their own small time military. Of course, completely lawless.

The story for the most part, follows a man named Max and his family who live on a farm, a man named Adam who’s a straggler spy who travels trying to collect information for his group, and a man named Morty who’s nothing even close to the other two. The characters in this book are all very different and show very different sides of the wasteland.

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In this book, the world is stuck in a state of perpetual autumn. It’s always rainy and miserable, and it’s been many generations since the world we know has existed. People have learned to adapt to their surroundings, band together, or they’ve frankly just keeled over from small things like cuts or illnesses that easily obtainable medicine would cure in our world.

Though this is usually a genre of book I love and can get right into, that wasn’t the case for this book. Although I did like the parts where Adam was the main character, the others I just couldn’t really imagine. The only exciting part of the book besides that was the end, in my opinion, and I’m not really interested in continuing the story with the next book. Not that it’s bad, it just wasn’t for me.

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If you’re interested in checking out this book for yourself, you can do so here.

Thanks for reading! Hope you have a great day. Have you read this book? I’d love to chat about it in the comments!

Get The Tide Series Box Set (Books 1-4): A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller by Anthony J Melchiorri for only 99 Cents

I can’t stop eating chips lately, is that just me or do other people have this problem?

 

Anyways, maybe eating tons of chips while reading this box set could be a good thing. I’m sure you know by now, but I love post-apocalyptic things. It’s definitely one of my favourites, and who doesn’t love so many books in a series for so cheap?

Published in 2018, this book holds a rating of 4.2 stars across 30 reviews on Goodreads. That gives me pretty high hopes for it. I like the aesthetic of the books, and I think that they might be something I could be really into.

 

It’s description claims that: “A devastating bioweapon will change the face and fate of humanity as we know it.

1027 pages
Published December 23rd 2018

“Captain Dominic Holland leads a crew of skilled covert operatives and scientific personnel aboard a clandestine ship dedicated to fighting chemical and biological warfare. Their missions have taken them across the world to combat sinister plots and dangerous adversaries. But their next assignment is more dangerous than any they faced before.

“Far off the eastern coast of the United States, intelligence officers discover a covert laboratory on an abandoned oil rig with unspeakable horrors. Twisted creatures wash ashore across the country. Hospitals are overrun by patients suffering from an incurable disease with terrifying symptoms.

“Dom and his team may be the only ones equipped to find out why. They embark on a globe-trotting race to unravel the apocalyptic mystery behind the bioweapon destroying civilization. But will their efforts be enough to turn the tide—or is humanity’s fate already sealed?”

 

Doesn’t that sound exciting? Not very often do I come across bioweapons in books, but I think it could be really different and interesting. I can’t wait to check this box set out, and I’m happy to share it with you all.

If you’d like to grab a copy, you can get one here.

Here’s a link to the author’s Twitter, if you’d like to keep up with them.

 

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Hope you have a good night!