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.
I'd tell them I love them.
I wish... Yeah, I wish.
(Goodreads)
So my beloved mom recommended this book to
me because of the author, Chibi (my mum) is always telling me about the other (adult)
books she's written and how awesome they are. I have no idea how I could have
doubted her.
This is a one in a kind book. I'm always saying that the books I've read are different from others but this; this was a whole new category. Truthfully this book had nothing to do with Alice and Wonderland, and that is absolutely okay. Gina Showalter brought the very used zombies and completely changed them, and for the better. These zombies were of the spirit, and I had never thought of that, but it was really very interesting. Since these zombies were more like ghosts no one could see them unless you were special… and so Ali the entire time thought that her dad was crazy, all because he could see these monsters that one else could. Gina Showalter created something new and amazing, and very modern. I actually screamed for happiness when she mentioned the Iron Fey series by Julia Kagawa, and the band Skillet. It was very modern and very teenage, absolutely perfect for us teens :3 Now the characters, oh my flipping gorsh the characters !!! Dear lord Cole is tall dark and handsome with violet eyes but he is just a great character, he's complicated and mysterious. Sarcastic and sweet. So awesome. Of course he had the common characteristics of a possessive boyfriend, that didn’t want Alice to do anything on her own. And that was very annoying at times, but luckily Ms. Showalter kept that to a minimum. Also!! I absolutely loved that Cole was a bass, with a sexy low gravelly voice. In most books they have boys with deep tenors… or baritones… that really doesn’t happen !! Get it right ladies.
Now Alice, Alice is such an Independent
girl. She does what she wants and is so flipping awesome. I have a feeling
she won't go Bella on us :3 I also love how she kicks arse, most female
characters are not like that. And Ali was just so amazing! Her spirit was
poison to the zombies making her a perfect weapon. Not that she should always
be bitten. But she is just so kick arse and is always trying to find a way to
figure things out, instead of just waiting.
Now the plot is so unique and different, I say that a lot, but I mean it this time (like always). It has been such a long time since I stayed up to READ. Most books I'm like "meh I can keep reading tomorrow" with this I was all like "heck no I am not going to bed !! I need to finish !!" I dreamt about possible outcomes, once I had finished the book, this book just had me flipping pages, anticipating what would happen next. Absolutely loved it, and have read it about three times since the first time, and every time I notice more things.
Absolutely recommended for
everyone, adult and teen alike.
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