The Apocalypse Survivors: The Undead World Novel 2 (Volume 2) (Unabridged‪)‬

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This book has made me freak out in so many ways. Book one set the bar for the horror, from both zombies and humans, and this one just raised it. I think my heart was palpitating through a good 80% if not more! This is like running a freaking marathon, but do NOT think about stopping because there is a horde of zombies and crazy people on your heels. If you stop for a second they will rape, enslave, or torture you, just for the fun of it. And that's just the humans.

You know there are a lot of zombie books out there so it takes a really good writer, and an interesting story, to get people hooked. This. Has. Me. Hooked. So much so that I read this the day after Christmas.

In my defense, once you get this baby started, you will not be able to stop. It is action packed and now that book one is read, there are so many characters that I want to know more about! That said, you really do want to read these in order. To understand who the characters are and what they are doing because there is not much of a recap in this. It literally jumps right into the second book without a hiccup.

In this one we meet my new favorite character, Jillybean. I love her! I thought maybe she was eight or so but you learn later in the story that she is really only six! SIX! She knows more about survival, due to her fantastic memory (and the help of her stuffed zebra) that she is able to think faster than the adults that she meets. She's watched National Geographic and is able to access these memories. This ability may not seem like much but basically she is able to study how prey moves, slowly and deliberately, to stay alive, and then enacts these movements so she is as slow and quiet as a mouse.

A lot of the previous characters are back and they have all grown and changed, for better or for worse. I have to say, in some parts I freaking cheered, and in others I found myself devastated. The way Peter Meredith is able to weave this fantastic, appalling story is unbelievable but somehow so believable it's scary. It is so much that I mentally almost need a break from the roller coaster, especially after what happens at the end of book two. Without spoiling it what I can say is, you'll be mad at Peter. I know I am! But I was also cheering so I want to be a big girl and get ready for book three because there are character's lives on the line and I need to find out what's happening to them.

Needless to say, the audio and narration for this was spot on. I wear my heart on my sleeve and was listening through headphones and every time I scowled or cheered, or literally cried, my husband was asking me what was happening. I could not and did not WANT to stop the audio so I just pointed to my headphones and he would laugh. I was so caught up in this that real life could have faded away and I would not have noticed. Amazing effort from Basil Sands yet again. Jillybean's voice is so adorable but I loved the zebra (Ipes) coming through her. It's eerie but perfect.

The audio helped keep me into the story and was perfection. Since this is such an intense story half of how it comes across really is through the narration. This kept up with the story and helped induce a feeling of horrifying intensity!

Must read book three now! If you read this, there are six in the series. Be ready to want to read all of them.

Audiobook provided for review by the narrator.

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