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Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
4.0

I took to this book slowly. It wasn't even on my radar until it received a Cybils 2010 win. But gradually the story began to eat at me. A brother full of anger, a world full of secrets and a jarring series of action-packed twists and turns. I highly recommend it as a straight-through read. Don't take time to catch up on any other story - leave your movies, TV shows and RSS feeds aside. There were a few faltering steps to the story about 85% of the way in, but by then I was so satisfied in the thick heft of pages already moved to the left side of the book that I hardly cared. I like that an obvious twist took me by surprise and I look forward to seeing what else becomes of the story.

Fact: my eight-year old sister is all totally "not scared of the cover, but can we look at it one more time... okay... can we put it away now?"