A review by longy207
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

5.0

This was an excellent zombie apocalypse story that was very refreshing to read. With a much more human aspect to the main characters that other zombie books have failed at for me.

The main characters are Benny and Tom, two brothers that have survived a zombie apocalypse and who are now having to live in the aftermath. One of the brothers, the older one Tom has learned to survive outside of the small community of survivors and goes into the ruin to help others put their now zombie family members at ease. whereas Benny is the younger brother and has been kept in the community to finish his education.

There are some secondary characters but they are only really there to show the extent to which different people can be affected by the zombie apocalypse.

The storyline is excellent and brilliantly written, it puts a whole new more human spin on the horrors people would have to survive after a zombie apocalypse. The pacing is very good and I look forward to reading the other books in the series. I'm starting the second one tonight.

5 stars