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Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield
5.0
A biochemical weapon was unleashed upon mankind, ending civilization in the worst possible way. Plant life died and animals were killed. Zombies roamed the earth and those who survived were hunted and turned. Cass woke up in desolate California—alone, bloodied and full of bite marks all over her body. She has no memory of what had happened after the Beaters took her but the one thing she was sure of was that her daughter Ruthie was gone and that she would fight with all she has to get her back.
Cass, the main character is probably the most damaged heroine I’ve ever read in a while. Alcohol and sex addiction were only two of the demons she constantly fought against. Add that state of mind to the fact that she’d just reconciled with her daughter after Cass’ own mother took her, only to be separated from her again after a group of zombies dragged her away, I would’ve just given up and let the zombies have a Cass a la carte. But she didn’t give up, even after finding out that she became one of the Beaters and recovered. Then she met Smoke. Fierce, intense, protective and suddenly she didn’t feel so alone. Their love story is definitely not about romance. It's about survival and protecting those you have left. After all, how do you find romance in a scary world where you’re not only fighting the flesh-eating monsters but groups of people with their own agendas and beliefs—extreme, in the case of the Covenant (a group of women religious extremists who drink the blood of Beaters). The sex between these two was intense—almost violent at times.
I’ve always been a sucker for zombie novels. And I’ve been itching to read this book for a while. Sophie Littlefield wrote this garish tale with such lucid emotions and vivid depiction of the world after a disaster of Armageddon proportion. There’s just something about how she portrayed her zombies. The way they would try to do mundane, random things, although clumsy, was poignant to me. Like how they would sleep (they still do) embracing each other; the couple of Beaters who were trying to load bricks on a wheelbarrow. But no matter what, they’re still creatures with a penchant for fresh flesh and like rabid animals, they'll come after you.
This book had me hooked and if not for real life interrupting all the time, I'd have probably gobbled this up in one sitting.
Cass, the main character is probably the most damaged heroine I’ve ever read in a while. Alcohol and sex addiction were only two of the demons she constantly fought against. Add that state of mind to the fact that she’d just reconciled with her daughter after Cass’ own mother took her, only to be separated from her again after a group of zombies dragged her away, I would’ve just given up and let the zombies have a Cass a la carte. But she didn’t give up, even after finding out that she became one of the Beaters and recovered. Then she met Smoke. Fierce, intense, protective and suddenly she didn’t feel so alone. Their love story is definitely not about romance. It's about survival and protecting those you have left. After all, how do you find romance in a scary world where you’re not only fighting the flesh-eating monsters but groups of people with their own agendas and beliefs—extreme, in the case of the Covenant (a group of women religious extremists who drink the blood of Beaters). The sex between these two was intense—almost violent at times.
I’ve always been a sucker for zombie novels. And I’ve been itching to read this book for a while. Sophie Littlefield wrote this garish tale with such lucid emotions and vivid depiction of the world after a disaster of Armageddon proportion. There’s just something about how she portrayed her zombies. The way they would try to do mundane, random things, although clumsy, was poignant to me. Like how they would sleep (they still do) embracing each other; the couple of Beaters who were trying to load bricks on a wheelbarrow. But no matter what, they’re still creatures with a penchant for fresh flesh and like rabid animals, they'll come after you.
This book had me hooked and if not for real life interrupting all the time, I'd have probably gobbled this up in one sitting.