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A review by yogicath
Zombie Island by Samantha Hoffman
5.0
This is book one of the Zombie Apocalypse series and the main character is a young woman called Sam, who has managed to survive all alone, as the world descended into chaos with the coming of an infection that spread from bites or bodily fluids being passed on from the infected people who are now zombies. They are fairly docile during the day unless you make a noise that draws them to you, but she has to lock herself away in her apartment at night and ensure no one else finds her safe haven. Due to summers spent with her gran, she learnt a bit about growing food and gathering water, and has used that knowledge to grow a limited supply of vegetables to try and stave off starvation. More people have died from the chaos that first happened and then from starvation, than from attacks by the zombies. She has only a few tins of food left and needs to go on another supply run, but she doesn’t just have the zombies to deal with. There are groups of soldiers roaming the city of Detroit and clearing out zombies as they go, but any females are in danger, as they will grab them and use them as entertainment for the troops, until the females stop fighting back! Then they take them out with them on patrol and shoot them, leaving their remains for the zombies.
Sam almost got caught a few weeks back, when she started going towards some soldiers and a woman they were holding, until she saw them shoot her dead, thankfully without seeing Sam. Even worse are the ex-soldiers who have nothing stopping them from acting out on their animalistic desires, and Sam has had a run in with one such group, led by a large man called Frank, who wants her for his men! She escapes him once, but the next time, she makes a mistake and is caught, until two redneck brothers, Ryder and Reese, end up saving her and another woman who Frank already had and was about to kill. Her name is Tobe (October) and she had given up the fight and was useless to the ex-soldiers, who wanted their women to fight them for some sick excitement! Reese is a bit of a flirt and joker, whilst Ryder as the older brother, is serious and refuses to even crack a smile. With limited food supplies now there are four of them to feed, they try to get more supplies and soon realise they need to head elsewhere. The brothers want to head all the way to the coast, well over a thousand miles, but Sam has a better suggestion. A small place called Beaver Island that she visited on a school trip as a teen. It is more reasonable distance away, but Ryder will need to find transport for them that will hold all of them and what supplies they find. An obvious mistake takes place at this time, as Ryder does his stubborn man routine, his way or the highway, which will come back to hurt them later on!
The journey is fraught with danger, from zombies and other lawless survivors, as they make their way to the island near her hometown. They have difficulties along the way, lose one vehicle and need to find another whilst being pursued, only to find the dock near the island completely awash with zombies. There are plenty of boats, but whether there are any keys in them or if they work, will take time to find out. Time for a diversion and a bit of luck. Getting to the island should mean they can relax a bit, but danger is still all around and winter is coming, so they have a lot to do and may not be alone on the island. Robe isn’t quite up to doing supply runs, but they agree someone needs to stay with her and protect their supplies, whilst the others search for more. Ryder decides Sam should go with him and the other two should stay in the cabin they have taken over. After getting close to the flirting Reese on the journey, she soon starts to get even closer to Ryder, when out together, especially when he made a tough decision to take a detour near her former home. Out on a supply run on the island, they get caught out by a coming storm and the arrival of her worst nightmare! A fantastic start to the series with lots of danger and action throughout, as well as the beginning of good friendships and a possible romance or two. I look forward to reading more of the series and seeing where it goes next. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Sam almost got caught a few weeks back, when she started going towards some soldiers and a woman they were holding, until she saw them shoot her dead, thankfully without seeing Sam. Even worse are the ex-soldiers who have nothing stopping them from acting out on their animalistic desires, and Sam has had a run in with one such group, led by a large man called Frank, who wants her for his men! She escapes him once, but the next time, she makes a mistake and is caught, until two redneck brothers, Ryder and Reese, end up saving her and another woman who Frank already had and was about to kill. Her name is Tobe (October) and she had given up the fight and was useless to the ex-soldiers, who wanted their women to fight them for some sick excitement! Reese is a bit of a flirt and joker, whilst Ryder as the older brother, is serious and refuses to even crack a smile. With limited food supplies now there are four of them to feed, they try to get more supplies and soon realise they need to head elsewhere. The brothers want to head all the way to the coast, well over a thousand miles, but Sam has a better suggestion. A small place called Beaver Island that she visited on a school trip as a teen. It is more reasonable distance away, but Ryder will need to find transport for them that will hold all of them and what supplies they find. An obvious mistake takes place at this time, as Ryder does his stubborn man routine, his way or the highway, which will come back to hurt them later on!
The journey is fraught with danger, from zombies and other lawless survivors, as they make their way to the island near her hometown. They have difficulties along the way, lose one vehicle and need to find another whilst being pursued, only to find the dock near the island completely awash with zombies. There are plenty of boats, but whether there are any keys in them or if they work, will take time to find out. Time for a diversion and a bit of luck. Getting to the island should mean they can relax a bit, but danger is still all around and winter is coming, so they have a lot to do and may not be alone on the island. Robe isn’t quite up to doing supply runs, but they agree someone needs to stay with her and protect their supplies, whilst the others search for more. Ryder decides Sam should go with him and the other two should stay in the cabin they have taken over. After getting close to the flirting Reese on the journey, she soon starts to get even closer to Ryder, when out together, especially when he made a tough decision to take a detour near her former home. Out on a supply run on the island, they get caught out by a coming storm and the arrival of her worst nightmare! A fantastic start to the series with lots of danger and action throughout, as well as the beginning of good friendships and a possible romance or two. I look forward to reading more of the series and seeing where it goes next. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.