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A review by andreathereader
Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry
5.0
Man, oh man, what a ride. It’s been half a year since the events of Rot & Ruin took place and the kids have grown into little fighters. They’re ready to head out and find that plane they saw near the end of that book. Not even the horrors from their last venture out could prepare them for what they found this time.
The plot was similar to the previous book in that the group went back into the zombie-infested Rot & Ruin, but there were differences as well. Someone new was with them: the non-athletic Chong, who had a mad crush on Lilah. Plus, they were more prepared for battle this time, since Tom had been training them. And they had a new goal: find that plane.
I didn’t think it was possible, but the action had been turned up even more for this installment. I tell you, Maberry has a gift for creating these intense and scary scenes where you just don’t know what will happen next.
The characters that we already knew were expounded upon, so we learned much more about them. More of their background, and their life at Mountainside. The new characters that we were introduced to were great, and had depth. The dialogue was again perfect – to the point with a touch of dry humor. There was a little romance, but again, it was most definitely not the focus of the story.
Some of my lingering questions from the first book were answered, some questions I didn’t even know I had. A few new questions were posed that I can’t wait to find out the answers to in the next book. And I don’t mind admitting I cried.
The plot was similar to the previous book in that the group went back into the zombie-infested Rot & Ruin, but there were differences as well. Someone new was with them: the non-athletic Chong, who had a mad crush on Lilah. Plus, they were more prepared for battle this time, since Tom had been training them. And they had a new goal: find that plane.
I didn’t think it was possible, but the action had been turned up even more for this installment. I tell you, Maberry has a gift for creating these intense and scary scenes where you just don’t know what will happen next.
Benny drew his bokken and they stood back to back with no clear way out. There had to be two dozen of the monsters. No…more than that. Much more. Others were climbing like gray sligs over fallen logs or out of depressions in the ground. Fifty of them. Sixty. All those dusty eyes and black mouths and rotted teeth. The dead cried out in rusted voices as they pulled themselves toward the smell of fresh meat and flowing blood. The terrible need, the awful hunger in that moan made Benny’s blood turn to ice water in his veins. It was such an ancient sound, old as all the pain and misery in the world.
The characters that we already knew were expounded upon, so we learned much more about them. More of their background, and their life at Mountainside. The new characters that we were introduced to were great, and had depth. The dialogue was again perfect – to the point with a touch of dry humor. There was a little romance, but again, it was most definitely not the focus of the story.
Some of my lingering questions from the first book were answered, some questions I didn’t even know I had. A few new questions were posed that I can’t wait to find out the answers to in the next book. And I don’t mind admitting I cried.