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badseedgirl's review against another edition
3.0
I read this book for the 2021 Bossy Book Challenge August : Monster theme. This was a very quick read which I enjoy in the summer when I am mostly reading in the late evenings after all the fun in the sun time is over with.
This is definitely a Young Adult book, although it does deal with some adult type themes. It just reads as YA. This is not a bad thing, it just is what it is. Bryn reads like a YA heroine. She is a strong female lead, in fact, all the females in this first book in the series were strong characters. I had some problems with the character of Peter, because he smacked just a little too hard of a stereotype gay character. I would have been happier if he had been written just a little stronger, a little less flouncy. I am a 40+ year old Cis woman, and even I was a little insulted that the only person to faint from an emotional shock was Peter. Bodo was likable, if ultimately forgettable, character brought in as a love interest for Bryn.
This books ends with a major cliffhanger. This was disappointing for me because my library does not have this book and I'm not sure if I enjoyed this book enough to actually buy the book.... atleast at this point.
I know it sounds like I did not enjoy this book, but that was not the case. I found it to be a perfect summer read. Thank you Gertie for this selection.
This is definitely a Young Adult book, although it does deal with some adult type themes. It just reads as YA. This is not a bad thing, it just is what it is. Bryn reads like a YA heroine. She is a strong female lead, in fact, all the females in this first book in the series were strong characters. I had some problems with the character of Peter, because he smacked just a little too hard of a stereotype gay character. I would have been happier if he had been written just a little stronger, a little less flouncy. I am a 40+ year old Cis woman, and even I was a little insulted that the only person to faint from an emotional shock was Peter. Bodo was likable, if ultimately forgettable, character brought in as a love interest for Bryn.
This books ends with a major cliffhanger. This was disappointing for me because my library does not have this book and I'm not sure if I enjoyed this book enough to actually buy the book.... atleast at this point.
I know it sounds like I did not enjoy this book, but that was not the case. I found it to be a perfect summer read. Thank you Gertie for this selection.
emjay24's review against another edition
3.0
I picked up a Dystopian Novel Anthology for a dollar or so one day, and I just started reading it. I thought it was short stories, but it’s full novels, and this book is the first one. This is the first in a new series (everything is a series these days) about the end of the world. It’s sort of a zombie tale, but with a twist – the zombies are alive and fully human, they’re just cannibals. Something, they never go into it much what, has killed off everyone who was younger than or older than puberty. They knew this was coming, as it happened pretty slowly, and our main character Bryn’s dad prepared her in survival tactics and supplies, and had her in krav magna since she was little (I guess that was unrelated, yet lucky). She’s alone, just one of many teens left alive, and she ends up teaming up with a couple of other teens, and they’re trying to get to s safe spot they can make home, finding food, and avoiding becoming food to those Canners (cannibal kids, also sometimes referred to as Zombies). Some of the ways things were written made it clear it is a Young Adult series and seemed akward and cheesy, but overall it’s enjoyable for adults to read, and the characters were likable and I want to know what happens next. The end was more the ending of a chapter than a book, and I will be reading the second in this series soon. It's more of a 3 1/2 than a solid three.
erikadawnbraham's review against another edition
5.0
What a great series! I am so happy with the ending (probably unlike most).
nephiw's review against another edition
4.0
This book has great characters, I enjoy the story so far. Three more books go.
hofmerin's review against another edition
2.0
must remind myself that not much good will come from reading post apocalyptic YA novels
authorkmg's review against another edition
4.0
I LOVED IT! EVERYTHING ABOUT IT!!! ALLLLL CAPPPPPS LOVE!!! I wrote all about it and all the other books on my blog, check it out http://pagetrotter.blogspot.com/2013/02/elle-casey-put-spell-on-me.html
55_sallymander's review against another edition
5.0
Kahayatle (Apocalypsis Book 1) by Elle Casey
This was a little different from the usual post-apocalyptical novels. I liked it, a lot, which was unusual for me since there were gays in the book. The author tastefully added it into the book and it worked well. It doesn't have to be an in-your-face, stuff it down your throat, vulgar subject.
There was a virus that affected all of the adults and young children. They all died, in the first wave. Just the adolescents were left to try to figure out how to live a life.
Bryn, Peter, and Bodo find each other and decide to travel together and look out for one another.
I'll be looking into Book 2 in this series.
This was a little different from the usual post-apocalyptical novels. I liked it, a lot, which was unusual for me since there were gays in the book. The author tastefully added it into the book and it worked well. It doesn't have to be an in-your-face, stuff it down your throat, vulgar subject.
There was a virus that affected all of the adults and young children. They all died, in the first wave. Just the adolescents were left to try to figure out how to live a life.
Bryn, Peter, and Bodo find each other and decide to travel together and look out for one another.
I'll be looking into Book 2 in this series.