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junotranscends's review against another edition
3.0
Cover: 3/5 It's a decent cover. A little romanticized where it doesn't need to be (the font, for example, didn't need to be so script-y). There's nothing wrong with it, it just doesn't pop very much.
Characters: 3/5 There were times I liked Maddy, and times I didn't. Her wishy-washyness over Dane and Stamp at the end started to get to me, but I'll reserve judgment until the next book, because I'm very picky about my love triangles. After the first few chapters, I found Stamp annoying and couldn't at all see what Maddy saw in him; Dane was so much sweeter and they had a lot more interaction. The only character I really, really ended up enjoying was Dane. Dahlia and Bones felt like too much the opposite of Dane and Chloe. Boy/girl pairing on the side of good, boy/girl pairing on the side of evil. I didn't get a sense for why Bones and Dahlia had an interest in Maddy in specific. Villains who are evil for the sake of being evil just aren't terribly interesting to me. Also, I kind of liked Chloe and was disappointed Dane and Maddy didn't have much of a reaction to her death. I mean, it happened, then it was hardly mentioned again.
Plot: 3/5 Enjoyable! The action was good. I really liked what was done with Hazel, her steady decline. The romance was where it fell a little flat. I mean, I could feel it with Dane and Maddy, but Stamp was just...so superficial and the way things ended with the three of them didn't sit quite right.
Writing: 3/5 Good, solid writing in terms of voice and flow. There were a few typos that really, really should've been caught in editing. The one thing that drove me absolutely crazy and dropped this down to a 3 from a possible 3.5 or 4, however, was the overuse of everyone's names in dialog. It drove me nuts.
Overall: 3/5 It was an enjoyable read and I liked the take on zombies. I'll read the next book gladly, because the action was fun and I'm curious to see where the plot heads next, now that our heroes are essentially on the run. Definitely not the typical paranormal romance sort of story, and it's cheap! So it's very worth the money.
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