Claire C. Riley

This took a long time to get into, but at about 45% I stopped skimming.

It's not a zombie book, it's about a couple of characters stumbling around trying to stay alive in hopes of getting somewhere safe to make whatever life they can 5 years or so after the zombie apocalypse takes out humanity. Pockets of society have emerged, some like Mad-Max and some like The Truman Show. The end is always the same, women have been reduced to a commodity and men take what they want. A woman needs protection from a man. Anyhow, this book was ok, I read it and the next one - which was much more romance than zombie, but this one was ok.

I pretty much read it because I got the library loan and it became a point of stubborness that I was going to finish it.

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Samuel Gunner grew up in an abusive household- told by his father he was the reason for his mother's death and physically assaulted by his grandparents as well as countless nannies. Samuel learned early on that if he acted up, he could keep the focus and pain on himself and off of his twin sister Sabella. As Samuel grew, so did his anger. Now, Samuel is looking for a way to permanently separate himself from his father. The opportunity comes when Samuel learns about the Elite, a secret society with power and money. Samuel attracts their attention, but has to complete a task in order to get in. The task is to seduce and then break the heart of the mayors daughter, Patience. This would typically be an easy task for Samuel; however, Patience is the only girl that Samuel has ever considered a friend and he broke her heart years ago.

Wrath is the third book in The Elite Seven series and now some of the stories are beginning to connect and the Elite players are becomming familiar. Samuel is a difficult character to connect to. With his sin of wrath Samuel is a difficult character to get to know. He is angry and a jerk all the time to pretty much everyone around him, even to those who don't deserve it. It wasn't until a little after halfway through the story when Samuel receives his Elite task with Patience that he begins to soften and we can see his true personality. The romance with Patience seemed a little off to me, but considering their past history was probably just right for them. The sex scenes didn't capture me as much as the other books, but this may have been because of Samuel's need for dominance. The ending leaves many questions to be answered with Samuel's position within the elite, his sister Sabella as well as Elite brother Sebastian.

This book was received for free in return for an honest review.… (meer)

Zombies galore

E/Eagle is such an enigma, was scratching my head wondering how he could ever redeem himself after reading the first book in this series, but he did and with such heart, this book we see a totally different side to eagle as he takes little Autumn/squirrel under his wing and becomes her protector, this tale is heartbreaking in places an we realise the events that changed Alder into Eagle or E, we also get to see more of Jeffers and the horrid pink haired Liv ( can't stand this Woman) a very satisfying conclusion and I devoured every word.… (meer)