WWW-Wednesday (7)

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

01. Currently Reading:
I'm working my way through Haunted on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase. The main character is an "empath," someone who can hone in on the feelings of others and use them, with a ghost in her new apartment. I'm excited to see where Chase is taking this plot. So far, everything seems a little unpredictable. :)

02. Recently Finished:
Hollowland by Amanda Hocking was the last novel I read, or consumed rather. It was a short read (only took me about 3 and 1/2 hours) and I loved it! Ignoring the small editing mistakes, this novel was nothing short of spectacular.

03. Reading Next:
Up next for this book-a-holic is The End of the World by Andrew Biss. This book is loosely tied to the Tibetan Book of the Dead. The main scheme is that after people die they go to Bardo, a place between one life and the next. And "unless you know what you're doing... you may never leave."

Hollowland (The Hollows, #1)

"This is the way the world ends - not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door."

Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to get across the wasteland left of America, and nothing will stand in her way - not violent marauders, a spoiled rock star, or an army of flesh-eating zombies. - Goodreads Blurb

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As an Amanda Hocking fan, as soon as I saw Hollowland on Amazon, I bought it without another thought. It's a rather short book and a very easy read. Three and a half hours of my time were spent devouring it completely. I couldn't stop reading and it was such an exhilarating ride through the waste lands of Zombie Conquered America. 

The main character, Remy, is, for lack of a better word, a badass. She isn't afraid to get her hands dirty or covered in greenish zombie blood goo. She's such a strong character that it isn't a surprise the other characters want to stay with her, wherever she goes. If someone's going to survive this zombie infested world - it will be Remy. 

The thing I like most is that Remy has a soft side, even if she refuses to show it. Remy acknowledges that if she lets her emotions take over then she might as well stop fighting. Throughout her journey across America to find her little brother (who is said to be in a quarantine), Remy loses a lot of people that she had started to care about. She admits that if she took the time to grieve, she'd give up. So she keeps going. 

Amanda Hocking's plot throughout this novel was incredible. Remy's quarantine is attacked by zombies and in an attempt to find her brother amidst the chaos, she escapes death. She learns that her brother was taken to another quarantine and Remy vows that she will find him. Along her way, Remy teams up with others who join her trek hoping to find somewhere safe to live. Which allows Hocking to add a sideline romance to her twisting plot. 

The only negative thing I have to say about this novel is the editing. There were more than a few places where words didn't make sense or were completely left out. But I'm trying not to hold it against the novel. It was an action packed thrill ride that consumed me. And there's a second one... 

Hollowland

on Amazon

rating: 4/5 cups