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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Review : Dead Things (Dead Things #1) by Meredith Russell





Title : Dead Things
Author : Meredith Russell
Series : Dead Things #1
Genre(s) : Gay Romance, Fantasy, Zombie's apocalypse
Published : August 12th 2012 (1st), August 29th 2014 (2nd re-edited with new cover)
Cover Design : Meredith Russell
My Rating : 4 Stars





Devin thought fighting a war in Afghanistan had shown him the worst kind of horrors.

It turned out he was wrong.

A deadly virus has infected the world’s population, leaving only a few survivors and creating monsters. Devin is part of a group who have found refuge in a secure place. He risks his life daily to scavenge the cities and highways for food and supplies. 

On one fateful venture, Devin finds a man with the potential to change the dark future of blood and heartbreak into one of hope and second chances.

He finds Noah Weber.








As a huge fans of zombie apocalypse story, it's hard for me not to 'compare' anything zombie's related story to The Walking Dead.

And I hope the author didn't feel kinda 'intimidated' or 'uncomfortable' when I did it. But I promise, I'll do it in positive way.

Meredith Russell is a new author to me and Dead Things become her first book that I choose to 'taste the water'.

Well, actually I didn't know about this book, not until I saw the cover reveal promote about the second book of this series. And yes, as a 'coverslut', the 'Dead Fall' cover successfully 'catch' my full attention, and when I read the blurb and knowing that that actually the second book of the series, I decided that I NEED this series to be on my next reading! 
So I didn't waste any more time and start it right away.

The story opening scene was successfully grabbed my full attention! 
And after that, the next thing I know I'm drown into the story that consumed me right from the first page and made me hard to put it down!

I like the writing. I like the plotting and the pace. The story was so intense and the MC's were also good with 'interesting' characters, the chemistry between the MC's was 'there' even when there's lack of romance and almost no sex scenes in this book. Everything feels right on it place.
But I do feel there's something was not 'right' with this Corden guy here that not quite strong enough to stir the 'problems'. Also the 'thing' that happened to Devin at nearly end of the story feel kinda 'off' to me. BUT even there's some part that feels not right for me, I must admit that the book successfully grabbed my full attention and I DO really enjoying the reading.

I must admit that there's some scenes that give me the déjà vu feels when I read it, well....I think it's more like 'give me the same and/or familiar feels' but I'm sure the scenes was NOT exactly the same, so I didn't care much because this is zombies apocalypse, right? What do you think gonna happen next?

And now I really cannot wait for what will happen next with Devin and Noah!

Recommended!








Meredith Russell lives in the heart of England. An avid fan of many story genres, she enjoys nothing less than a happy ending. She believes in heroes and romance and strives to reflect this in her writing. Sharing her imagination and passion for stories and characters is a dream Meredith is excited to turn into reality.






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The eBook was given by the author via Signal Boost Promotions as a part of Dead Fall Release Blitz package, and I voluntarily and honestly reviewed this book without bias or persuasion from the author.


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