I really enjoyed this book. I have read other this author's other series (Chris Marie Green's Vampire Babylon, which is typical urban fantasy. Thought it was pretty good, not great. Very typical of most urban fanasy, though).
This book is the start of a new series which is set in a post apocalyptic world ... unlike most UF or PNR which is typically set in a more or less modern world, so if you come to this book expecting it to be like typical urban fantasy or paranormal romance, you will probably not like it.
If your reading background has included much horror or apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy, however, you might very much enjoy this book. The characters are familiar in the post-apocalytic fiction genre, paranoid, secretive, guarded, slow to welcome outsiders. The world-building in this novel was extremely interesting. The plot was OK. The romance was appropriate for the characters in this novel (again, very different from how a romance unfolds in the modern world setting). The transformations that the characters undergo were interesting.
The main detraction was the ending of the book ... it was a little too much "tell-all" instead of a reveal thru the plot. I do dislike when major plot points are told to other characters instead of shown through action. However, in this case, the other good and interesting things about this book made up for that small annoyance.
I will be reading the next novels in this series, and I also recommend them to others, although with the caveat that if you have only read UF/PNR set in the more or less modern world, you probably won't recognize or appreciate the traditions that this novel comes from.
This book is the start of a new series which is set in a post apocalyptic world ... unlike most UF or PNR which is typically set in a more or less modern world, so if you come to this book expecting it to be like typical urban fantasy or paranormal romance, you will probably not like it.
If your reading background has included much horror or apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy, however, you might very much enjoy this book. The characters are familiar in the post-apocalytic fiction genre, paranoid, secretive, guarded, slow to welcome outsiders. The world-building in this novel was extremely interesting. The plot was OK. The romance was appropriate for the characters in this novel (again, very different from how a romance unfolds in the modern world setting). The transformations that the characters undergo were interesting.
The main detraction was the ending of the book ... it was a little too much "tell-all" instead of a reveal thru the plot. I do dislike when major plot points are told to other characters instead of shown through action. However, in this case, the other good and interesting things about this book made up for that small annoyance.
I will be reading the next novels in this series, and I also recommend them to others, although with the caveat that if you have only read UF/PNR set in the more or less modern world, you probably won't recognize or appreciate the traditions that this novel comes from.
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