When a virus outbreak forces Cat’s father to leave her in a cabin alone for two years while he works with a questionable organisation to come up with a cure, she needs to fight for survival. Then, a lone soldier shows up to tell her that her dad’s dead and she is humanity’s last hope to find the cure.

Wow, oh wow. What a fantastically written book. This was a post-apocalyptic book/zombie book that was so original but still tied in all the things everyone loves about this genre of writing.

Cat was a fantastic main character and i loved her voice, and oh she was so clever. Like SO clever - I was just marvelling at her the entire book. After about a quarter of the book i flipped to the back to see the author bio, and wasn’t surprised in the least to see that Suvada is basically a genius herself. All the science in this book sounds very real and plausible and not just some words mashed together to sound science like can definitely happen in similar-style books.

Cole was just, a lovely human being in general, and I definitely fell in love with him before I’d even gotten halfway through. I didn’t question slightly how quickly his attentions did turn away from Jun Bei to Cat but I was just happy they were doing some naked snuggling so I didn’t question it too much.

I loved how action-packed this was - the characters could hardly stop for a moment. The science fiction element in this with all the tech implants in everyone’s body was also genius. Again, it all sounded very plausible and realistic.

I love how Cat was able to have moments in the book where her emotions overcame her, like when she saw what the bunkers actually looked like and how she could have been living in comfort for two years. I really felt for her with her confusion and sense of betrayal.

The twist at the end was very good, both in terms of the new enemy that arose and the reveal. I’m dying for the next book now.

Also: I love the cover of this book but once I realised it’s basically an explosion of bits, I found it hard to look at, haha!