The Fallen: Enemy Novel #5

As it says at the beginning of The Fallen, this book starts at the same time that The Sacrifice takes place, and ends with a few of the characters from the two novels coming together. This is the fifth installment of Charlie Higson’s absolutely amazing The Enemy Series about a zombie apocalypse that takes place in London, England. This isn’t going to be the most details review, because it takes place far into the series, and the novel is over 500 pages.

This novel centers around the characters who are at the museum and those who have been traveling to the museum. It opens with the kids from Holloway arriving at the museum just as the sickos have broken in. If not for the skills of Jackson, Achilles, and the rest of the crew the chances of Justin or anyone else surviving the night was slim to none. Once the two groups merge they decide to embark on an expedition to the medical center nearby. While there, the small group of fighters and scientists learn a few things about the disease that are not good. And while they lose a lot of people on the way, they also pick up some “freaks,” mutated children trapped in the medical center who know more than anyone they have ever come across.

Back at the museum, they are on the lookout for whoever let the sickos in, and that would be Paul. Paul is slowly killing of other kids, he seems to have caught the sickness. That isn’t the worst part though, in the second to last chapter things are revealed about Paul’s evil deeds that shocked me, things I didn’t see coming. And the cliffhanger at the end, about Small Sam and Ella is just to much to handle!! Such an amazing series, cannot wait for the next one.

Control (Book One) by Lydia Kand

Zel was used to moving around. For over a decade her father had been moving the family every

ten months, new cities, new friends, that is if Zel ever made any friends. She was smart like her dad, but her sister had inherited all the looks and social graces. Usually when they move they have a few weeks to prepare, Zel can wrap up her biology experiments and Dyl can break up with whatever string of guys had attached themselves to her. This time, they had a day, less than to pack up and leave.

            Within moments of hitting the road, their vehicle is hit, killing Zel’s father on impact. To make matters worse, Dyl is kidnapped by a group Zel can only describe as mutants. Zel lost and alone is taken into a foster home. A foster home dedicated to fighting those who took Dyl. Both sides are interested in human, genetic mutation and focusing on how if can improve or hurt the world.

            There are secrets in the organizations, things are not black and white, and Zel’s family plays a bigger role than she ever thought possible.

            I really enjoyed this novel, I thought that is was an amazing blend of future America, with tons of science in it. The novel focused a great deal of the science of genes and biology, but I never felt that things were over my head. The author did a great job of simplifying concepts that can be difficult to understand. The pace of the book moved well (although it got a little bit slow in the middle).  I would recommend this novel to people who like a little bit more science in the fiction, fans of Uglies, Divergent, All Our Yesterdays, or any dystopian novel series that doesn’t have to do with the apocalypse.