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So yeah, just ok, 2 stars. Apr 15, Legintis rated it liked it Shelves: get-it-at-the-library. This is a review of both book 1 and 2. I had a couple problems with these books, but overall I found them to be fairly enjoyable. Best character by far. It This is a review of both book 1 and 2. It became excessive to me, and then annoying. One of the major reasons people would call her crazy was because she took pleasure in killing zombies.

No shit!!! They are eating people. If you are in the midst of the zombie apocalypse and you happen to find yourself involved in this conversation the answer is always YES!!! Why are we discussing this? Zombies eat people!! Kill them all. I would be killing zombies like it was my job. Ooooh Jenni likes killing the cannibalistic walking corpses…what a crazy lady. Um no…Jenni is the only one who gets it!!

Kill them. The crazy label continues into the second book, and it really started to make me crazy. The strongest parts of the books are when there is some solid zombie action going on. I also really enjoyed the fight with the bandits. Especially in book number two. After they take the hotel things slow down quite a bit. I had a couple really minor issues with some of the smaller details of the book. At one point they return to a hunting supply store and load up on guns and ammo, but then later they are all worried about running out of ammo.

Also, get practicing with those crossbows!! The survivors also seem to have an almost unlimited supply of food. I also agree with people on the whole electricity issue.

Or that it might go out at a really bad time. I thought Frater had a great opportunity to have these two bad ass female leads and then of course they go getting all lovey dovey.

The relationship between Travis and Katie really disappointed me. I was slightly confused by how Katie and Jenni related to each other. Finally, the book tends to be redundant. That phrase gets brought up repeatedly. Oh my God!! I get it! The fingers were tiny!! Although this review probably sounds negative I actually did enjoy this book.

They seem to be bad news :D View 2 comments. Sep 28, Regina rated it it was amazing Shelves: horror , favorite-series , bingo-r4 , favorite-authors , post-apocalyptic , re-read , favorites , zombie. Rhiannon Frater has amazing talent to take a topic that has been written about a lot and turn it into something new, fresh and different. Fighting to Survive is the second in the As the World series and it delivers gory, scary zombie goodness with great survival drama.

Fighting to Survive continues to be told from the alternating point of views of both Katie and Jennie who were introduced in The First Days. The story takes off exactly where it left off at the end of First Days, the group of survi Rhiannon Frater has amazing talent to take a topic that has been written about a lot and turn it into something new, fresh and different. The story takes off exactly where it left off at the end of First Days, the group of survivors is hiding behind an enforced wall and making plans to move into a nearby hotel.

There is political and emotional drama as the group struggles to deal with the new zombie infested world, their losses and a different power structure in this post apocalyptic world. Sometimes stuff like this can be presented in a boring manner or an overly dramatic way -- Frater does neither.

The story is rich and complex and like everyday human life, nothing is simple. Fighting to Survive is funny. Jenni is called La Loca and her personality adds a lot of humor to the gory and scary world, "Moving determinedly toward the kitchen, Jenni caught a faint whiff of decay. Both continue to be haunted by the pain.

I really like how Frater makes her zombie books so real. Yes real in the the monsters are damned scary, gruesome and nonstop. But also, her characters are in emotional pain; they don't just rebound and move on.

There are inner struggles and the characters act on these. In the first book, Jenni's children die -- how does a mother move past this?

Can she? I was worried at first when I read the summary of this series that Ms. Frater wouldn't present a mother's pain realistically. Well, she does. Jenni is a complicated character to begin with and her losses only magnify this. But the twisted thing about Jenni, is that because of the way her life was prior to the zombie rising she was an abused wife and despite her horrific losses, her life now is freer than it ever was.

Jenni recognizes the twistedness of this and she suffers for it. Human beings can be ugly -- not just in the morning before a shower, but I mean dark souls and mean people who take advantage of the weak. And what better time for people like this to come to the surface than a zombie apocalypse? Dealing with the zombies in As the World Dies is pretty straightforward -- don't get bit, kill them and eliminate them. The human beings who want power and like to hurt people are less straight forward and this is where Fighting to Survive becomes really interesting.

It is pure survival at its basic level -- food, shelter, fighting monsters and fighting human beings who want to assert their evil control. Fighting to Survive is not all humor and drama though, it is filled with excellent gore and fight scenes, "With a grunt, Katie shoved the zombie over with her foot.

It landed hard on the steps, its head flopping to one side, its teeth still gnashing. LIfting the knife, Katie narrowed her eyes, aimed, and struck the zombie through the eyes as hard as she could.

The knife hit bone and she twisted, pushing the blade further in. The jaws stilled. Katie braced her foot on the head and drew out her weapon. Cleaning it on the dead maid's dress, she looked up to see Roger and Travis watching her with stunned expressions. That was hot. Are there differences? Yes, in a subtle why the Tor version is smoother and tighter. The same substantive story is there, but I enjoyed the Tor version even more.

This is a series that I inhaled and read within a week but then still went on to buy all of the Tor versions and read those as well. If you like zombie and survivalist themed books, I think you will love this series. To read this and other reviews check out: www. View all 8 comments. Oct 26, Bonnie rated it liked it Shelves: dystopian-post-apocalyptic , zombies-like-brains , eek-the-creepies. Interested in more of my reviews? Visit my blog! The Storyline Fighting to Survive picks up a few weeks after The First Days left off: Katie and Jenni are helping establish a new life on the fort and working to minimize the ongoing danger of the zombies.

Nothing much happens in my opinion in regards to the zombie as this book focused mainly on expanding on new characters, the growing of existing relationships, and establishing more problems outside of the zombie issue. The writing was still a bi Interested in more of my reviews? The writing was still a bit stilted for me and I still love the zombie action scenes far more than the character interaction scenes.

The Relationships So I totally get that everyone is living day to day not knowing how much longer one another will survive, but does that give everyone the right to become a bunch of hussies? Might as well make it official and be a family. Jenni and Juan were already together in the last book and their relationship steadily progresses until they are eventually living together. And I swear… I was going to snap if I hear Loca one more time.

In the last book Katie kept trying to keep Travis at bay by continuing to remind him that she is in fact lesbian and no she will not be with him. But… view spoiler [how they decide to have a baby in the end?!

But does that really include bringing a baby into that screwed up world? They deserve to be eaten by zombies.

View all 13 comments. Oct 26, Shanon rated it it was amazing Shelves: dystopia-apocalyptic , zombies , horror. I learned a valuable lesson while reading this book. My habit of reading right before bed has never been too much of an issue but with Fighting to Survive as well as As The World Dies it made it impossible to get any sleep. I could not put the books down, believe me I tried! Once I started reading I did not feel tired at all so I simply kept reading all through the night.

I also lik I learned a valuable lesson while reading this book. The character development of both old and new characters is probably one of the things I like most about this series. It is smoothly done and draws me closer to the characters.

Can't wait to read the third book - but will have to wait until I catch up on my sleep! View all 3 comments. Jan 09, Wendy F rated it it was amazing Shelves: , favorites. Man, my head is in a whirl. That was intense! While I'm glad that I don't live in a world where I need to be, there's a part of me that wishes I were as badass as Nerit. The trucks were about ten feet from the gate when Juan gave the signal. The crane, which had been stationed overhead early that morning, dropped a small storage unit onto the bandits' vehicles.

Nerit smiled with satisfaction as it crashed down, clipping the front end of the blue truck and sending the ho Whew! Nerit smiled with satisfaction as it crashed down, clipping the front end of the blue truck and sending the hood flying.

The big black truck jackknifed across the road. All went silent below. Juan clutched his binoculars tight. I do want to go on record as saying that view spoiler [while I'm still a tad bit bothered about how the author didn't just keep Katie a lesbian, thought it was cool to have a lesbian heroine in a zombie novel, I did like the fact that Katie saying that she fell in love with people for who they are a not for their gender was beautiful hide spoiler ].

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