Paperback, 336 pages
Published August 26th 2008 by Love Spell
ISBN 13: 9780505527806
Source: Purchased for self
Genre: Zombie Apocalypse, mild romance
Stars: 2
Flames: 2
I stay far away from the whole young adult genre. The teen
minds thoughts and actions never sit well with me. I gave this book a go because
the back cover mentions a twenty one year old girl. I can handle characters in that
age range. Razor Girl is written with
a chapter in the year 2036, then the next chapter takes place in 2030, thus
half of the book is from two sixteen year old loves birds perspective.
Chase and Molly make numerous poor decisions, sometimes
childish decisions, even during their adult pages. I think this is largely due
to the fact that a normal life stopped for them at sixteen. Chase should have
grown up more and adapted into the new world differently than Molly. His
carelessness is mind boggling. She was locked in a bunker for six years with
only her mother. Molly for the most part has been sheltered from the new world
of zombies.
Molly’s father is also another careless thinker. Upon
locking his daughter in a bunker for six years he tells her she must meet him
at Disney World when it automatically open on a certain date six years in the
future. He has also prepared her for this venture with mechanical enhancements
and fighting skills. He however left her with no means of transportation for
this field trip. She is also clueless enough to leave the bunker completely empty
handed for her road trip.
The story itself is interesting. Two adults and eight
children are making a trip from South Carolina to Florida in a zombie infested
world. They run into numerous different complications on the way. The readers
also get to see through Molly and Chase’s eyes how the world became this way.
The events that caused the apocalypse are shocking when they are revealed.
I would recommend this book for adults that immensely enjoy the young adult genre. There are some sexual situations and foul language, which is the only reason I’m not going to label this as a young adult.
This has been on my bookshelf for awhile (I won it over a year ago). It just doesn't seem very up my alley.
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