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★★★★☆ Does the world deserve forgiveness? Does it deserve another chance? I was very conflicted as I read this. The overarching emotion I felt throughout was disappointment. Unlike the rest of the series, this felt like it lacked a real direction. I wasn't sure what the goal was, and what had been the established goal at the end of The Burning World was pretty much entirely forgotten until the climax. Conflicts were often repeated multiple times, or borrowed from previous books, and it left me feeling drained and frankly a little pissed off. A lot of time was spent flipping through perspectives and I felt like I didn't have enough time to feel much of anything for most of them. The scope of this was too big sometimes and the plot was left drowning in it. We all decide the shape of the world, the sum of all minds together. Change has to be chosen. But luckily, Marion is an amazing writer, and his way with words and imagery pretty much saved this. R compl...

★★★★★ Madness. Monsters. A city full of death. Even if we survive this plunge, it’s hard to see a future. This re-read was utterly fantastic! I'm slowly losing my ability to read with my eyes and not just with my ears (bless and curse audiobooks!) but I could barely put this down, and I already knew what happens! There were a few parts, particularly at the beginning, that stretched my suspension of disbelief a little too far, and I still don't really care for Sprout, but this is definitely still a 5 star read. "People have pasts. You can’t be a person without one." R's journey through this is one of my favorite things I've ever read. It's paced so well (and having re-read it, foreshadowed like crazy in the best way possible!!!!). Something about Marion's writing just does it for me. His philosophical ramblings feel natural and are genuinely thought-provoking. I love everything about it. Everything on earth has meant something to...

★★★★★ (re-read and original) A dead man lies near a river, and the forest watches him. Gold clouds drift across a warming pink sky. Crows dart through dark pines that hover over him like morbid onlookers. In the deep, wild grass, small living things creep around the dead man's face, eager to eat it and return it to the soul. Their faint clicks mingle with the rush of the wind and the screams of the birds and the roar of the river that will wash away his bones. Nature is hungry. It is ready to take back what the man stole from it by living. But the dead man opens his eyes. Every time I read those lines, chills go down my spine and my hairs stand on end. This is truly something spectacular. The New Hunger expands upon the ideas of Warm Bodies, giving insight into the lore and the origins of this world and its inhabitants, but it can be read as a standalone just as well; it is powerfully meaningful and substantial. Its lyrical prose spins a tale of surv...

★★★★★ (original) ★★★★☆ (re-read) The world has been distilled. Being dead is easy. This is a fantastic book. I watched the movie first because I thought it looked funny and now it's one of my favorite films. I decided to read the book, because as the old adage goes, "The book is always better than the movie." Oh how that's true. This humanized (quite literally) the zombies and their plight, while making epic comparisons to the state of survival versus living. What does it mean to be alive? What does it mean to be undead? This book is so much more than a Romeo and Juliet zombie drama. This is so much more than the Twilight with zombies. It's about how love is what makes us human, sometimes quite lite R ally. "You should always be taking pictures, if not with a camera then with your mind. Memories you capture on purpose are always more vivid than the ones you pick up by accident." Buy the book here: Amazon Book...

This tag was created by Vivien Reis on her YouTube channel in anticipation of her upcoming novel, The Elysian Prophecy . 1. Secret society - A book you love but no one else talks about Definitely Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion. While it got some fame after it's film adaptation, no one even knows that there's a prequel and a sequel, with another on the way that are equally good, if not better! 2. ‎Voices - A scary novel that gives you the chills! I Am Legend by Richard Matheson is honestly so chilling. The imagery is so vivid and the themes so profound 3. ‎Blood crystals - A book with red on the cover A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab I'm currently reading this and loving it, and the US Tor cover is just so minimalist and stunning. Red, black, and white are my absolute favorite cover colors, so having all three just makes me so happy ❤❤❤❤ 4. ‎Kidnapped - A stand-alone novel you love Though at some point it might have a sequel, The Host by S...