Survival Kit's Apocalypse (Survival Kit #1)

Book ONE of the Survival Kit

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Pub Date Jul 04 2017 | Archive Date Jul 03 2017

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Kit, a depressed but stubbornly vital twentysomething, travels aimlessly during a zombie apocalypse: hiding from marauders, joining and deserting small groups, enduring irritations ranging from the zombies (or “rotters”) themselves to roving fundamentalists. Kit is a survivor not only of this plague, but of a series of horrific programs her stepfather hosted, wherein the audience would bid for the opportunity to publicly torture the presented children. Kit discarded her birth name once society crumbled and has been trying on new ones since, much as she's been restlessly wandering, seeking an environment in which she fits.

Upon saving a woman and her children from rotters, Kit is invited to stay at a camp which seems ideal. Though she initially continues to feel isolated, Eric, a kindhearted bruiser, honors her with the name “Kit,” introducing her to feelings of friendship she'd never previously experienced. After Kit rescues Eric from a rooftop where a rotter swarm has him trapped, she is warmly embraced by his brothers, Thom and Matthew.

The brothers grew up near Kit's hometown and also suffered beneath an appallingly abusive father. This similarity of experience lets Kit feel comfortable starting to open up to, bond with, and enjoy spending time with them. Eric especially is determined to pull Kit out of her shell, and she begins to entrust him with her secrets, learning how to love, be loved, and trust someone other than herself. Ironically, it's only when she is surrounded by the undead that Kit truly learns to live.


Kit, a depressed but stubbornly vital twentysomething, travels aimlessly during a zombie apocalypse: hiding from marauders, joining and deserting small groups, enduring irritations ranging from the...

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I was initially drawn to this book due to its unique concept, and soon found the author completely did it justice. She did an excellent job creating complex, real characters, as well as imagining a brutal post-apocalyptic world unlike any I've read before. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to sci-fi and romance fans alike.

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I put off writing this review. How can I possibly write this review? How did I even feel about this book? Perhaps it's better captured by my conversations while I was reading it.

"I don't know what the hell I'm reading but I can't quit it"
I didn't really want to keep reading at first. I kept thinking it was ridiculous. I mean, we've already got a zombie apocalypse story, why do we need to add in outrageous abuse plots, gratuitous sex, a surrealistic survivors group, and a dozen spiraling plot lines?

"I finally decided that if I could suspend disbelief for a zombie apocalypse, could anything else really be impossible?"

Nope. Nothing could be impossible in the zombie apocalypse. Man eating zombies? Sure. An insane over-arching plot tie in? Why the hell not!

"Then, at the end, she threw a complete wrench in the romance plot by------"

Yeah, it happened. And by then, I have to say I was completely rooting for it. Seriously. It's the end of the world. Girl has GOT to live a little right?

Dirty little secret. I kind of guilty pleasure loved this book. I kept reading and kept reading until there was no more. Then, when the author said the story wasn't over, I may have done a little happy dance. Bring it on!

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