Review: The Dead Will Rise First by Logan Kain

Blurb:

The Christian rapture occurs and the now soulless bodies of Christians are left to terrorize all those left behind. TJ flees across Texas with his best friend, Ryan, and the remnants of his family, hoping for happiness, struggling just to survive. As they trek farther and farther South toward the coast, TJ and Ryan find comfort and love with one another. Their relationship is tested and they labor to stay alive and stay together in a world that God has unfortunately started to pay attention to.

My Thoughts:

While this book has a lot of religion within its pages I absolutely loved it. I normally avoid books dealing with religion like they were a plague, simply because it doesn't do it for me. I often feel like I am being preached to but that was far from the case here.

The story is about TJ who is a young gay man that struggles with his religion. Why would God make him gay if it is supposed to be wrong? This question is one that I am sure has wracked the brains of many members of the LGBT community that have come from religious homes.

TJ is in love with his best friend Ryan and has been for a long time. When the world as they know it comes to an end TJ and Ryan finally admit they have feelings for each other. Ryan tells TJ he never looked for love with all of the girls he had been with because it was always TJ for him.

At this point I had very high hopes that maybe, in the face of the apocalypse these wonderful guys would be able to find love and happiness with each other.

The "Big Bad" in this book is difficult to label. In the book they are called "Neighbors" to me they are pretty close to zombies. They are so much more than what we think of as zombies though. As it says in the blurb.."The Christian rapture occurs and the now soulless bodies of Christians are left to terrorize all those left behind." Basically people are fine one minute and the next they are attacking those around them. They DO NOT infect people they bite like typical zombies do. They speak, they rape, they maime, they kill. They are soulless bodies with no morals. All that is left is a body and whatever "evil" was in them.

I really don't want to spoil the book for anyone so I am going to avoid any more plot points. I do feel the need to say that you simply must read this book!
There is NO sex in it, so if you are skittish about reading a M/M romance because of that then this is definitely one to try. Oh but please keep in mind that this is like a zombie book and we all know in zombie books not everyone survives!

Logan Kain has done an excellent job with this book. I could not stop reading it and had it read from start to finish in just a few hours. I laughed and cried at times but was on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading this book. I certainly hope Logan has many more stories to share us!

I very highly recommend this book!

*I recieved this book for review but that has in no way effected my opinion.*

Overall Rating: 5*

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Review: Desolation by Travis Simmons

Goodreads Summary:

Asher St Paul thought it was just a typical zombie apocalypse like in the movies, until the necromancers crawled out of the woodwork. Since the undead have chased the living into hiding, the necromancers are able to roam freely in a new America of their making. Asher is seeking safe harbor. The need for safety is what drove him from his home in Philadelphia Pennsylvania before it was shelled. He has searched from quarantine to quarantine, always finding them overrun with zombies until he hears of The Refuge, a military compound in Binghamton New York.

With his family and lover lain to rest by his own hand, he has nothing left to lose and gives everything he has to reach the safe haven. But questions arise when he reaches The Refuge, mainly, how has he been able to sustain multiple zombie bites and not change? He thinks he has found safety in the military compound turned quarantine, but he was wrong. Even now there is a necromancer trying to make The Refuge their kingdom of the dead.

My Thoughts:

Let me start off by saying that I am a huge fan of Zombie books. Real zombie books, (like George Romero's dead movies) not the romanced kind we seem to come across a lot lately. It has to have blood and gore or it is not a Zombie book. That was exactly what this one was. Add to it the fact that this has M/M romance in it and it was a book I just had to read.
Asher St.Paul is a fantastic character and he is immune to the virus, but has no idea how or why. How awesome is that?! While there is pleanty of Zombie action in this book there is also magic and Necromancers added into the mix. For me that made it that much more exciting. So much so that I read it in one day!
The M/M romance part was not explicit at all. It was very subtle, yet enjoyable.
I very highly recommend this book, especially to the Zombie fans!

*I recieved this book for review but that has in no way effected my opinion.*

Overall Rating: 5*

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