Kyle's Reviews > Rot & Ruin

WOW! Talk about an excellent read!

It only took the first two or three chapters to find me deeply immersed in this novel. The story surrounds Benny, a fifteen-year-old, growing up in a zombie-infested world and is basically his coming of age story.

I couldn't help but become attached to the characters in this book. Benny and his brother Tom, Benny's girlfriend but "not the girlfriend," Nix. There is her competition, the Wild Girl. Finally, there are Benny's heroes Charlie Pink-eye and the Hammer. Even though you don't get much backstory on anyone other than Benny and Tom, they still end up being very real and developed characters.

The plot, although not super exciting at first, kept my interest for the entire length of the novel. I looked forward to when I could pick the book up and read for a few minutes and hated to put it down. I became completed invested in Benny and his life.

Unlike so many other series I've read recently, this was a complete story and not a cliff-hanger that makes you read the next book to see how it ends. It built up to a wonderful and satisfying conclusion but still managed to include enough to lead you to into a sequel. I have to admit the whole process was done quite skillfully. Bravo Johnathan!

I'm very much looking forward to reading the second book in the series and highly recommend Rot & Ruin!