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The Cascadia Series #3
World Without
In a world without, hunger may be as deadly as zombies.
With their Safe Zone overrun by the undead, taking refuge in the mountains seems like the safest bet for Rose, Tom, and the other survivors. There's one catch, however—between last spring's human exodus and a neighboring group's stockpiles, there's no food left to scavenge.
They know to be wary of people and zombies, but a new adversary proves itself just as relentless—hunger. Supplies are slim in the wilderness, and living off the land is easier said than done. As winter sets in, and their food dwindles to nothing, they discover how far they'll go to save the ones they love.
With their Safe Zone overrun by the undead, taking refuge in the mountains seems like the safest bet for Rose, Tom, and the other survivors. There's one catch, however—between last spring's human exodus and a neighboring group's stockpiles, there's no food left to scavenge.
They know to be wary of people and zombies, but a new adversary proves itself just as relentless—hunger. Supplies are slim in the wilderness, and living off the land is easier said than done. As winter sets in, and their food dwindles to nothing, they discover how far they'll go to save the ones they love.
16 pages, Audiobook
Published October 24, 2023
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Sarah Lyons Fleming
16 books1,475 followersI'm a wannabe prepper and lover of anything pre-apocalyptic, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic—-or anything in between. Add in some humor and romance, and I'm in heaven.
Besides an unhealthy obsession with home-canned food and Bug Out Bag equipment, I love books, making artsy stuff and laughing my arse off. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, I now live in Oregon with my family and, in my opinion, not nearly enough supplies for the zombie apocalypse. But I'm working on it.
Besides an unhealthy obsession with home-canned food and Bug Out Bag equipment, I love books, making artsy stuff and laughing my arse off. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, I now live in Oregon with my family and, in my opinion, not nearly enough supplies for the zombie apocalypse. But I'm working on it.
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August 10, 2024
Jumping down this rabbit hole of zombies again, loving this series! Full steam ahead I’m fast working towards the last book within this series.
Once there all read/inhaled I’ll work on my reviews for this series.
If zombies weren’t going to kill them in this one starvation was knocking on their door. Extreme measures to stay alive, starvation, stealing, a firing squad.
Now onto the last book in this series!!
Once there all read/inhaled I’ll work on my reviews for this series.
If zombies weren’t going to kill them in this one starvation was knocking on their door. Extreme measures to stay alive, starvation, stealing, a firing squad.
Now onto the last book in this series!!
August 29, 2023
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This was absolutely amazing! I was so excited to get my hands on this book. As soon as I finished the previous book in the series over a year and a half ago, I was eager to find out what would happen next to this group of characters that I have grown to care about. I have to admit that I periodically checked the author’s website to see if a release date had been published. As soon as I knew this book was finally available, I couldn’t get it on my device fast enough and ignored my other responsibilities so that I could spend more time reading. My expectations were incredibly high but I am proud to report that they were all met.
I don’t know how Sarah Lyons Fleming is able to consistently write characters that come alive on the page and feel like friends but she continues to excel at exactly that. This installment was lower on zombies but the situation these characters find themselves in was possibly even more desperate. I found myself relating to this group of people doing their best to survive in a world that throws obstacles at them at every turn. I was cringing every time one of them was in danger and delighting in their accomplishments.
This story is told from four different points of view. Rose, Tom, Clara, and Craig all have an interesting perspective on what this group is facing. After the events in the previous book, they fled as part of a group of 30 individuals to safety. Their biggest challenge is feeding this group for an extended amount of time. I felt their desperation and wondered just how far I would go if I were placed in their position. The descriptions of their hunger were incredibly vivid and I wondered if all the members of the group would survive.
I would highly recommend this series to others. This is the third book in the Cascadia series which really should be read in order. I am already counting down the days until I can get the 4th book in my hands (unfortunately I have a bit of a wait). This one that I know I will be reading again in the not-too-distant future.
This was absolutely amazing! I was so excited to get my hands on this book. As soon as I finished the previous book in the series over a year and a half ago, I was eager to find out what would happen next to this group of characters that I have grown to care about. I have to admit that I periodically checked the author’s website to see if a release date had been published. As soon as I knew this book was finally available, I couldn’t get it on my device fast enough and ignored my other responsibilities so that I could spend more time reading. My expectations were incredibly high but I am proud to report that they were all met.
I don’t know how Sarah Lyons Fleming is able to consistently write characters that come alive on the page and feel like friends but she continues to excel at exactly that. This installment was lower on zombies but the situation these characters find themselves in was possibly even more desperate. I found myself relating to this group of people doing their best to survive in a world that throws obstacles at them at every turn. I was cringing every time one of them was in danger and delighting in their accomplishments.
This story is told from four different points of view. Rose, Tom, Clara, and Craig all have an interesting perspective on what this group is facing. After the events in the previous book, they fled as part of a group of 30 individuals to safety. Their biggest challenge is feeding this group for an extended amount of time. I felt their desperation and wondered just how far I would go if I were placed in their position. The descriptions of their hunger were incredibly vivid and I wondered if all the members of the group would survive.
I would highly recommend this series to others. This is the third book in the Cascadia series which really should be read in order. I am already counting down the days until I can get the 4th book in my hands (unfortunately I have a bit of a wait). This one that I know I will be reading again in the not-too-distant future.
November 11, 2023
Man, what a heart-wrenching, depressing book! I love this saga and will read whatever Sarah Lyons-Fleming writes. But boy, this was a hard one. Probably because it was so realistic, with no magical moments where they miraculously find the answer or the food or the weapons or whatever it is.
Brutal too. Realistic indeed. I'm glad we only lost the people we did.
The narration was spectacular. Christian Barillas as Craig, Mia Gaskin as Clara, Roger Wayne as Tom and Teri Schnabelt as Rose - my favorite was Roger Wayne. But it was all fabulous. They embodied the characters so well that I couldn't remember that I was listening to a book - which was what made it so sad!
I am looking forward to the next book. I'm hoping they end up connecting with the group in Talkeetna. I guess we'll see.
Brutal too. Realistic indeed. I'm glad we only lost the people we did.
The narration was spectacular. Christian Barillas as Craig, Mia Gaskin as Clara, Roger Wayne as Tom and Teri Schnabelt as Rose - my favorite was Roger Wayne. But it was all fabulous. They embodied the characters so well that I couldn't remember that I was listening to a book - which was what made it so sad!
I am looking forward to the next book. I'm hoping they end up connecting with the group in Talkeetna. I guess we'll see.
February 12, 2024
I really enjoy Lyons’ zombie survivalist/prepper tales. I think this is the third series of hers that I have read and loved the first two in it a lot. The first series had farms and preppers and love triangles. Then the second one was about the city and gangs mostly. This one was about families and Gen X’ers and suburbs. Sadly in this addition of the series, nothing much happens. I liked the Cascadia series because it showed what normal people could do. But then all of a sudden they were forced from that home and then another. In this episode, they find new digs but are starving and don’t really know how to do anything all of a sudden. Nothing happens and no one dies or comes to live with them. It was a disappointment.
January 13, 2024
i just so badly wish that this book wasn’t mainly about the romances in it. Again clara and jesse’s relationship were so bad and obsessive i had to skim her sections multiple times to get through that
August 5, 2024
This was a bit long and really not a lot happened. I just felt a lot of decisions were made too late as well so it added to the frustration. So while I wasn't bored, this was just so much day to day filler that I did zone out a few time.
January 31, 2025
Again with the tears 😢
This author really knows how to pull on your heart strings. It dragged a bit in the middle, but I enjoyed the way it wrapped up. Hope they all find the happy ending they seek.
This author really knows how to pull on your heart strings. It dragged a bit in the middle, but I enjoyed the way it wrapped up. Hope they all find the happy ending they seek.
August 22, 2023
4.5⭐️!!
I have been waiting for this book for so long and it did not disappoint!! I may or may not have read it all in one sitting oops!
My Stepmom got me into Sarah’s books a couple years ago and they’re the reason I’ve gotten back into reading as much as I have! While Zombie/Apocalypse books aren’t my typical genre, these books are so much more then that! Sarah does a phenomenal job with what the realities beyond zombies would look like when the world ends and how that can shape the new and old relationships you’ve formed. Also, she does a fantastic job handling the topic of grief, because well it’s the apocalypse and people are constantly dying lol
This is the third book in the Cascadia series and it has 4 pov’s, following Rose, Clara, Tom and Craig. It follows our group after their unexpected departure from the fairgrounds safe zone and their battle with finding food. You’d think zombies would be you biggest issue but it’s hard to care about that when you’re starving to death. The descriptions of them slowly starving, foraging, hunting and desperately begging for food was a gut wrenchingly real look at what could happen, should the world go to shit. But the one thing they don’t lose is hope. The relationships in these books is what will always keep me coming back for more. Between the budding romances and the lifelong friendships to the found family and traditional family relationships, Sarah manages to blow it out of the park with all of them.
I love being sucked into this world and how deeply attached to the characters you become even if it devastes you when someone dies (guys it’s a zombie apocalypse, someone always dies). Highly recommend all of Sarah’s books to everyone, even if you don’t think you like zombie books!! Can’t wait for book 4!
I have been waiting for this book for so long and it did not disappoint!! I may or may not have read it all in one sitting oops!
My Stepmom got me into Sarah’s books a couple years ago and they’re the reason I’ve gotten back into reading as much as I have! While Zombie/Apocalypse books aren’t my typical genre, these books are so much more then that! Sarah does a phenomenal job with what the realities beyond zombies would look like when the world ends and how that can shape the new and old relationships you’ve formed. Also, she does a fantastic job handling the topic of grief, because well it’s the apocalypse and people are constantly dying lol
This is the third book in the Cascadia series and it has 4 pov’s, following Rose, Clara, Tom and Craig. It follows our group after their unexpected departure from the fairgrounds safe zone and their battle with finding food. You’d think zombies would be you biggest issue but it’s hard to care about that when you’re starving to death. The descriptions of them slowly starving, foraging, hunting and desperately begging for food was a gut wrenchingly real look at what could happen, should the world go to shit. But the one thing they don’t lose is hope. The relationships in these books is what will always keep me coming back for more. Between the budding romances and the lifelong friendships to the found family and traditional family relationships, Sarah manages to blow it out of the park with all of them.
I love being sucked into this world and how deeply attached to the characters you become even if it devastes you when someone dies (guys it’s a zombie apocalypse, someone always dies). Highly recommend all of Sarah’s books to everyone, even if you don’t think you like zombie books!! Can’t wait for book 4!
October 10, 2024
What the hell??
Spoilers ahead, read at your own risk.
I have absolutely loved this series so far but the ending of this one has literally ruined any joy these books brought.
I know apocalypse fics are far from realistic but for a woman to literally commit mass murder which leads to the death of (approx?) 400 people to just be let go because everyone suddenly feels bad makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
I know Rose has always been a huge pushover so it makes total sense for her but you’re telling me the other 15-20 people all just decided she shouldn’t pay for her crimes because a couple people were mean to her beforehand?? Everyone else wanted justice at first but then magically didn’t 5 mins later?
I always complain about the way men write women in these type of books but I guess it’s not just them! Women apparently enjoy writing female characters as darling little victims too! I’ve only had this problem with Holly’s character up to now. The way she went from sweet and meek to a total ‘badass’ that everyone respects and reveres drove me absolutely crazy considering what an idiot she was for half of the last book.
If you have read this far I apologise for my rant, I’m just so mad about it!! I’m not even gonna bother reading the last book at this point because everything in it will probably just annoy me now which sucks! Ugh what a waste of a week.
Spoilers ahead, read at your own risk.
I have absolutely loved this series so far but the ending of this one has literally ruined any joy these books brought.
I know apocalypse fics are far from realistic but for a woman to literally commit mass murder which leads to the death of (approx?) 400 people to just be let go because everyone suddenly feels bad makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
I know Rose has always been a huge pushover so it makes total sense for her but you’re telling me the other 15-20 people all just decided she shouldn’t pay for her crimes because a couple people were mean to her beforehand?? Everyone else wanted justice at first but then magically didn’t 5 mins later?
I always complain about the way men write women in these type of books but I guess it’s not just them! Women apparently enjoy writing female characters as darling little victims too! I’ve only had this problem with Holly’s character up to now. The way she went from sweet and meek to a total ‘badass’ that everyone respects and reveres drove me absolutely crazy considering what an idiot she was for half of the last book.
If you have read this far I apologise for my rant, I’m just so mad about it!! I’m not even gonna bother reading the last book at this point because everything in it will probably just annoy me now which sucks! Ugh what a waste of a week.
October 31, 2023
My Wife introduced me to Sarah Lyons Fleming first Zombie Apocalypse books. Her first two trilogies (and novella) in this world were excellent with great balance between characters and plot. This 3rd trilogy almost feels like a different author. The use of too many characters POV along with whole chapters of characters swooning over each other make this feel more like some weird teen soap opera. We even had a chapter discussing a teenagers birth control! The stakes for the characters also seem low with their own peril seeming to be minimised and other characters brought in whose sole purpose seems to take the fall rather than any major character.
Considering the quality of earlier books within this world for me this was a huge disappointment. The lack of balance between the narrative and the characters love lives made this feel poorly constructed and that the author was unsure of where to take the plot.
I hope if the author returns to this world she can regain the balance that was in earlier trilogies the quality of those means she still has some credit from me which means I haven't entirely given up. There are to be two more books in the series I'm debating with myself if I can put myself through it..
Considering the quality of earlier books within this world for me this was a huge disappointment. The lack of balance between the narrative and the characters love lives made this feel poorly constructed and that the author was unsure of where to take the plot.
I hope if the author returns to this world she can regain the balance that was in earlier trilogies the quality of those means she still has some credit from me which means I haven't entirely given up. There are to be two more books in the series I'm debating with myself if I can put myself through it..
August 19, 2023
This book is an anxiety-riddled psychological thriller that hums with tension until it finally explodes into a fast-paced culmination of several sub-plots.
I was so excited when I got my hands on this book!
These characters are so fully-fleshed out in my mind, I have been worrying about what's going on with them for what seems like years... and they have been through the wringer. The focus of this book on foraging really highlights how much time is needed to extensively search for food when our convenient logistical infrastructure implodes in the apocalypse, going beyond just people being 'hangry'.
Anticipation now rises for the next book in the series <3
I was so excited when I got my hands on this book!
These characters are so fully-fleshed out in my mind, I have been worrying about what's going on with them for what seems like years... and they have been through the wringer. The focus of this book on foraging really highlights how much time is needed to extensively search for food when our convenient logistical infrastructure implodes in the apocalypse, going beyond just people being 'hangry'.
Anticipation now rises for the next book in the series <3
October 31, 2023
Few zombies, little action. Lots of starvation and drama.
Huge fan of SLF. It always feels weird not giving her book 5 stars, especially since writing a book is extremely difficult.
I just didn't enjoy it. It was an easy read and I could zone out and tune back in pages later and not have missed a beat.
The Mordacious trilogy is probably in my top 10 favorite series of all time, but the only book I'd go back and read again in this current run is the first one, World Departed.
A fun read, quick and easy, but the thoughtful and well-paced mix of zombies and interpersonal relationships is missing from this one.
Huge fan of SLF. It always feels weird not giving her book 5 stars, especially since writing a book is extremely difficult.
I just didn't enjoy it. It was an easy read and I could zone out and tune back in pages later and not have missed a beat.
The Mordacious trilogy is probably in my top 10 favorite series of all time, but the only book I'd go back and read again in this current run is the first one, World Departed.
A fun read, quick and easy, but the thoughtful and well-paced mix of zombies and interpersonal relationships is missing from this one.
November 16, 2025
I fall in love with these characters more and more! There resilience is inspiring but man this was hard to read the struggle to survive felt so real I got teary eyed at several parts. I cant stop reading this books!
November 11, 2023
Can't wait for the next book!!!
January 14, 2025
The way this book bored me to tears. This series starts off strong and the first book was one of my favourites that I read last year but this one is just... Boring.
August 26, 2023
I just love all the Sarah Lyons Fleming books I have read and this one was just as good as the others! They are so hard to put down and full of small details about the characters that really make you care about them. I can’t wait for the next one!
August 24, 2023
I have read and loved all of this author’s books.
Her talent for writing characters that sit beside you as you read is unrivalled, especially in this genre.
They feel so real you laugh and cry with them.
Their pain is yours. Their love buoys you. Their struggles are ones you fight alongside them, even if only in your head.
Good writers write.
Great writers create.
And magicians like SLF immerse you in the worlds of their making.
Her talent for writing characters that sit beside you as you read is unrivalled, especially in this genre.
They feel so real you laugh and cry with them.
Their pain is yours. Their love buoys you. Their struggles are ones you fight alongside them, even if only in your head.
Good writers write.
Great writers create.
And magicians like SLF immerse you in the worlds of their making.
August 27, 2023
Never enough
It’s just never enough. I immerse myself in these stories and when they end I feel a little at loss what to do with myself. But my family is relieve as from the moment I open the first page I can not put the books down even for a minute, so they are happy to get me back… until next books is released. Sarah brings her world and these characters to life so each and every quirky member becomes my own family and the loss of one is devastating
It’s just never enough. I immerse myself in these stories and when they end I feel a little at loss what to do with myself. But my family is relieve as from the moment I open the first page I can not put the books down even for a minute, so they are happy to get me back… until next books is released. Sarah brings her world and these characters to life so each and every quirky member becomes my own family and the loss of one is devastating
September 9, 2023
Worth the Wait
One of the things I most hate about reading is when it ends. Especially one that is good. It is safe to say I was pretty angry when this story ended. World Without, in my opinion, was Sarah Lyons Fleming’s best book by far. It made me laugh out loud and cry. It left me yearning for more and wondering how I managed to wait so long for this one. Waiting for World Undone is going to be torture.
One of the things I most hate about reading is when it ends. Especially one that is good. It is safe to say I was pretty angry when this story ended. World Without, in my opinion, was Sarah Lyons Fleming’s best book by far. It made me laugh out loud and cry. It left me yearning for more and wondering how I managed to wait so long for this one. Waiting for World Undone is going to be torture.
April 9, 2024
Best of the series
While I enjoyed the first 2 books, the third one is my favorite. The tension from lack of food, another group of survivors unwilling to help and the never ending fear in a world of zombies had me turning pages until very late at night. The final showdown with Boone's group was heart pounding. I laughed and cried which to me means it's an awesome book. I can't edit the next part of the story!
While I enjoyed the first 2 books, the third one is my favorite. The tension from lack of food, another group of survivors unwilling to help and the never ending fear in a world of zombies had me turning pages until very late at night. The final showdown with Boone's group was heart pounding. I laughed and cried which to me means it's an awesome book. I can't edit the next part of the story!
September 15, 2023
Emotional
Wow this book brought alot to light. Apocalypse books talk about hunger alot but I've never felt it like I did with this one. I cried for them and laughed with them. Sarah is an amazing author and the small details she put in paint an amazing picture in your head and heart.
Wow this book brought alot to light. Apocalypse books talk about hunger alot but I've never felt it like I did with this one. I cried for them and laughed with them. Sarah is an amazing author and the small details she put in paint an amazing picture in your head and heart.
April 21, 2024
My favorite zombie apocalypse writer has done it again! I knew I wouldn't be able to stop reading this once I started, even though I'd love to savor it... I was right. Depressing but so very realistic (ahem realistic relationships and details about foraging, maybe zombies aren't realistic), and I loved it. A great installment of the series. Can't wait for book 4!
May 30, 2024
This is book three in a four-book series, and this is also the third series behind two trilogies set in the exact same universe, but in different geographic locations in North America. Stories this long and this complex will organically have ups and downs in the action and character arcs. World Without was really well paced I thought. Such an excellent arc from the previous two books.
Sarah successfully writes about a large cast of characters developing their stories and personalities as the books move on. At first, I was put off a bit by the larger group of players, but that faded away especially in this book. Fleming shows us their proclivities, their abilities, and their limitations as the action rises, falls, and rises again. She places physical, emotional, cultural, and social barriers in front of her characters that are realistic and compelling. Then she adds in absolutely outstanding action sequences. Just top notch post apocalyptic action.
I don’t read many zombie books, but enough to say that a good Zombie book is not really about Zombies. Sarahs’s books are political statements concerning personal responsibility and governmental power, resource acquisition and allocation, distribution of wealth and power, and managing those who tromp all over basic norms that govern our lives. They’re about hope too which is why I read them and I’m comfortable labeling all the books, all nine of them so far, as Hope Punk. Cooperation in the face of dire circumstances and threats. Weaponized optimism that’s hard fought. Sarah lets her people understand and voice that nothing is guaranteed or permanent and pretending it is, well, that’s delusional and counterproductive. Rebellion and resistance are common themes. Sarah’s characters try to fight the good fights and are aware of their struggle to do this. They fight on behalf of themselves and their children. They get that the kindest thing you can do for someone is stand up to a bully on their behalf. Sarah seems to reject fatalism and instead her characters strive to choose fierce devotion. I love the multi-generational groups of survivors too, but, please stop having the narrators voice fifty-year-old women as weak and ancient and in need of a rocking chair post haste. This was the case in the book, And After, which is the second book in the Until the End of the World series, and in this book too. It’s bizarre. Small complaint.
Highly recommend.
Sarah successfully writes about a large cast of characters developing their stories and personalities as the books move on. At first, I was put off a bit by the larger group of players, but that faded away especially in this book. Fleming shows us their proclivities, their abilities, and their limitations as the action rises, falls, and rises again. She places physical, emotional, cultural, and social barriers in front of her characters that are realistic and compelling. Then she adds in absolutely outstanding action sequences. Just top notch post apocalyptic action.
I don’t read many zombie books, but enough to say that a good Zombie book is not really about Zombies. Sarahs’s books are political statements concerning personal responsibility and governmental power, resource acquisition and allocation, distribution of wealth and power, and managing those who tromp all over basic norms that govern our lives. They’re about hope too which is why I read them and I’m comfortable labeling all the books, all nine of them so far, as Hope Punk. Cooperation in the face of dire circumstances and threats. Weaponized optimism that’s hard fought. Sarah lets her people understand and voice that nothing is guaranteed or permanent and pretending it is, well, that’s delusional and counterproductive. Rebellion and resistance are common themes. Sarah’s characters try to fight the good fights and are aware of their struggle to do this. They fight on behalf of themselves and their children. They get that the kindest thing you can do for someone is stand up to a bully on their behalf. Sarah seems to reject fatalism and instead her characters strive to choose fierce devotion. I love the multi-generational groups of survivors too, but, please stop having the narrators voice fifty-year-old women as weak and ancient and in need of a rocking chair post haste. This was the case in the book, And After, which is the second book in the Until the End of the World series, and in this book too. It’s bizarre. Small complaint.
Highly recommend.
October 2, 2023
Absolutely incredible once again. If I could give a higher rating I would. I don't know how I'll manage to wait till August 2024 but I can't wait for book 4.
I love this series, as well as 'The City' series and 'Until the end of the world'. So much so that I always find myself falling back on them as my comfort series to read.
I know there have been comments about there not being enough zombies etc but this book was top tier for me. I loved the reality of the whole situation, in regards to the lack of food and that being the main focus of the story and how that ultimately impacts everything they do and how they think. Zombies aren't the main threat in this world anymore, it's people, it's hunger and how all of these things impact who we are as people, impact how we think, feel, our morality, the lengths we'll go to and the parts of ourselves we'll sacrifice to protect the ones we love.
I think the author captured it all perfectly once again and I can't wait to go back a re-read.
I truly did love this story
I love this series, as well as 'The City' series and 'Until the end of the world'. So much so that I always find myself falling back on them as my comfort series to read.
I know there have been comments about there not being enough zombies etc but this book was top tier for me. I loved the reality of the whole situation, in regards to the lack of food and that being the main focus of the story and how that ultimately impacts everything they do and how they think. Zombies aren't the main threat in this world anymore, it's people, it's hunger and how all of these things impact who we are as people, impact how we think, feel, our morality, the lengths we'll go to and the parts of ourselves we'll sacrifice to protect the ones we love.
I think the author captured it all perfectly once again and I can't wait to go back a re-read.
I truly did love this story
May 28, 2024
Probably the most underrated author I read, Sarah Lyons Fleming captures something pretty special in all of her books.
I think a lot of people who think about their own zombie apocalypse plan (it's a thing!) often believe that they will go somewhere and plant food and hunt to survive. This book shows how incredibly difficult that can be - having managed to get a whole 1 capsicum off the plant I grew last growing season, I was already well aware of how fickle growing things can be. Add in the need to wait for crops to be ready, along with the dangers of zombie packs, and weather depending on where you are, survival suddenly isn't that simple.
The slow descent through hunger and into starvation was so well written. The flickers of despair growing stronger and stronger, the feelings of hopelessness. The author captured this incredibly well.
Sarah Lyons Fleming writes zombie books that are for everyone, not just people who like zombies, because at the heart of every good zombie book, the real stories are about people.
I think a lot of people who think about their own zombie apocalypse plan (it's a thing!) often believe that they will go somewhere and plant food and hunt to survive. This book shows how incredibly difficult that can be - having managed to get a whole 1 capsicum off the plant I grew last growing season, I was already well aware of how fickle growing things can be. Add in the need to wait for crops to be ready, along with the dangers of zombie packs, and weather depending on where you are, survival suddenly isn't that simple.
The slow descent through hunger and into starvation was so well written. The flickers of despair growing stronger and stronger, the feelings of hopelessness. The author captured this incredibly well.
Sarah Lyons Fleming writes zombie books that are for everyone, not just people who like zombies, because at the heart of every good zombie book, the real stories are about people.
August 22, 2023
Can't get enough!
This story offers a new challenge for the characters in this immersive world. While the main battle is different than other books in these series, Sarah once again delivers a fascinating read that weaves a tale of sorrow, grief, regret, gratitude, strength, and determination. As a lover of zompoc, Sarah is hands down my favorite author because her characters have unparalleled depth. I couldn't help but start counting the calories in my pantry and wondering what if...
After reading all 10 of her books, I can say without a doubt that I hope that Sarah is willing to continue writing because I am eager for more!
Once again, I find myself excited for the next installment... I guess it is time to start the adventure over again with Until the End of the World while I wait :)
This story offers a new challenge for the characters in this immersive world. While the main battle is different than other books in these series, Sarah once again delivers a fascinating read that weaves a tale of sorrow, grief, regret, gratitude, strength, and determination. As a lover of zompoc, Sarah is hands down my favorite author because her characters have unparalleled depth. I couldn't help but start counting the calories in my pantry and wondering what if...
After reading all 10 of her books, I can say without a doubt that I hope that Sarah is willing to continue writing because I am eager for more!
Once again, I find myself excited for the next installment... I guess it is time to start the adventure over again with Until the End of the World while I wait :)
August 28, 2023
Basically this author has gone from zombie fiction to harlequin romance. And this book as another reader said is boring. The plot goes no where once again. It’s simply a mushy love story about two middle aged people who decided to play slip the salmi about 30 minutes after their spouses die. Not to mention, everyone else is gay or asexual or neurodivergent…. The step kids are having sex and the parents think it’s awesome. There is a sub plot of hiding in the woods and almost starving and being attacked, but BIG SUPRISE, they are rescued and find tons of food and no major characters die. Not even the 83 year old father. As I said in a earlier review, the first half of the first book of this series was great, but these last two seem like they were written by the authors daughter, who is either a tween or young teen I think. I will not bother to read anymore of her books
November 11, 2023
I loved this as much as all of Fleming's previous books. Well worth the read. The characters keep growing and changing, and there's a ton of information built into the character's survival efforts.
Just don't read the last few chapters in public. Lol. I didn't expect to tear up over that particular character after what she did, but it was impossible not to cry.
The only downside is that the four narrators use different voices for different characters. I wish they'd split the characters up amongst themselves and read those parts throughout the series so the voices would be consistent from chapter to chapter. As it is, one narrator is better at the accent for Troy than the other three. One gave Francis a different accent than the other three narrators. It was odd. But everything else about the book was amazing.
Just don't read the last few chapters in public. Lol. I didn't expect to tear up over that particular character after what she did, but it was impossible not to cry.
The only downside is that the four narrators use different voices for different characters. I wish they'd split the characters up amongst themselves and read those parts throughout the series so the voices would be consistent from chapter to chapter. As it is, one narrator is better at the accent for Troy than the other three. One gave Francis a different accent than the other three narrators. It was odd. But everything else about the book was amazing.
March 8, 2024
My favorite of SLF's connected zombie series. The ending was satisfying enough that it could be a trilogy, but I do think there's supposed to be a 4th book coming. I suspect it will be about the birth of Gabrielle's baby and life in general after many of the zombies have had their winter freeze.
I was really impressed with this book showing the effects of starvation and foraging for survival on the 30 who lived together. All of the parts with harvesting hazelnuts and field dressing the game that had been hunted was interesting to me.
I also want to comment on the growth of Clara into a mature, though still young, adult. She's not the brat she was in the first book, and her growth is earned.
I was really impressed with this book showing the effects of starvation and foraging for survival on the 30 who lived together. All of the parts with harvesting hazelnuts and field dressing the game that had been hunted was interesting to me.
I also want to comment on the growth of Clara into a mature, though still young, adult. She's not the brat she was in the first book, and her growth is earned.
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