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Kit's Rebellion: A New Adult Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller
The year is 2043. Flesh-eating monsters are real, militia duty begins at sixteen, and the contenders in the fight ring are the new rock stars of the world. Twenty-year-old Kit O’Brien grew up as an orphan in a survivor camp, fighting alongside the militia to keep the last of humanity alive. But as the final vestiges of the infected die out, bloodthirsty raiders soon become a bigger threat – and while the militia’s attention is diverted outside, Kit discovers something much worse lurking within the walls of their camp.As the camp’s governor descends into madness, those in the fight ring are forced to kill each other for the entertainment of the crowd. Kit soon finds herself at the center of his circus, fighting for her life against those who used to be her friends. Things only get worse when she uncovers a dark secret – someone is breeding new crops of zombies.With the future of the camp resting on her shoulders, Kit must stay alive long enough to unmask the one behind this new threat. If she fails, she won’t just lose her home, but her life.If you like fast-paced post-apocalyptic fiction with a dash of action and mystery, then you won’t want to miss this page-turning novel.
319 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 10, 2020
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November 25, 2020
Good dystopian novel that I would love to read more about.
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July 30, 2020
This was a good book and it had a lot of action and suspense. It is easy to follow the plot. The characters are good and believable.
July 25, 2020
I really enjoyed this book
I like that it happens later, 19 years later when most don’t remember the before. They think how they live know is normal, but they know it is not right.
I like that it happens later, 19 years later when most don’t remember the before. They think how they live know is normal, but they know it is not right.
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July 11, 2020CJ did a great job with Kit's story. Kit is a young woman who has been trained as a member of the militia. She is capable in martial arts, archery, and firearms. Kit has valuable experience and assists in training younger militia members in their role as guardians of the walled compound and those who live inside the walls. I found the use of barter and trade goods was well used, down to trading moonshine and single bullets as need be.
Then there is the politics and the daily survival struggle.
I'm very much looking forward to a follow on story with Kit.
Then there is the politics and the daily survival struggle.
I'm very much looking forward to a follow on story with Kit.
June 8, 2020
Wow this was an excellent dystopian read!! The book is very fast-paced and keeps you pulled into the story-line making for an excellent hard to put down book. Both the world-building and characters are very well developed for a first novel and I look forward to seeing were this series leads!!
I found myself really empathizing with the MC Kit and she is a strong relatable character.
Great story for anyone who likes dystopian worlds I highly recommend this book for YA readers.
I look forward to more books by this author!
I received this book from Booksirens for an honest review.
I found myself really empathizing with the MC Kit and she is a strong relatable character.
Great story for anyone who likes dystopian worlds I highly recommend this book for YA readers.
I look forward to more books by this author!
I received this book from Booksirens for an honest review.
June 24, 2020
wow what a ride! Kit is amazing. One of the strongest heroines yet. I enjoyed this book
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August 27, 2020
this is the first book I read from this autor and let me tell you that I loved it! Such a good book with great characters that keeps you obsessed with every page since the first one. The story is very interesting and entertaining. Amazing job! definitely a must read!
August 30, 2022
Kit lives in one of a handful of camps that exist almost two decades after the outbreak. There are fewer infected around but eeking out a living and surviving the other dangers of daily life are still a huge challenge. The culture she lives in harsh, has some strange views on debt and physical intimacy but is relatively safe as long as you have something to offer. Kit works hard as a member of the militia in order to protect her home. She works equally as hard as a contender in the ring as this gives her things to trade and can help solidify her place in the community. When it begins to become clear that the governor of the six camps of which she is a part may have his hand in raising more infected for sport in the arenas, she must choose between loyalty to her home and allegiance to its government. Needless to say, this path is rife with danger.
I greatly enjoyed this story by CJ Grant. I found the characters well-drawn, the action well-handled, and the pacing quite good. The world and the character interactions were believable as well. One thing that is common in most stories is that they are either good at conveying emotional drama or physical drama. Not many authors can do both equally well but I feel that in the case of Kit's Rebellion, the author has done a great job with both. The action was believable and satisfyingly detailed and the main character, who is hardened by her environment, has a surprisingly rich emotional arc as well. It's not always easy to create a tough female character who is easy to empathize with but CJ Grant has done this wonderfully.
Overall, a fun and engaging read.
I greatly enjoyed this story by CJ Grant. I found the characters well-drawn, the action well-handled, and the pacing quite good. The world and the character interactions were believable as well. One thing that is common in most stories is that they are either good at conveying emotional drama or physical drama. Not many authors can do both equally well but I feel that in the case of Kit's Rebellion, the author has done a great job with both. The action was believable and satisfyingly detailed and the main character, who is hardened by her environment, has a surprisingly rich emotional arc as well. It's not always easy to create a tough female character who is easy to empathize with but CJ Grant has done this wonderfully.
Overall, a fun and engaging read.
March 18, 2020
A dystopian future with an interesting twist!
This story has some interesting plot themes that set it apart from the typical dystopian future. Kit has to make some difficult choices, and the world she lives in is not an easy place to make them. Great story for anyone who likes dystopian heroines, especially young to middle adults.
This story has some interesting plot themes that set it apart from the typical dystopian future. Kit has to make some difficult choices, and the world she lives in is not an easy place to make them. Great story for anyone who likes dystopian heroines, especially young to middle adults.
March 25, 2023
This was an enjoyable read that held my attention throughout. It's always nice to take a break from my normal type of reads and jump headfirst into a dystopian future.
Kit's Rebellion takes place in a future that is 20 years into a zombie apocalypse...although I don't believe the term "zombie" is ever used in the story. The book refers to them as "the infected". But with this story, the infected take kind of a side role in the plot.
The story follows Kit O'Brien, a militia member and prize fighter. The militia protects Camp Kraft, the main camp in a confederation of camps surviving in a post-pandemic world. Although they are referred to as "camps" think of them more as forts, each one housing a few hundred in population.
We follow along with Kit through her daily duties, and for the most part the book seems to be more of a memoir of her activities rather than a true story with an actual plot. I remember thinking that about 2/3rds of the way through the story, but it never distracted me from reading on. The structure of the world, the characters, and the political craziness of the camps were enough to keep me interested in turning pages. Rest assured though, there was a plot, and the last chunk of the book starts to slowly reveal it, reminding you of different events and things the reader has encountered along the way and bringing it all back together.
The story itself is structured around the militia duties of the camps and there moonlighting as contenders in MMA events for the night's entertainment. There is no money in the world. Everything is done off trade, and the top contenders earn precious commodities needed for more valuable trades.
It's just a part of life. There are very few people around that still remember the way the world was before the infected, so the contenders don't know anything different. But when Camp Kraft's governor starts to take on a strange fetish in the sight of death, even the contenders find it unnerving and immoral when the fights are changed to a Roman Gladiator type event.
This happens on top of a few other mysterious things springing up around the camps, and Kit and her trusted allies must secretly figure out what's going on without angering their leadership, all while staying alive in the new gladiator arena events to keep up appearances and stay on par with the view of the camp governor.
The story is classified as dystopian, post apocalyptic, but it isn't as extreme as some others I've read. Although Kit has no knowledge of the world before, she was one year old when shit hit the fan and the world first fell apart, so we aren't that far removed as readers from the world we know. There are enough things in the book to keep new readers to this genre grounded. Vehicles, guns, and the such are still in use, although fuel and ammo are rare and a valuable trade commodity. Think of a much tamer, more organized Mad Max type world and you'll get a feel of where this story's at.
Kit was a character you find yourself pulling far. At least for me, she was a character that I cared about what was happening to her. If you like a strong female lead, she's your girl. Battle hardened and strong, Kit is a perfect fit for the world created in this book.
Of course, Kit find herself in a emotional struggle between two love interests. That's not really my cup of tea, and when it started to reveal that subplot in the book, I wasn't quite sure the direction the story would take me, but I stuck with it and it works itself out really good. There was a good amount of emotional struggle for her to work through, but at the same time it wasn't so much romance to make me cringe. The writer balances out the emotions of Kit's character with her militia style no nonsense attitude really well.
The book offers up tons of other characters. At first I was worried it would be hard to keep up with all of them, but it ended up being easy enough. Most of the characters were nicely done, with me only disliking the ones that you're kind of meant to. Some were a bit fleshed out better than others, but like I said earlier, there were A LOT of characters.
The only cons I had with this read was some punctuation mistakes and a few grammatical errors, but none were glaring enough to take away from the story. The story stayed engaging, even through the parts where the plot had not yet become obvious. I made notes early on that some of the scenes could have been shortened or removed totally, but now after finishing it...I'm on the fence about that.
By the time the plot became set, those earlier scenes were kind of needed...maybe? I'm still on the fence about that, so I'll just leave it be. Even the questionable scenes were enjoyable, and things do wrap up pretty well.
I'd through Kit's Rebellion at a solid 3 and a half starts, if not 4. I dabble with dystopian novels, but it isn't my main go-to genre, so my basis of comparison may be a bit limited. All in all though, I enjoyed it, and thought highly enough to include it here.
Kit's Rebellion takes place in a future that is 20 years into a zombie apocalypse...although I don't believe the term "zombie" is ever used in the story. The book refers to them as "the infected". But with this story, the infected take kind of a side role in the plot.
The story follows Kit O'Brien, a militia member and prize fighter. The militia protects Camp Kraft, the main camp in a confederation of camps surviving in a post-pandemic world. Although they are referred to as "camps" think of them more as forts, each one housing a few hundred in population.
We follow along with Kit through her daily duties, and for the most part the book seems to be more of a memoir of her activities rather than a true story with an actual plot. I remember thinking that about 2/3rds of the way through the story, but it never distracted me from reading on. The structure of the world, the characters, and the political craziness of the camps were enough to keep me interested in turning pages. Rest assured though, there was a plot, and the last chunk of the book starts to slowly reveal it, reminding you of different events and things the reader has encountered along the way and bringing it all back together.
The story itself is structured around the militia duties of the camps and there moonlighting as contenders in MMA events for the night's entertainment. There is no money in the world. Everything is done off trade, and the top contenders earn precious commodities needed for more valuable trades.
It's just a part of life. There are very few people around that still remember the way the world was before the infected, so the contenders don't know anything different. But when Camp Kraft's governor starts to take on a strange fetish in the sight of death, even the contenders find it unnerving and immoral when the fights are changed to a Roman Gladiator type event.
This happens on top of a few other mysterious things springing up around the camps, and Kit and her trusted allies must secretly figure out what's going on without angering their leadership, all while staying alive in the new gladiator arena events to keep up appearances and stay on par with the view of the camp governor.
The story is classified as dystopian, post apocalyptic, but it isn't as extreme as some others I've read. Although Kit has no knowledge of the world before, she was one year old when shit hit the fan and the world first fell apart, so we aren't that far removed as readers from the world we know. There are enough things in the book to keep new readers to this genre grounded. Vehicles, guns, and the such are still in use, although fuel and ammo are rare and a valuable trade commodity. Think of a much tamer, more organized Mad Max type world and you'll get a feel of where this story's at.
Kit was a character you find yourself pulling far. At least for me, she was a character that I cared about what was happening to her. If you like a strong female lead, she's your girl. Battle hardened and strong, Kit is a perfect fit for the world created in this book.
Of course, Kit find herself in a emotional struggle between two love interests. That's not really my cup of tea, and when it started to reveal that subplot in the book, I wasn't quite sure the direction the story would take me, but I stuck with it and it works itself out really good. There was a good amount of emotional struggle for her to work through, but at the same time it wasn't so much romance to make me cringe. The writer balances out the emotions of Kit's character with her militia style no nonsense attitude really well.
The book offers up tons of other characters. At first I was worried it would be hard to keep up with all of them, but it ended up being easy enough. Most of the characters were nicely done, with me only disliking the ones that you're kind of meant to. Some were a bit fleshed out better than others, but like I said earlier, there were A LOT of characters.
The only cons I had with this read was some punctuation mistakes and a few grammatical errors, but none were glaring enough to take away from the story. The story stayed engaging, even through the parts where the plot had not yet become obvious. I made notes early on that some of the scenes could have been shortened or removed totally, but now after finishing it...I'm on the fence about that.
By the time the plot became set, those earlier scenes were kind of needed...maybe? I'm still on the fence about that, so I'll just leave it be. Even the questionable scenes were enjoyable, and things do wrap up pretty well.
I'd through Kit's Rebellion at a solid 3 and a half starts, if not 4. I dabble with dystopian novels, but it isn't my main go-to genre, so my basis of comparison may be a bit limited. All in all though, I enjoyed it, and thought highly enough to include it here.
October 1, 2020
The synopsis for Kit's Rebellion by C. J. Grant indicated that it would cover some of my favourite genres’ dystopia, zombies, and post-apocalyptic.
Yay
However, the synopsis I later found out once I stared reading the book was pretty much in the style of movie trailers which are way too long; highlight the wittiest dialogue, amazing chase/fight scene, etc essentially giving away the best bits. Those types of trailer leave me empty, disappointed there isn't more to the movie and confused why there’s a 90 minute film with extraneous details when the plot was summed up perfectly in a 3 minute trailer.
Kit's Rebellion reminds me of that unfortunate trend.
There was nothing more to the story, the layers and depths that could have been revealed in an enticing, engaging way were already exposed, signposted on huge billboards. This could have been redeemed with intriguing characters and great dialogue but regrettably wasn't to be.
I liked the idea of Kit's Rebellion, the world that was portrayed but sincerely didn't like the execution. The characters were stilted, flat, without significant detail and I kept on hearing Kit's interior voice which was exasperating. Subvocalisation isn't the right word but that word eludes me right now.
What it seemed to me was that I was reading the outline of the plot with character building and motivation, what hadn't occurred effectively yet was translating that into the nuanced construct that is a novel - show not tell.
All that notwithstanding, it was an inoffensive read, likeable but not as much as I'd anticipated.
2 Stars – It Was Okay
Thank you to Book Sirens and the author for a digital advance review copy in exchange for a candid review.
Yay
However, the synopsis I later found out once I stared reading the book was pretty much in the style of movie trailers which are way too long; highlight the wittiest dialogue, amazing chase/fight scene, etc essentially giving away the best bits. Those types of trailer leave me empty, disappointed there isn't more to the movie and confused why there’s a 90 minute film with extraneous details when the plot was summed up perfectly in a 3 minute trailer.
Kit's Rebellion reminds me of that unfortunate trend.
There was nothing more to the story, the layers and depths that could have been revealed in an enticing, engaging way were already exposed, signposted on huge billboards. This could have been redeemed with intriguing characters and great dialogue but regrettably wasn't to be.
I liked the idea of Kit's Rebellion, the world that was portrayed but sincerely didn't like the execution. The characters were stilted, flat, without significant detail and I kept on hearing Kit's interior voice which was exasperating. Subvocalisation isn't the right word but that word eludes me right now.
What it seemed to me was that I was reading the outline of the plot with character building and motivation, what hadn't occurred effectively yet was translating that into the nuanced construct that is a novel - show not tell.
All that notwithstanding, it was an inoffensive read, likeable but not as much as I'd anticipated.
2 Stars – It Was Okay
Thank you to Book Sirens and the author for a digital advance review copy in exchange for a candid review.
March 7, 2020
Fast-paced scenes, well-drawn characters, and plenty of tension make this debut novel a page-turner. I found myself rooting for Kit even while my heart broke for her, starting with the book's first sentence: "I witnessed my first execution when I was six years old."
I look forward to more books by this author!
I look forward to more books by this author!
August 9, 2021
A romp of sex and violence
If you are looking for sex and a wide range of adrenaline inducing action, look no further. This feels like a video game which was turned into a novel
A sequel or a movie would be appreciated
If you are looking for sex and a wide range of adrenaline inducing action, look no further. This feels like a video game which was turned into a novel
A sequel or a movie would be appreciated
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