Thank you to Penguin Group Canada for the ARC!

This is told from four different characters and personalities. Sometimes I dislike reading stories that are told in different viewpoints because I can never remember who is who. The characters started to sound alike and I had to remind myself who is who causing me to go back and forth between chapters to remember.

The setting in this novel was definitely realistic. The terror in finding yourself quarantined in a mall with no where to go and no one to trust. So many people dying and the will to survive is high. But how do you survive the plague? I can understand why the government would keep information from the people because chaos would ensue, but to consider that the rest of the world could also be contaminated is a higher priority than the needs of the citizens in the mall. The fear in the characters tone was clearly evident, and I'm a sucker for virus-like plots considering my favourite movies like Outbreak and Contagion include realistic plots.

I wished there was more emphasis on the virus and not on what the characters were doing. It felt like the middle of the book was a bore, and the ending and excitement was stuffed in at the end to create a page-turning climax. I didn't even know there was another book because I thought it would be a stand alone book. I'm glad it isn't, because the ending was epic.

Quotes
"Funny how a guy could completely freak you out, but also be the one person you trusted."—Ryan