Atlanta Bound

Roadtrip Z #4

by Lilith Saintcrow

Nothing matters to the walking dead but finding live flesh to chew on, and nothing matters to Ginny Mills except getting back to her family. Nothing matters to Lee Quartine but keeping his small band of survivors–including Ginny–alive. Upstate New York is overrun, other survivors are more of a danger than a help, and the rumors have begun. There's a place where organization and government still exists, a place where a cure for the zombie virus is underway.

 

The problem is, that place is Atlanta, and there's a hell of a lot of road to cover to get there. Hopefully, Ginny's family is safe. With a little luck, Lee can get them all south without anyone else dying.

 

But in the middle of a winter wasteland full of chewing, shuffling undead, hope–and luck–are in short supply.

 

It's gonna be a long trip...

 

Genres: Zombies, Horror, Audiobook, Science Fiction, Dystopia

248 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 8, 2019

About the author

Lilith Saintcrow was born in New Mexico, bounced around the world as a child, and fell in love with writing stories when she was ten years old. She and her library co-habitate in Vancouver, Washington.

Reviews

[Nicole · Rating 1 out of 5]

I basically had to force myself to finish this series out of sheer stubbornness.

[Mari · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ***

Hoopla audio

The ending was very anticlimactic. Very little real romance in the series. Some characters were introduced, given backstories but we never find out what happens to them. The narration is very good and helped me stick with the series.

[Strix · Rating 4 out of 5]

A happy ending, as promised. Damn.

[Night Runner · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just couldn't get into the story as it bounces around and changes perspective quite a bit. I do enjoy the author's work so this is a one-off for me.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the entire series in two days and liked it a lot! The author captures the horror and trauma of a post-apocalyptic world very well, and created interesting characters. At the end of this one I searched to see when the next installment would be released, thinking I'd caught a series before it ended, and I'm disappointed to see this is the end. Definitely anticlimactic and many characters were introduced within the series and dropped without further exploration. If they'd been presented within the POV of the core characters only, it would make more sense, but they had their own POV. I liked seeing through the eyes of others, but being dropped as they were made them feel pointless.

The ending was a little like the UK ending of the Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice. All that buildup and Mr. Darcy's heartfelt declaration of love and she just says, "Well, then. Your hands are cold." Roll credits.

It felt a little like that.

I'm greedy. I want MORE! Just one more? 🥺

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

The final book in the Roadtrip Z series, and although I was sad that the journey was almost over, I loved this instalment.

This one maintained the creep factor, and ramped up the horror of the zombie apocalypse.

The ending was a good one - I had no idea how this series was going to wrap up, and I liked the way it finished, but I have so many unanswered questions!

Overall throughout the series I would have liked to know more about the origins of the virus and whether the zombies really were evolving/getting smarter.

I'd have loved to see what came next for the characters I've followed across four books and numerous US states. But that's me being greedy because I just didn't want this series to end.

I'll definitely be revisiting all of the Roadtrip Z books in future, when I'm looking for a story with a bit of heart and plenty of nightmare fuel.

[Gail · Rating 5 out of 5]

perhaps her very best work

I’ve read most, if not all, of Lilith Saintcrow’s works. They are all intense with strong memorable characters. But for some reason the characters of these. four books stay with me. I’ve read the books several times. The love story is so touching, the characters are brave and very human. I liked the plot, the terrible dystopian zombie apocalypse world, and the nobility of those who strive to survive it. Highly recommended

[Stas · Rating 4 out of 5]

a really good finale to the series! my heart definitely broke and it was wild to see these kind of stakes being made real this late in the series, never get too comfortable in the zombie apocalypse. after everything the characters went through it was nice to have a resolution for everyone in the end in some way. definitely not romance heavy but I do think Lee is probably the best apocalypse boyfriend I've read so far.

[Dlmccormack]

Ended the series, but seemed a bit anticlimactic. All the adventures to get to this point and the end wound up quickly. The worst part was editing issues in the digital version. I can deal with occasional typos, but there were parts of the story where a sister, named Flo, was referred to as Fran several times in a row. That's just messy.

[donnalennon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

Loved it. Great ending. Wish Amazon had made the down load easier. If you are having problems contact customer support. They fixed for me when I have them th pre-order number

[Nicole Luiken · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tension, tension, tension. Again, I read all of Roadtrip Z straight through instead of taking breaks between books as I originally intended because I got invested in the characters and needed to see who would make it out alive.

[Gail A. Gaskins · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, very good read

As always, very good read. One of my favorite authors. I love all things zombie, this is first with a happy ending.

[K.A. Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved everything about this easy to read series! Fell in love with the characters immediately and cried along with them the whole way.

[Marcy A. Vonderwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the series

I loved this series. The characters were well developed and made you care. The setting was plausible. Well worth the time.

[Jessica]

This must have been published during that minute when everyone was serializing everything, so know that this book is more final chapter than coherent narrative. As such, each book fells padded at times, but then there's room to do really lovely little character sketches of side characters, so.

Atlanta Bound wraps up the narrative in a plausibly inconclusive ending, not downbeat so much as anticipating. Which I really enjoyed. I wasn't as into the McGuffin our hero has been carrying through the whole series getting a lot of attention. It's a McGuffin! Quit looking at it or your readers will realize none of that makes any sense. But I enjoyed the whole series, and it kept me company in the dark hours when I couldn't sleep