Wild Country (The World of the Others, #2; The Others, #7) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 17, 2019 Steph rated it really liked it

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HE HAS TEETH. SHE HAS A GUN. THEY ARE THE LAW.

Wild Country, similar to Lake Silence, takes place within the world of Bishop’s Others, but in a new town. This time we’re spending our time in Bennett, which is near Prairie Gold. Most of the characters are new to us, but those of us who began the series with Written in Red will recognize a few, some if only by name.

“I am amazed by the human ability to be willfully blind.”

If you’re keeping current with the series, you’ll know huma

HE HAS TEETH. SHE HAS A GUN. THEY ARE THE LAW.

Wild Country, similar to Lake Silence, takes place within the world of Bishop’s Others, but in a new town. This time we’re spending our time in Bennett, which is near Prairie Gold. Most of the characters are new to us, but those of us who began the series with Written in Red will recognize a few, some if only by name.

“I am amazed by the human ability to be willfully blind.”

If you’re keeping current with the series, you’ll know humans lost a lot and rightly so. Despite all the warnings, some humans continue to believe they can not only battle the Others, Elders and Elementals but also survive. That’s one thread that continues to weave throughout this series - if humans aren’t careful, they could lose everything and the race would be eradicated.

Humans. Couldn’t live with them; couldn’t eat them all.

At least for the moment, some humans continue to seek ways to survive and thrive in regions controlled by Others, including Bennett. The town is controlled and run by the terra indigene, mainly Tolya Sanguinati and Virgil Wolfgard, but humans are slowly being added to fill necessary positions throughout the town. This makes it easy for humans with bad intentions slip in to town, or so they believe.

It took me a bit longer than usual to get hooked by the story because I was having to learn about so many new characters. I felt that no one character really carried this story, but several stood out and got their hooks into my heart. Sadly, I find myself wondering if we’ll be left with no follow up on their ongoing status since it appears each book within this same world/spin-off will focus on a new town/area/region. I’m still wondering how everyone is making out over in Sproing, and Lakeside for that matter. Yet, while I was holding my breath to see how things played out, it was nice to have some news from Lakeside throughout.

Despite this installment and its predecessor having less than a five-star rating, I continue to recommend this series (and the previous five stories of The Others). This series is always a great read in a fascinating world and I’ll continue to enjoy visiting it whenever Bishop allows.

*It was hilarious that while communication is sketchy, sometimes impossible, Jana was still in receipt of some ‘pump up your junk’ junk emails 😆 ...more

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Jul 07, 2019 Irene Hollimon rated it it was amazing

Awesome,

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Mar 19, 2019 A book away from an episode of hoarders rated it really liked it

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As usual, once I leave the world of The Others, I feel bereft.

I always need more.

More time in this world.

Never enough time in this world, which is saying something because each of these novels could work as a doorstop in any windstorm short of a tornado.

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Nov 10, 2019 Deyara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars.

An enjoyable enough instalment if you already like the series though a bit unnecessary - seemed to mostly play out exactly as expected as if we could have written this ourselves.

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