Devour
(Death
& Decay Book 1)
by R.L.
Blalock
Published:
September 12th 2016
Genre:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic
Blurb:
St.
Louis is falling to pieces. In the midst of rioting, a dangerous new disease
has sprung pushing an already dire situation over the edge. Those who are
infected suddenly become extremely aggressive, attacking and even eating those
around them. And Olivia "Liv" Bennett is caught right in the middle
of it.
Liv’s
hectic life of school, work, and motherhood grind to a halt as the city around
her begins to devour itself. Forced to flee from her car with nothing but a
diaper bag and her eighteen-month-old daughter, Elli. Liv must trek forty miles
on foot across the feral infested suburbs of St. Louis to a safe haven that may
not even be safe.
What
other hope does she have?
As
her world begins to crumble, Liv is left clinging to the hope that Slag Stead,
a two hundred and fifty acres, self-sufficient farm, remains a beacon of light
and not another slaughter. But getting there just might kill her.
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My
Review:
Being trapped in a car has become one of Olivia “Liv”
Bennett’s worst nightmares since the day the world came to a halt. Liv and her
eighteen month old little girl, Elli was on their way back home from a visit
with her husband and Elli’s daddy where he worked for lunch. They had just
crossed the bridge when traffic suddenly came to a dead stop. Liv is looking
around trying to see what the problem is when she sees a paramedic helping his
partner walk across the street when all of a sudden the guys partner just torn
into him and started biting him. Liv looked around her and all she saw was
people biting people. So Liv grabbed her baby girl from her car seat and took
off as fast as she could.
After she got Elli away from there and to a place where
they were somewhat safe for the moment Liv tried to call her family to see if
they knew what was going on and if they were safe. The only person she was able
to talk to was her sister. Her sister told her about a farm, Slag Stead that
they were going to and told Liv they would meet her there.
So now Liv has to get her little girl, Elli and herself
to a farm that might still be safe and not over run with all these crazy sick
people without getting herself or Elli bit. How was she going to do this all by
herself? Liv is scared so Elli picks up on her mother being scared and so that
makes Elli scared and the only way Elli can let her mother know she is scared
is to cry which alerts the zombies or feral as Liv calls them and they come a
running right to the sound of Elli crying.
Liv and Elli get lucky on the way to the farm they meet
up with a couple more people when they get into a little trouble with the
ferals and they help them out of a situation that could potentially be bad. They
all become fast friends and Liv is glad to have someone else around not only to
help watch the feral but she now has someone to talk to while they are trying
to make their way to the farm and hopefully safety.
Will Liv and Elli make it to Slag Stead safely? Will they
get eaten by the feral? Will her family make it to safety? Will the farm the still
be a safe heaven? To find out all the answers grab a copy of Devour to find
out.
I think I read Devour like I had feral on my butt and I
was running for my life. If you love shows like The Walking Dead then you are
going to absolutely love Devour I know I definitely did and can’t wait for
more.
Find
out more about Devour and R.L. Blalock
Giveaway:
The giveaway is called the Ultimate Zombie Book
Box Giveaway and is tied in with the launch of the Zombie Book Buzz newsletter.
The newsletter is a cooperative effort between myself Claire C. Riely, Armand
Rosamilia, Eric Shelman, Mark P. BeDyran, Adrienne Lecter, T. W. Piperbrook,
Bobby Adair, and Jay Wilburn. Each month the newsletter will contain an author
feature, new releases, sales, and giveaways. Just the stuff people want to know
about. The giveaway is a donated ebook or audiobook from each author (so a
total of 9) to one lucky winner. We are using ebooks so international readers
can enter as well. A link to the giveaway can be found here.
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