Title: LOVE AND DECAY: Season 2, Epi 6
Author: Rachel Higginson
Source: eARC from author
goodreads...
Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any
girl’s dream of a happily ever after.
Reagan and Page are still trapped with Kane in
the cabin in the woods and they have no idea if help is coming or if anyone
will be able to find them. Besides the utter boredom and eerie solitude, they
have to deal with Kane’s crazy mom and the danger Kane poses to Reagan, in more
than just the physical sense.
When Feeder activity picks up, Kane is kept busy
sweeping the property to make sure their human presence doesn’t attract
unwanted attention. But is that even possible in the Zombie Apocalypse?
Reagan’s sympathy for Kane reaches a new level
while she is also forced to make the toughest decision of her life. All of her
conflicted feelings reach a boiling point in this episode and the consequences
will stretch far and wide in her fight for survival.
Can she keep it together long enough for Hendrix
to find her? Or is her relationship with him already in jeopardy?
Love and Decay, Episode Six is the sixth episode
in Season Two of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end
of the world and finding someone to share it with.
This story takes place over multiple episodes,
with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
My take...
Reagan and Page are still stuck in the woods with
Kane and his senile mother. Reagan still holds out hope that Hendrix and his
brothers are going to save them any day now. But when an ambush by a horde of
zombies takes them by surprise, desperation takes over Reagan and she about
loses it. Her world has just went out of control. All hope has now up and fled.
And it has taken her future right along with it...
I had to put this episode down at a most crucial
part. It would be several hours before I could find out what happened. I warned
Rachel that our friendship was in jeopardy if it happened to play out the way I
was assuming it would. A little heads up...Rachel is not to be trusted and will
not be very well liked half way through this episode. Though she may be
partially forgiven in the end. It’s all a matter of opinion. For me? She is
safe. For now.
**
I realized then that even if these unnamed
feelings I had for Kane originated with a mental disorder- and let’s be honest,
I wasn’t exactly in the greatest state of mind ever- they had grown into
something more, something I couldn’t ignore or deny.
There was something between us. He was right
about that.
I breathed out a long sigh. There was freedom in
admitting that to myself. I had been tangled up in denial and self-doubt, but
getting it off my chest felt liberating.
**
This episode was hard for me. No, it wasn't the
horrid scene from before I mentioned. No, this was all on Reagan. She is so
utterly conflicted throughout the whole book. With good reason. I'm sure I
would have been the same way. She says one thing...does another...and her
emotions and thoughts are all over the place. It was like watching a person
with two personalities in a constant struggle. And I hurt for her as she was
put through all this. This girl needed time to cope with these feelings and
emotions and work through it. But as we all know by now, time is something she
never going to get.
Even so, I enjoyed this episode. Reagan's inner
struggle was something that at the time I was reading I thought was off
putting. But now that I look back at it, I see where she is coming from. And I
hurt for her even more. It wasn't my favorite episode by any means. But I felt
like I understood Reagan a little more after thinking on it some. And something
huge happens in this book that is a game changer for the entire series. I am
stoked to see what Higginson has up her sleeve and all the possibilities this
could mean. Yet, I am fearful too.
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