9. All-Time Favorite

9. All-Time Favorite

Do you know that feeling when you would read a certain novel - hundreds of times - but the pleasure you get after reading it will always be there? I love reading novels, it can be: mystery, dystopian, romance, inspirational, historical and other genres. It took me a while to know my all-time favorite novel and I'll confidently boast it!

Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts

It all started by an Earthquake from all around the world. Humans ,has been turned into murderers by a certain force, started killing people, even if that person was a stranger or family.

These Humans, or known as Baggers, are consumed by their hatred and anger that made them monsters. Their goal is to take what the humans took and bring it back to nature.

The story revolves on four teenagers trying to survive this catastrophe.

Saskatoon, Canada
 Mason, who's mother died in a car accident and his friends died from a school bombing. Being alone made him hear the voices calling him, He tries to fight the darkness inside him, calling out to join their side.

Vancouver, Canada
 Aries, who was on the way to Clayton Heights High School for her theater rehearsal as Alice in Alice in wonderland, was caught in an earthquake and witnessed the death of her best friend but was saved by a mysterious and handsome guy.

Glenmore, Canada
 Clementine, a country girl and a cheerleader, who was forced to leave her mother and father behind to be killed by Baggers. The only thing that gives her strength and motivation to live is to find her brother in Seattle.

Whitefish, United States
 Michael, with his friend, Evans, traveled and met people along the way just to survive, was getting larger. During their hide out, they were ambushed by Baggers and the one thing Michael regretted the most is escaping to avoid death by leaving and betraying his group and be killed.

Rage Within by Jeyn Roberts

"WARNING. WARNING. THE CITY IS CLOSED. NO ONE IS ALLOWED IN OR OUT. THERE ARE GUARDS POSTED. TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT. DO NOT TRY TO LEAVE THE CITY. DO NOT STAY IN YOUR HOMES. IT IS NO LONGER SAFE. SURVIVORS ARE INSTRUCTED TO GO TO THE PLAZA OF NATIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP YOU."

The same recording repeated in an endless loop as the white vans drive around the city, slowly, looking for survivors. 

3 Months After the Earthquakes, The Baggers seem to be more organized; cleaning up the whole place and making a new world order, assuring survivors that they will be safe in the Plaza of Nations.

Meanwhile, Our Protagonists: Mason, Aries, Clementine, Michael, with the other survivors tries to survive in an abandoned house in Vancouver.

Clementine, with the company of Michael, continues to look for her brother in The University of British Columbia and stumbles with a group of students hiding from the Baggers.

Mason, Along with Daniel, are curious of the situation in the Plaza of Nations. They travel in the night and got caught in a dangerous situation.

As the leader of the group, Aries is having a hard time making decisions on certain situations. Should she choose to save another ally from Baggers and risk getting her group killed or choose to protect her group and get ready to move out to their safe house? Should she go look for Mason, Michael and Daniel, after days of their disappearance?

Problems, quarrels, deaths arise, Will they be able to solve it as a group? To trust one another? Or will the group fall apart?

Review:

Dark Inside is another post apocalyptic book that has made me ask for more. In this book - first -, Jeyn Roberts focused on each teenagers lives and own journeys.

I found myself on the edge of my chair while reading the book, page by page. This thrilling sensation I felt which made me kept reading was crazy. I honestly, couldn't stop for a minute because you would feel this urge of wanting to know what will happen.

Dark Inside is strongly exciting and quite creepy. It has a lot of action and heart wrenching moments that you'll want the pace to slow down a bit for so much thrill. The book is very detailed and makes your mind working and you'll be amazed by the twists in the book. 

The only thing i noticed is how the author repeated some words but other than that, It's an awesome book.

Next is, Rage Within, It continues the adventures of our four protagonist to be able to survive. 

This time, It focuses on the opinions of the teenagers on certain decisions and be able to trust each other as a group.

Normally, The first book of a series would be the best of all but as I finished reading Rage Within, I decided that this is (for me) better than Dark Inside, It gets more exciting. 

I can say that, Jeyn Roberts did a good job getting us, readers, allure on her books. Who wouldn't? When you'll be pleased how well informed, more action and creepy exciting parts and addicting that you'd want to reread it.

 The only thing that kind-of bugged me is that I felt no chemistry on (I won't spoil) the protagonists, something was missing. Also, when people they knew died, it was unemotional.

But all in all, it was pretty awesome!

I can't wait for the 3rd book!

I would highly highly recommend this to those who love post apocalyptic books with a little romance on the side.