Today is day two of the April A to Z challenge. The theme of my posts is what has inspired my writing.
Today’s post is Benny Imura, the lead character in Jonathan Maberry’s Rot & Ruin series. It is a teen series about life after the zombie apocalypse. I can’t remember how I came across the book, but I was very skeptical about reading a teen novel. For whatever reason I just assumed it wouldn’t be very good since it was for “kids”. Boy was I wrong. I’ve read all three of the books in the series and other than a lack of strong language, I couldn’t tell you how this was any different from an adult novel.
The story is also heart-wrenching, something that I was not expecting from a book about zombies. Some gore and some rotted fight scenes I was ready for, but not the emotional agony the characters go through for the entirety of the third book.
Now I realize that just cause it’s teen, doesn’t mean it’s bad. Maybe I’ll even write a teen novel one day…
Recap:
B is for Benny Imura
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I’ve found quite a few YA books I have liked. I really like the Walking Dead–so does my son. I’ll have to check out this series. Thanks for sharing. Tweeted your contest and am following you on Twitter.:)
Thank you for the follow. If you like walking dead you should enjoy the rot and ruin series. They are similar in that they are both about a zombie apocalypse, but the bigger evil is the surviving humans, not the flesh eating monsters.
I don’t know- There have been pretty evil humans in the Walking Dead, too. I add the books to my wish list. 🙂
Writing for teens is a lot of fun (Tough but fun!)
Tough writing is much less fun than easy writing. Maybe I’ll just stick with the grown up stuff for now 🙂