The Turning

3.5 rounded up.

The story is interesting but while some characters are a bit out there in a way that is funny or endearing (shout out to Jimmy Don Booth) the main characters aren't, they're just insufferable. Anna and Jared are deeply annoying whenever they have a moment to settle down. When the action is intense they're okay but the second they start talking they do too much of it and it's just grating. Granted their being annoying might have been done intentionally to show some character growth and add some levity to the story. That being said while Jared is grating he is also a decent human being and not a total creep which after some of my recent reads I feel deserves some credit.

I liked that most survivor groups they encountered were not immediately hostile, it was refreshing. The type of zombies is pretty neat too (chameleon zombies anyone?).

Will I come back to read the rest of the series? I don't know.

Will I ever know if the J-Dog thing was an intentional reference to Hollywood Undead? Probably not.