Gods of Anthem

I received this ARC from Le Chat Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review

WOW! That ending was brutal but sooooo good!!!

"Aspirations are useless, because to aspire, is to reach. Dream, they say, but not too big. Laugh, they say, but not too loudly. Love, they say, but not too hard."

I’ll jump right into the plot before I’ll tell you my thoughts!

The world has come to an end.
Illness is on the rise.
Zombies are looking for flesh.
Cancer has emaciating the populace.
The government rules with an Iron first.
Human rights are a myth, we are all slaves. Scientist are having too much fun experimenting on the young and turning them into something else. Into creatures of myths and legends…turning them into nightmares.
Lives are being torn assunder.
Jeremy Writer. Liza/ Mozart. Thomas/ Tommy. Vero. Cory. Joelle. Remember these names for they shall be unraveled.
Welcome to Anthem.

Sorry I couldn’t help but go all dramatic there!

"I am not a nobody. I'm the daughter of a great dancer and a world-renowned composer. They may be dead, but I am very much alive. My name is Liza Randusky, and I come from a long line of somebodies."

Liza is dying of cancer. The government sends her to a Camp in a man-made Island to protect what's left of humanity. Camp Bodega is hell on earth.

The world has been torn apart by a great flood, the world is broken- ruined. However, genetic alteration has never been at its finest. Can perfection be attained?

The rich are the elite, the poor the downtrodden.

It is time to begin a revolution.

Thomas Ripley- Hatter has lost everyone and everything, he is haunted by the ghosts of his past. Thomas is a 'special' soldier, he lives with a monster inside him, ever lurking on the edge of control, waiting for Thomas to accidentally let it free. But Thomas won't.

He will fight against authority, the authority that destroyed his home and turned his loved ones into blue skinned, blood thirsty demons.

Jeremy Writer is a revolutionary at heart. He writes, he speaks and boasts of ideas long forgotten.

"The time is always now to declare you freedom!"
..."The Authority says that Anarchy is the devil. But I say that a man who's both an anarchist and a patriot has been ordained by God himself!"

This book is awesome!

I won't lie the first 60% i was like, man this book is genius, the writing, the world-building is fantastic...but nothing is happening! So i grew a tad bit bored at a point...and then i reached 70% and i nearly fell off my chair.

Holy Molly, Keys, don't do that to my heart! BUT THANK YOU THAT YOU DID! That last 40% was the best...ever!

The writing here is amazing, the ideas, the characters, the world- building!

This is probably one of the best 'Zombie' books I've read in a long time! However, it's not exactly a zombie book either, ITS SO MUCH MORE!

That ending is haunting me, I want the next book now!
I wonder how the two characters that meet at the end, how will they interact? what will happen?! I MUST KNOW!

Gods of Anthem people, read it.

I don't even know where to start in explaining how good this book is. I cried, had goosebumps, and clapped in excitement while reading it. It's told from the POV's of Tommy and Liza. Both amazing and inspiring people. There's also Jeremy (whose story takes place through Liza's POV). He's just all about freedom and justice, but he has his secrets. Then there's Joelle ( whose story is told from Tommy's POV). She's a last bit of innocence in this lost and dark world. There's action, romance, unbreakable loyalty, great sacrifice, startling revelations, and who could forget zombies, a vampire, and people who've been experimented on in the name of 'freedom'. I wouldn't say it ends in a cliffhanger because there's not a lot of questions that are left unanswered, but it's enough to leave you salivating for the next part of this amazing story.

Liza is a cancer patient, trapped in an island, where patients go to die, no one ever comes back. Tommy has a beast trapped inside him, one he cannot control. After WWIII devastated the Earth, the hastily put together government, the Authority, walled in a city to protect the population from the zombies.

WELCOME TO ANTHEM!

Gods of Anthem take zombie apocalypse to a whole new level!
This dark, gritty novel packs such a punch, I'm still reeling from it!

I warn you now, do not start this book before bedtime, you'll be up all night!

There's so much going on in this story, it's fast paced, it's incredibly easy to lose yourself in the different emotions this book pulls out of you.

If I had to describe this book in as few words as possible, I would say, imagine The Avengers fighting an all powerful entity in the middle of the zombie apocalypse.

If that doesn't make you want to read this book, well, you should seek professional help... hahaha

I cannot recommend this book enough!
I'm just gonna try to stay calm, and patiently wait for the next book...

OK patience gone! Can I have it now?
;)

Happy Reading!

So much going on in this great book! I was so excited to come across Gods of Anthem.

Liza has a death sentence of cancer and is imprisoned on an island where other children/adults are kept who also have the same death sentence. After been given a second change (through very questionable methods), Lisa is sent back to the mainland (America) angry at the visible lies and confused at her new lease on life.

Lisa meets Jeremy Writer, the leader of the rebellion against Anthem and she realizes her purpose in life - to take down the Gods of Anthem.

Hatter, in a different country, part of the UnderGround movement/Army against Anthem is being prepped to fight and take back the US from the undead as an advanced soldier.

Both characters are amazing in their depth and their passion for this new world. I don't want to give to many spoilers, but Liza is just a brilliant teen who's intelligence oozes through each page. She's most-definitely an adult trapped in a teen body given her experiences and so is Hatter.

I can't wait to read more and highly recommend those to like intelligent zombie books :D

I really enjoyed this fast-paced dystopian novel. I would recommend this to fans of "The Hunger Games" series, Marie Lu's "Legend" series and the Divergent series. I can't wait to order this for my library, so I can start recommending it to students! I also can't wait for the sequel....this book will be up there with the big ones!