Review: Alive (The Generation Trilogy, #1) by Scott Sigler

Alive (The Generation Trilogy, #1) by Scott Sigler
Publisher: Del Ray
Release Date: July 14th, 2015
Purchase: Amazon

From New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler comes something utterly new: a gripping sci-fi adventure trilogy in the vein of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Maze Runner. A group of young adults awake in a mysterious enclosed space with no knowledge of who they are or how they got there…and an indomitable young woman must lead them not only to answers but to survival.

A young woman awakes trapped in an enclosed space. She has no idea who she is or how she got there. With only her instincts to guide her, she escapes her own confinement—and finds she’s not alone. She frees the others in the room and leads them into a corridor filled with the remains of a war long past. The farther these survivors travel, the worse are the horrors they confront. And as they slowly come to understand what this prison is, they realize that the worst and strangest possibilities they could have imagined don’t even come close to the truth. 

My Thoughts:
What did I just read?!!  I have been begging for a book that is creepy and all things dark and this book just gave it to me on a bloodied silver platter!!

Okay so at the end of my ARC the author asks reviewers not to give spoilers which I get.  If I gave even one spoiler away the whole book would be ruined and I think readers need to devour this with knowledge of the secrets held within.  I will tell you that this book is like a lava cake.  You know the ones where you stare at just waiting to cut through the middle to see the dark chocolate rush out at you?  This is just like that cake.  I kept staring at the pages knowing that very soon the author was going to type one word and all these darkly delicious words would come spilling out and boy did they.  I am still in awe over the wickedness that is this authors mind.  Pure brilliant.

The one and only thing that bothered me was the borderline romance/triangle.  Its WAY in the background, but it's still there and this story doesn't need it at all.  I felt like it even cheapened it in a way.  Does every YA novel have to have this?  I'm hoping and praying that soon somebody will write a YA book that has zero romance.  Stop looking at me that way I can't help it.  I want creepy without the side of romance and this book came so close!

Alive is still a fantastic read.  The characters really came alive and I am really hoping this is the beginning of a series.  I think I would be okay if things ended with this book, but there is so much more I want to know. Maybe a prequel would help because really the backstory is the one I am craving.

That's all I am going to say.  I won't spoil anything for you, but if my crazy review hasn't made you want to pick this up then listen to me now.  PICK THIS UP SOON!  It is amazing and gory and just everything I wanted in a creepy book.  Scott Sigler you are on my top ten authors to follow my friend!

4.5 snowflakes

The lovely people at audible have sent us a sample from the audiobook!  I think the audio version would be amazing!!  Take a listen..

Teaser Tuesday #90 Alive by Scott Sigler

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Alive by Scott Sigler
Publisher: Del ReyExpected Publication Date: July 14, 2015

For fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Risingcomes a gripping sci-fi adventure in which a group of teenagers wake up in a mysterious corridor with no knowledge of who they are or how they got trapped. Their only hope lies with an indomitable young woman who must lead them not only to answers but to survival. 

“I open my eyes to darkness. Total darkness. I hear my own breathing, but nothing else. I lift my head . . . it thumps against something solid and unmoving. There is a board right in front of my face. No, not a board . . . a lid.”

A teenage girl awakens to find herself trapped in a coffin. She has no idea who she is, where she is, or how she got there. Fighting her way free brings little relief—she discovers only a room lined with caskets and a handful of equally mystified survivors. Beyond their room lies a corridor filled with bones and dust, but no people . . . and no answers.

She knows only one thing about herself—her name, M. Savage, which was engraved on the foot of her coffin—yet she finds herself in charge. She is not the biggest among them, or the boldest, but for some reason the others trust her. Now, if they’re to have any chance, she must get them to trust each other.

Whatever the truth is, she is determined to find it and confront it. If she has to lead, she will make sure they survive. Maybe there’s a way out, a rational explanation, and a fighting chance against the dangers to come. Or maybe a reality they cannot comprehend lies just beyond the next turn.

Teasers from page 7

(If you run, your enemy will hunt you. Kill your enemy, and you are forever free.)

Teaser from page 39

"So that's all you know," he says. "That's it?"

I nod.

"Then you don't know much."

He doesn't say it accusingly. It's a fact. 

"We," I say. "We don't know much."

He nods slowly. "We. Yes, we."

There is strength in that word. 

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