I am delighted to share my reviews today for books 5 and 6 of The Spread series – Turning Point and Annihilation by Iain Robb Wright.
I have read these books via Kindle Unlimited making the most of the free trial I had.
Survival is about to get tougher.
Aaron Cartwright is not the young boy he used to be. He is something else now. Something not quite human. His friends no longer look at him the same way. But the mission hasn’t changed. The enemy needs destroying. The Earth needs reclaiming.
The problem is…
A new threat is about to arrive, and everything mankind thought it knew is about to be proved dead wrong.
MY REVIEW
This series is so good and with only one more book to go, it is getting dramatic.
Aaron with his friends, has successfully dealt with one problem only to be met by another. This is still a race for survival and the odds of surviving did seem to be getting better. But with one step forward, it seems there is another step, or more back.
Rachel and Nancy have arrived in Edinburgh, it is not what they thought it would be and while they feel safe from the alien fungus, it is the humans they have to be wary of once again.
These are so easy to read and get caught up in, each book is around 200 pages and each one has been read pretty much in one sitting. As this series is getting towards the end, I am reluctant to give too much in the way of details, but the drama and tension are increasing.
This book sees the groups still trying to work to do what is best, trying to break the lock the fungus has on the land and anything it comes into contact with. There are still going to be serious injuries and deaths of close people. With the population change, there is the obvious change in leadership and this brings its own problems.
Another fabulous book in the series that pits friends against the threat of humankind and the world as they know it. This book falls into the sci-fi, thriller and horror genres and I would recommend this book.
The end of the end has begun…
Aaron Cartwright and his friends have walked through hell and come out of the other end changed in ways they could never have imagined. But they are still human. They are still prepared to fight.
And fight they must as mankind’s deadly enemy unleashes a new weapon designed to end humanity once and for all.
In order to stop the extinction of all life on Earth, Aaron must do something next to impossible. Return home and face the enemy one last time. He will just have to hope that home still exists.
MY REVIEW
This is the series’ final book, and my goodness, does it finish with a bang!
Aaron has gradually made his way through huge disasters and losses. He has changed, not just in his perspective but also physically. He has lost friends and family, but he still carries on towards his final goal: destroying the invaders.
He is not alone, he still has some of the original group he left Scotland with, some have joined, some have died. But life has changed and it is now vital that he get back home.
This has been a fabulous journey with Aaron, Cameron, Helper and various others. As with any series, but especially one that has a lot of destruction, death and invasion, there are going to be characters that you lose along the way. The author, in my opinion, chose the right way to end the book, albeit very sad, but it did seem fitting.
This final journey for the group sees a lot of emotion, and as a reader, I was pleased to see this in this book. It would not have been right to just finish and not feel some sort of loss as the characters did. I think the author got the balance of this just right.
Overall this has been a fabulous series and I will miss it. I have had recommendations from other readers about some of their personal favourites from this author and they are already sitting on my Kindle waiting for me to read.
If you are a fan of dystopian, sci-fi, alien apocalypse and thrillers then this is a series you should look at. I read it via Kindle Unlimited and I am so glad I came across this author as I will be reading more. I would definitely recommend this book and the series.
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