April 2, 2021
Alone Post Five
Week 13, Day 5 – Alone
Genre: Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic Zombie
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Cover Design: Kate L. Mary
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For the past two years, Jules has floated through life.
When the virus was released it changed everything about the world. Jules lost her mom and her home, forcing her to live with the father she barely knows. Now, even as society works to rebuild, Jules still feels like she doesn’t quite fit in.
Then she meets Roman.
Even before the zombies, he only had himself to depend on. Brooding and rebellious, Roman isn’t anyone Jules would have pictured herself with before the zombies came. But now she finds herself willing to give up everything to be with him.
The attraction is too strong for either one of them to ignore, but Roman and Jules soon discover that the uncertainty of their new world extends much farther than just the zombies. When disaster strikes, Roman must race against the most terrifying clock imaginable to save Jules, or once again end up alone.
RIP to those we lost in Alone…
By now you know that we say goodbye to the two main characters in this book. It should have come as no surprise to readers, but like I said, many were shocked. I’ve never had an issue killing off my characters if it’s necessary, but I think a lot of people didn’t anticipate the main characters getting the axe. Even in a Romeo & Juliet retelling. I’ll be honest, it wasn’t easy. I really liked Roman and Jules and would have loved a world where they could have lived happily ever after, but in the zombie apocalypse, that doesn’t happen often. I think that’s why I was okay with writing the alternate ending, because it’s nice to impinge a world where things are fair and where people get what they deserve.
I think, though, that the most shocking part of it was how Roman ends up dying. I guess people expected a suicide like Roman and Juliet, so i get it. What actually happens is gross and creepy and revolting, but realistic. At least to me.
