Love Is The Drug

Love Is The Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson, 335 pages

There is a superflu that is threatening the world but Bird isn’t really worried about it.  She’s got other things to worry about that are more immediate, like getting out from under her mother’s control.  Bird has always done what her mother expected: gone to the right schools, had the right friends, dated the right boy.  Now, all of that seems to have caused her nothing but grief.  After a party, Bird woke up in the hospital.  She doesn’t remember exactly what happened, but she knows it isn’t exactly what she’s been told, and suspects that a man named Roosevelt, a government agent, and someone who supposedly worked with her parents, is responsible.  With the help of a boy from school, Coffee, who she might be falling in love with, Bird attempts to uncover what happened to her and what is the big secret about it before Roosevelt can destroy her.  This was a good suspense, mystery, romance for teens.

Patient Zero

Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry           421 pages

Joe Ledger is planning on joining the FBI after several years as a detective when he is picked up by several agents who someone wants to ask him some questions.  The someone turns out to be a representative of the Department of Military Science.  And what he wants is to test Ledger to see if he’s right for their group.  He passes by killing a man.  The same man he thought he killed earlier that week in an operation.  Ledger is only told that he may be called on to help fight a terrorist group who, it appears, has the ability to create zombies.  This was an interesting premise and I really liked parts of the story.  There were parts that just didn’t flow very well for me though.  I will probably try the sequel still and see if I like it better because I have liked his YA material pretty well.  I think I just find some of the writing a little dry in places and scenes that should hold my attention just don’t.  Other people might like his writing style better than I do.  People who like action and horror type stories might like this book.

The Troop

The Troop by Nick Cutter
358 Pages

Scoutmaster Tim Riggs and 5 scouts are spending the weekend on an isolated island to hone their survival skills.  When an unwelcome visitor arrives, they find that even these skills won't be enough to prevent the descent into madness.

A horror novel that doesn't have the usual bad guy, this novel isn't for the squeamish.