Gregg Hurwitz

"In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek's Cause turns into a war zone. No one under the age of eighteen is safe. Chance Rain and his older brother Patrick have already fended off multiple attacks from infected adults by the time they arrive at the school where other young survivors are hiding. Most of the kids they know have been dragged away by once-trusted adults who are now ferocious, inhuman beings. The parasite that transformed them takes hold after people turn eighteen--and Patrick's birthday is only a few days away"--Amazon.com.

A Novel

The Rains

Melissa Palmer

Book #100 Read in2016
The Rains by Gregg Hurwitz

This is, of course, the first book in a series. That being said, I want book #2 now. In a small town, brothers Patrick and Chance live with their aunt and uncle after their parents died in a car accident. One night the adults in their town are taken over by a parasite that makes them do horrible things to the children. Some sort of air-borne spore is causing it and seems to affect those 18 or older. Will the brothers be able to save their fellow young townspeople? This book was action packed and a quick read. Highly recommend for high school readers. I received a copy of this book from Amazon Vine in exchange for a honest review.

Bryan Prosek

Very good young adult book. Very well written, suspenseful, and great characters.

Emma Tickner

Jeni Enjaian

Before reading this book, I did not like anything remotely related to zombies. I feel the same way having muscled my way through a book filled with way too much gore and senseless death.
I did not find the premise intriguing or unique, though others may. 
I could almost predict where the action would go as each event climaxed and lead directly into the next. Even though Hurwitz includes plenty of senseless deaths, readers know that certain characters will survive regardless of the ridiculousness that happens to them, ie Chance fighting off a horde of Hosts with nothing but his baling hooks? Yeah, right.
While the writing improved as the book progressed, the first two entries started off rocky. The entry telling Chance's entire backstory? Unnecessary and unrealistic. If he really set down to write this as a survival guide, no way would he put all that information in.
Hopefully the next book I read will have some uplifting content. This book certainly does not.

Winner of the Thriller Award for Best YA Novel 2018 THE FIRST BOOK IN THE HIGH-OCTANE YOUNG ADULT ADVENTURE THRILLER SERIES FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR GREGG HURWITZ. It's never really been my thing to be the brave one - that's always been my older brother Patrick - but something world-changing is happening in our small town of Creek's Cause. Parasites have infected everyone over the age of eighteen, making them violent, and if they even sniff a kid they either bash our brains in or take us back to their creepy lair. We're trapped at the school with the other remaining survivors, including Patrick's girlfriend Alex, and we don't know how long we'll last. The school is surrounded by infected adults, and we're sure that there is something else out there, something controlling the people that used to be our parents, our guardians. But here's the real problem, Patrick is turning eighteen in a few days, so it's up to me - Chance Rain - to find a way to save him. And maybe, just maybe if we survive the next few weeks then we can help save humanity. From the New York Times bestselling author of Orphan X and comics in the Batman, Wolverine, and Punisher universes comes The Rains, a thrilling adventure as relentless as The Hunger Games and as page-turning as Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave.

The Rains A Novel

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