Barely Alive Series by Bonnie R. Paulson Blog Tour Review of Falling Apart, Playlist & Giveaway

Falling Apart by Bonnie R. Paulson
(Barely Alive, #2)
Release Date: September 2012
Publisher: Bonnie R. Paulson; 148 pages

Days slip through Paul’s graying fingers. Humanity faces the end. His brother has the virus and is dying, too.

Paul’s hopes ride on Heather’s genetic code. Her immunity leaves her unchanged and untouchable. What would she see in the zombie he was becoming anyway?

Dominic’s army of infected grows, capturing the south and leaving little alive in its wake.

While Paul and his friends work on the vaccine, protecting the north becomes protecting the world. Heather is taken hostage and Paul races toward Dominic to save his heart.

With his time “alive” shortened, Paul must do more than protect the uninfected. He has to get his brother and Heather back to Sandpoint before the zombies find them. Paul needs to survive the upcoming war before he finds himself defecting to the other side and leaving Heather to Dominic’s mercy.

He has three days to get the cure or he might as well find a fire to call home.  

**CONTAINS SPOILERS**


When I first read Barely Alive, I knew I was hooked. I am a huge fan of zombies, and this book was right up my alley. With my previous review of Barely Alive I had stated that I loved this book/series so much because it had a different spin on zombies, and Falling Apart really emphasizes that part of it.

Falling Apart picks up right where Barely Alive left off and it doesn't miss a beat. Paul is still struggling with his inevitable doom, his injured brother, finding a cure and of course his STRONG lust towards Heather. Everything in this book becomes so much more intense. You get to know each character a bit more, and you feel like you are in the story with them. In the second installment of this series, you learn just how much Paul is dealing with. His crazy emotions and his need to feed. Dominic is on their trail and when Heather is kidnapped, Dominic's creepy nature shows even more. Paul had an idea what Dominic was trying to do, but now that they both know Heather is immune, the fight for her life is on and Paul is scared and horrified with what he figures out what exactly Dominic is trying to do.

The ending of this book is awesome! I like it when a character is at their wits end so to speak, when they realize they have nothing left to lose and are balls out. Ready for anything. I am very excited to read Mostly Dead, and I am very curious what happens with Paul and Heather. Will they finally share their feelings with each other? Is Paul going to die? Is there a cure? What about James and Dominic, what will happen? I am anxious to find out.

The pre-zombie apocalypse world that Bonnie has created is memorizing and enchanting and you will get sucked into this series right away. You will not regret reading this series, and if you are like me you will not be able to put it down. I am very happy I found this series, I find myself thinking about it long after I'm done reading, and that to me makes an awesome book!!

Barely Alive Series

In twelve weeks, seventeen-year-old Paul Ledger will be dead. At least he hopes so.

Paul is trapped in the worst cult the United States has ever seen. Infected with a zombie virus, symptoms culminate in a dead body but thriving mind over a course of twelve weeks. If he doesn’t earn the final death he longs for, he’ll be chained in a basement facility, moaning for human flesh for eternity.

Sent out to kidnap girls for food, toys, or whatever the boss wants, Paul nabs Heather McCain. He’s not a fan of humans as a general rule, but even his graying skin and insatiable hunger for her flesh don’t stop her from reaching out to him. Give him the second chance he doesn’t know he needs.

Overcome by his cravings, Paul bites her delectable skin. Amazingly, she doesn’t develop the zombie-like side effects. When the boss discovers Heather’s immunity, he gives Paul an ultimatum – deliver up Heather and her family to continue the research or watch as Paul’s brother suffers the zombie fate.

Paul has a chance to endure his short zombie existence knowing his brother is safe. But he’ll have to sacrifice Heather to do it.

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Days slip through Paul’s graying fingers. Humanity faces the end. His brother has the virus and is dying, too.

Paul’s hopes ride on Heather’s genetic code. Her immunity leaves her unchanged and untouchable. What would she see in the zombie he was becoming anyway?

Dominic’s army of infected grows, capturing the south and leaving little alive in its wake.

While Paul and his friends work on the vaccine, protecting the north becomes protecting the world. Heather is taken hostage and Paul races toward Dominic to save his heart.

With his time “alive” shortened, Paul must do more than protect the uninfected. He has to get his brother and Heather back to Sandpoint before the zombies find them. Paul needs to survive the upcoming war before he finds himself defecting to the other side and leaving Heather to Dominic’s mercy.

He has three days to get the cure or he might as well find a fire to call home.  

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Time is running out and Paul’s original wish for death looms.
As his skin grays and hunger becomes uncontrollable, the world burns.

Heather and Paul have fallen for each other, but with life and death barricading them apart, and the potential cure disappearing into time, they have no hope.

Paul’s hunger is all-consuming. He has to walk into the flames, join Dominic, or eat everyone he loves.

Can he save anyone, if not himself?

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Falling Apart Playlist:

Paul Playlist

http://pl.st/p/23662331403

More Than a Feeling

Boston

As the World Falls Down

David Bowie

Rolling in the Deep

Adele

Wind of Change

Scorpions

Faithfully

Journey

Cryin’

Aerosmith

Into the Great Wide Open

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Unforgiven II

Metallica

Please Remember Me

Tim McGraw

About The Author:

Bonnie R. Paulson mixes her science and medical background with reality and possibilities to make even myths seem likely and give every romance the genetic strength to survive. Bonnie has discovered a dark and twisty turn in her writing that she hopes you enjoy as much as she has enjoyed uncovering it. Dirt biking with her family in the Northwest keeps her sane.

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