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They hear the most silent of footsteps.
They are faster than anything you've ever seen.
And They won't stop chasing you...until you are dead.

Amy is watching TV when it happens, when the world is attacked by Them. These vile creatures are rapidly devouring mankind. Most of the population is overtaken, but Amy manages to escape—and even rescue “Baby,” a toddler left behind in the chaos. Marooned in Amy’s house, the girls do everything they can to survive—and avoid Them at all costs.

After years of hiding, they are miraculously rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living in a former government research compound. While at first the colony seems like a dream with plenty of food, safety, and shelter, New Hope slowly reveals that it is far from ideal. And Amy soon realizes that unless things change, she’ll lose Baby—and much more.

Rebellious, courageous, and tender, this unforgettable duo will have you on the edge of your seat as you tear through the pulse-pounding narrow escapes and horrifying twists of fate in this thrilling debut from author Demitria Lunetta.

Noella, Abbie and I will be reading this from March 25th 2014. Everybody welcome ☺

End of chapter 5(view spoiler)[aliens in here are brainless and bloodthirsty? (hide spoiler)]

I'll catch you up tomorrow Noella, I probably need another 14ish hours ☺

Oki :)
Chapter 8(view spoiler)[Jake is such a creep. It's brutal how she set him up but it beats having to worry about a molester on the loose :S (hide spoiler)]

End of chapter 8
I also wonder... (view spoiler)[ is Jake 's soundproof room worth hiding out in? It would allow baby and her to talk! (hide spoiler)]

End of chapter 9(view spoiler)[oops I totally forgot Amys parents were eco friendly people and therefore they have electricity and water. That explains it! (hide spoiler)]

Good first chapter! (view spoiler)[I can't believe she hasn't spoken in 3 years! I'd go nuts! (hide spoiler)]

End of chapter 11
(view spoiler)[Is Amber still alive? I was getting so pissed at her presence in the house but it doesn't seem like she has the sense to survive. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ she went out on the deck and watched the aliens killing people? she turned on every light in the house when it got dark? is she nuts? does she want the aliens to kill her too? talk about stupid - she might as well have put a big neon sign over her house saying 'come and get me'. (hide spoiler)]

End of Chapter 13
(view spoiler)[Why's her mom the director? Did she even try look for Amy (under their own roof) when all hell broke lose? (hide spoiler)]

chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ that trip to the store was pretty darn stupid. wouldn't it have been easier to scavenge one of the nearby houses first instead? she could have watched from her roof top, made sure that one of the houses that had already been broken into was definitely empty, then gone over there to scavenge after day. surely that would have been less risky? (hide spoiler)]

Noella wrote: "End of chapter 5[spoilers removed]"

so cool!

chapter 6 (view spoiler)["There were whole days where all I did was read."
In that case I'd be well prepared for an alien invasion! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ she's not really a baby if she's 3 or 4, how the hell a 3/4 year old stays quiet enough to not get eaten by aliens is quite beyond me though. Most kids that age would scream their heads off if they so much as couldn;t find their mummy :( (hide spoiler)]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ I can imagine she would be starved for human interaction if she'd been on her own for so long. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ This girl takes so many unnecessary risks! She's worse than violet ambrose! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ again, I know she's excited to see another human being alive and walking round, but he could be anyone! he could so easily lock her up, rape her daily, and never let her go free ever again, and yet she meekly follows him up god only knows how many flights of stairs, to an appartment that she's never been to before, with absolutely no chance of anyone ever coming looking for her! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ and now she's drinking alcohol that he's given her. is she freaking insane? does she have a death wish? has she given no thought to her safety? (hide spoiler)]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ thank god she's not taking him back to her house! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ okay, I'll give her her due for the bag alarm trick, but I'm still not impressed. All those books she read and never picked up a dystopian? never knew to be afraid of people she didn't know? (hide spoiler)]

Noella wrote: "End of chapter 8
I also wonder... [spoilers removed]"

I think I'd stick with the electric fence!

chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ OMG. They eat their own dead! Yuck!! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ OMG. Amber is an even bigger idiot! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ she kept the freaking prada purse? (hide spoiler)]

chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ now where has she gone? for pity's sake! (hide spoiler)]

By the way - Abbie is reading this but she's got no internet at the moment :(

Sarah wrote: "chapter 6 "There were whole days where all I did was read."
In that case I'd be well prepared for an alien invasion!"

LOL XD

Sarah wrote: "chapter 8 [spoilers removed]"
You're right, She must have picked up a Dystopian before haha

End of part 1 (view spoiler)[ so wasn't expecting her mother to be there! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 16 (view spoiler)[ that child has remarkable language skills for a two year old. I'm guessing something happened to her mother to land her in the psych ward. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 17 (view spoiler)[ now I'm starting to think that baby doesn't exist. (hide spoiler)]

End of chapter 17(view spoiler)[am I following correctly? The story is told between Amy settling in (past) and Amy in the psychward (present) ? So confused why she's there....

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@Sarah(view spoiler)[thats an interesting theory. It makes a bit of sense... Though how does it explain amber and her interactions with baby? Was amber her imagination too? @_@ very confused at this point. (hide spoiler)]

Oh and also (view spoiler)[ Rice notices Amy signing into Baby's hand (he mentioned once) but he does look at Amy strangely at times and recommended her to see therapist "cos everyone goes". Could he be playing along to make her feel that she's not crazy? (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[ yes, it's Amy settling in and Amy in the psychiatric wing. I'm not sure what is going on either, but the fact that baby never makes a single noise ever makes me wonder. I really want answers now! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 19 (view spoiler)[what is with this scar on baby's neck? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 20 (view spoiler)[ so whatever happened had something to do with Vivian. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 19 (view spoiler)[Could Baby be an experiment? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 20 (view spoiler)[People are frightened of Amy? There's no progress with the psych ward scenes. We keep getting the message that Amy's condition is worse/not getting better and she needs to take drugs. So frustrating!

...What happened to Vivian? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 21
(view spoiler)[Feels like Dr Reynolds is out to get her. Creeeeeepy. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 22
(view spoiler)[Hmm.. what caused the temporary failure of the sonic emitters? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 22(view spoiler)[ Finally closer to an answer. Amy's in the Psych ward because what she learnt about the Floraes probably made her go crazy. But what is it?! @_@ (hide spoiler)]

It's damn suffocating with all these questions!

I feel the same. It's like 'tell us what's going on already!'

Noella wrote: "Chapter 19 [spoilers removed]"

I'm wondering if (view spoiler)[ Baby's wounds were caused by the aliens, and she is now not 100% human, hence why she can hear that strange humming noise. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 21 (view spoiler)[ I'm surprised that boy is allowed to be gay. I thought they'd have a rule against it as it doesn't lead to making babies! (hide spoiler)]

@Sarah (view spoiler)[I think the boys have it easy. They'd just have to donate their sperms to do their part in repopulating. It's the women who have to go through labour and every few years at that! XD (hide spoiler)]

It's so not fair! (view spoiler)[ it takes 3 years for the human body to fully recover from pregnancy, which means that these poor women never get chance to recover! and one baby every 3 years from 17 to 40 means that every woman will end up with 8 kids! that's nuts! (hide spoiler)]

A friend of mine has 8 siblings! I can't imagine how her mother managed to give birth that many times and raised each and every one of them. @_@

once is enough for me!

Hehe ^^