Book Review: Inhuman

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Inhuman

Kat Falls

A disease spread across the country, killing thousands and infecting even more.  The infected have become violent creatures that have had their human DNA crossed with that of animals.  To stave off attacks and infection, the government has built a wall, splitting the country in two.

The Savage Zone is now forbidden, but find the right Fetch, you can retrieve lost items from the east.  When Lane's father, a Fetch, disappears, Lane must travel across the wall into the Savage Zone to locate him and bring him home.

Lane, having grown up in a posh, comfortable world on the west side must travel into a land that will literally eat her alive.  Accompanied by a young male Fetch, Rafe, Lane traverses the countryside in search of her father, and avoiding the "Manimals."

I had high hopes for this book, having read Dark Life, and I was sated.  This story takes the reader on a new journey of post-apocalyptic U.S.A.  The idea of manimals have the makings of an "Island of Dr. Moreau" feel, while adding government conspiracies and a love triangle.

As a reader, I disliked Lane for most of the story.  She is a spoiled brat who has learned nothing of the wild and the history of the infection.  Her father has tried to subliminally teach her where to go and what to do, but she has closed off her eyes and mind to the stories.

However, I see this as a success for Kat Falls rather than a failure.  The reader is supposed to dislike Lane.  But by the end of the story, there is redemption for the girl as she finally begins to see the world as it truly is, not what the West has led her to believe.  She is still not my favorite character, but Kat Falls develops her character exactly how a real girl might go through these experiences should something like this ever happen in real life.

The love triangle was very well done, going between Rafe and the son of the woman who began the infection in the first place.  Lane expresses feelings for both boys throughout the book, trusts where she shouldn't, and in the end, starts to realize which boy is telling the truth, and when.

This is a great new Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic story, especially to get your read on for the summer!