Summary Of Quarantine: The Saints

Appearances are but a mask, one which is crafted and molded to our benefit. This is true in everyday eventualities from applying for a job to even hypothetical scenarios such as the apocalypse where survival is a matter of not letting others know your weaknesses. For instance the writers of the series Quarantine have adroitly layered out a story filled with half-truths and deceit, but also filled with an honest disposition of the characters trying to survive at all costs. This is especially true the sequel to Quarantine: The Loners.
The Saints picks up almost directly after where the first book ended. With the main characters frantically fleeing towards freedom Will and his entire group of Loners has almost made it out when the inconceivable
The ending of the first book had escaped my memory by the time I had got around to reading the sequel so it took me a page or two to realize what was going on. While the story in Quarantine: The Saints made progress with new characters and a gripping violence filled quandary of survival, I was a bit disappointed that they were still trapped in the school. After 18 months trapped inside their school it would have been nice to see the main character’s escape only to realize that it was safer to return then try and survive outside. Or if at the very least I would have had them trapped outside, but still essentially in Quarantine as the outside of the school could have contained a monstrous multi-story wall built around the campus.. Then the story could have centered on the tale of the survivors trying to either break back in or find a way out. Now I may sound like I didn't enjoy the book, but far from it the action, violence, and the underlying tones of why people do things kept me reading far past my
The character Lucy. Just as with appearance being a mask, her character finally removes the shackles that bound her to her sniveling self. The Masquerade is finally broken. This story point and her progression from a member of the Pretty Ones to the loners and finally to the Sluts gang has I feel an overall enjoyable story arc. Her character has moved from the nice, shy one who would let every step over her without so much as lifting a fist in her defense, to the scary psychotic female who if she has a knife or even for instance in the book itself, a pencil, can and will murder anyone for a can of food. As the face ripping, intestinal shredding violence of the series is almost personified by this character and a few others. As well as Lucy the arc involving Will finally seemed much more fleshed out. In the first book he was more David's annoying little brother. In The Saints he grew from boy to man, quite literally actually. Lastly, I really enjoyed the ending. Those last few chapters were jam packed with action, gore, I'll-intentions, terror and mystery. Also in regards the end of the book takes the series violence to a new level, containing some face ripping, eye gouging, and blood rage. I read and partake of the horror genre like I drink water and even I found myself praising the author's skill at portraying gore in these