(Review originally published on Zeina's Goodreads page)
Silver was the COOLEST apocalypse book I have EVER read in my entire life. No, the infected didn't get turned into zombies or something idiotic like that; they turn MECHANICAL.
NO SPOILERS
Silver is about a school in a remote location. Students find a large beetle which they take to their principal for dissection. The principal finds pieces of metal and wires in the beetle. They don't know it, but they have an infection on their hands. Slowly, students and staff will get infected with this... plague? (Not sure what to call it) and the eldest students will have to put aside their differences to save the remaining.
I loved the characters in this book. I had the perfect amount of time to get to know them, yet not get bored of listening to their life story. NONE of the characters were hatable. I LOVED THEM ALL. I was HEART BROKEN when one of the characters- erm- turned. Won't tell you who, but man he/she was one of my favorite characters.
I think Chris Wooding did an AMAZING job with this book. The reason it didn't get the full five stars was because of the. dang. ending! You can't END SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITHOUT A SECOND BOOK.
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Anywho, I would recommend this book to any SciFi, action, and apocalyptic readers. It was a fairly quick read, but it keeps you glued to the book THE ENTIRE TIME.
4/5 Stars
