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Member Since: Jan. 03, 2014

Brandon

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Smashwords book reviews by Brandon

Bottom Feeder on Jan. 03, 2014

I'm giving this book 4.5/5 for story content. I'm a guy. I'm a veteran. Both are relevant to my review. I usually only read non-fiction: biographies, memoirs, true crime, history, military history. I especially do not steer towards any book labeled New Adult Contemporary; it gives me a neon "TEENAGE LOVE STORY" sign. I was hooked on Bottom Feeder as soon as I read the Foreword. Bottom Feeder is told from the POV of two protagonists, 19yo Jackson and 17yo Maddy. The story is mostly centered around Maddy. The only thing I will say about her character is that she is a certified a**kicker. I'd like to have her on my side during the apocalypse. Jackson's voice is pretty spot on for a 19yo, fresh out of high school-straight into the 82nd Airborne Division guy who's had to grow up too fast inside a military environment. Frankly, Jackson's an a**hole. He's a good guy. Still an a**hole, but a good guy. Bottom Feeder is not going to be for everyone, simply because it has loads of Southern references and epithets. Being from Alabama, I understood them and couldn't stop laughing. The book has a lot of motion, rather than pages of downtime and inner dialogue. Her military references were pretty accurate, too. Some of them were a little off, but it's a fiction book so I expect that. I recommend this book to anyone who doesn't like downtime in books, but is okay with back story. Being that I'm new to this site, my wife says I should write a disclosure. My wife received this book as an ebook review copy from the author and passed it over to me. I have since purchased the edited version and read it a second time.