Devoured (The Hunger)

I've really enjoyed the several Jason Brant books and short stories I've read in the past. In fact, that's the main reason I'm writing this review. This book's pacing just didn't work for me. Characterization is interesting, I cared about what happened to the main and peripheral characters, and I like the setting. I will be reading the next book. However, something about it didn't hook me like his previous books. It took me longer to read than normal. For anybody who reads this book and isn't quite sure whether or not to try out other Brant books, I suggest you do.

I'll be honest I hate to type so for me to write a review means something. To put it bluntly, this is a crazy fun book and a neat twist on a classic monster. Well written and great characters. Highly recommended.

I have read several of Jason's books and I absolutely have found all of them very entertaining. It's really hard to keep my focus but his writing grabs you from the beginning. This book was filled with action, suspense and yes some steamy hot sexiness! No this is not a kissy, smoochy, romance book, so if that is what you are looking for you may need to keep looking. I am looking forward to the next book, because I am sure it will be just as good as all of his other books. I would also suggest his set of 3 zombie books: Gehennna, Tartarus and Sheol! LOVED those!!!! That is the main reason why I bought this one because he wrote such an excellent series. Although the first few pages was a bit slow for ME, I am still giving it a 5 star rating because he definitely made up for it. I especially liked the end of chapter 19 omg! You will have to read it to know what I am talking about! Ok so...Jason get writing....tapping my feet...waiting for next book... CONSUMED!

this book got really exiting my friends got to read it and loved it

I love this series. I owned it on Amazon kindle digital copy and just had to buy the physical copies. Geting all three and cant wait to read them again.

I enjoyed the book. I was able to predict something about the characters but that was ok. The characters are relatable to me. This is not the kind of book I normally read but I met the author in Texas and I was curious. So I am glad I did read it and am looking forward to the next book in the series. I am also going to read other books he has written.

Interesting turn on the zombie genre. Well, these are not zombies per se, but the infected turn into mutated monsters. Interesting enough to have me continue reading the series.

This was one of the good zombie/post apocalyptic books. Great characters, the dialog was not stilted, excellent pacing. Just all around a good read. I liked it so much that I bought 5 other books by the same author. Looking forward to more in this series.

Devoured is the first book in best-selling author Jason Brant's new series, The Hunger. It's based off a short story he wrote titled LOTION, written for Apocalypse: An Anthology by Authors and Readers.

The novel starts off with Lance York - a man who, by his own admission, is a loser. Barely able to hold a job and coming upon an impending divorce, Lance sees no light in sight. Things get even worse for the poor man when, after saving a sickly woman from being hit by a car, he finds himself stuck in a quarantined hospital. Things escalate quickly as the sickly woman makes a return, but as something else. She has begun to mutate, as has many others. Cities begin to fall, the military steps in but proves to be ineffective, and civilization starts its inevitable collapse. All within the span of a day.

Lance now has to survive in this newly ravaged world, coming to terms with the drastic changes to his life and assimilating to the new laws of the new, burnt world. It's kill or be killed now, and Lance, with his new companion Cass who is much more than she appears, decides it's not him who's going down.

This story was brilliantly written, each scene depicted with such detail and care that it was like a true horror movie in my head. There are humorous parts as well, as is Jason Brant's signature, timed well and not out-of-place like some novels tend to do. There's always a good joke to be had when the tension begins to cease, and Jason Brant makes sure the joke is spoken!

The monsters in this novel were unique. They're vampires, sort of. They aren't your average, run-of-the-mill blood suckers. They're mutated monsters who have nothing of their past human lives left inside of them except for a few snippets of intelligence - which only makes them more terrifying. The Vladdies - as Brant has dubbed them - can only come out at night, but that doesn't mean the daytime is safe. Those who were recently infected are still able to roam in the light, and prove to be a threat bigger than you'd expect. No time and nowhere is safe from these creatures, and though things look bleak Lance and Cass trudge on in the hopes of finding salvation.

I sincerely enjoyed this book and positively can't wait for the next one!

I received this book from the author as a beta read in exchange for a fair and unbiased review. This is a book I would have reviewed even if I had purchased it myself. I'm actually going to purchase it for friends and family!

Lance, by his own admission, was a loser. Stuck in a failed marriage and unable to keep a job, he had succumbed to depression and had pretty much given up. While walking down the street talking to an old coworker that he hadn't seen in years, he noticed an incoherent woman stumbling toward an intersection and certain death. He was struck by a car when he pushed the woman to safety, but the insanity was just beginning. While in the hospital, he learned that the woman was infected with a virus that had turned her into a cannibalistic monster. She wasn't the only infected; it seemed the entire city of Pittsburgh was under attack, and the military closed in to quarantine the hospital. With the help of a doctor and a staff sergeant with a conscious, Lance was able to get his soon-to-be ex wife and her boyfriend (his old coworker), to safety and to escape the hospital. His journey to safety, however, was far from over!

Jason Brant has made me afraid of the dark once again! His rendering of these "Vladdies" was horrifying. They're a terrifying cross between demons, zombies and vampires, and the true stuff of nightmares! Lance and his travelling companion Cass were quite a pair. The banter made me smile even while my heart was pounding and I was struggling to remind myself that it was okay to exhale! These two "failures" came into their own and proved their own opinions of themselves wrong. They managed to be stronger than they thought, while still keeping their insecurities. This made them completely believable characters that I rooted for with a vengeance! I try to imagine myself stuck in a situation like this, and I hope to be 1/10th of the person that Cass was.

This book was so fast paced that there was absolutely never a dull moment. It held my attention from the first page to the last, and I darn-near threw my kindle when the battery died. This is also a book that I thought about even when I wasn't reading it... very few books affect me like that. I am both nervous about and looking forward to the next book in the series. Jason has a way of making even the bizarre terrifyingly real, and this book was no exception. As a Pennsylvania girl, the location of the book hit me a little hard. My home was being invaded! Seriously, five stars doesn't do this book justice. Elevendy seven will have to do!