End Dayz is an epistolary novella introducing you to the world of The Hitchhiker Strain. Through letters and diary entries it tells the stories of four young people after the ever-so-written-about zombie apocalypse. These four will be supporting characters in the first book, Mortality, but the main character of Savannah is mentioned in End Dayz. This novella does what it should do as a prequel. It introduces me to the characters, the setting, and gives me a reason why some zombies are faster and smarter than others. I rated it only two stars because as a stand-alone novella it didn't work for me. But if you are curious about The Hitchhiker Strain then reading this novella is a good place to start. I will be reading Mortality, so this prequel has clearly done its job.

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3.5 stars

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End dayz is the prequel to the Hitchhiker's Strain series that I recently read (reviews to come). In four very short stories the main characters are introduced in the early days of the zombie-apocalypse.

I read this one first (as it came first in the omnibus) so at first I didn't really understood what was going on, but after reading the other books I think it's a nice extra bit of this series. It definitely made me curious to read the rest of the story, even though normally I'm not even that much in to zombies, but this is an interesting tale.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! ( )

It’s not hard to find a zombie book these days. They’re everywhere, and it’s not an easy task to find the right one. I feel that End Dayz was a great choice for me to grab, though. It turned out to be one of the more enjoyable reads in recent weeks.

What makes End Dayz stand out to me is was that it showed the reader the lives of four different youths as they were living through troubling times in the world. In addition to that, the events of this collection take place during a second wave of a zombie virus, not during an initial outbreak. This caught my attention because the characters already went through the crazy initial outbreak, and had the chance to return to a (very new and different) normal way of living. That brings into play a new element to the human condition that I haven’t witnessed in zombie fiction so far.

I think the use of 4 different stories/characters to show what’s going on in the world of the Hitchhiker Strain series instead of in just one area with one group. Authors can bring a wider world view into books through showing the news reports or something along those lines, but I like when there is a variety of storylines to follow, as long as they don’t get jumbled and confusing, which these don’t’.

I think, overall, this was a great collection for fans of the zombie genre or someone looking for a quick entertaining page-turner. It’s made me want to go out and buy Mortality, the first novel that this is a prequel to. I don’t want to be away from the Hitchhiker Strain world for too long. ( )

I really wish I had read End Dayz closer to finishing Mortality. I read Mortality a LONG time ago and really needed a bit of a memory jogger to have enjoyed this book more.

End Dayz is a prequel to Mortality. Each chapter is told from the point of view of a different character. There's Zack, Pierce, Alex and Belle. Each little story is told in letter form which was really interesting because it gave insight into what the characters were thinking.

I have to say, I probably enjoyed Pierce's section most. He was one of the characters I remembered most fondly from Mortality and I just generally like him as a character. That being said, I really liked the way the letters gave me more background information. All of the stories were very interesting.

I felt that this was a little short and I would have liked a couple of stories to have been drawn out a little. However, I really enjoyed End Dayz and am really looking forward to the sequel to Mortality.

3/5 stars.

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My Opinion: This prequel novella introduces us to four characters that are going to be in the first book of The Hitchhiker Strain series, called Mortality, which I also got approved for through NetGalley. I thought this introduction was a really great way to meet the characters and get a little bit of a feel for them before starting the series.

The novella was separated into four chapters, one for each of the teens Pierre, Belle, Alex and Zack. It was a very quick read, but I definitely recommend reading it before starting Mortality. It gives you just a taste of what you're going to be getting with the series and in my case, gets you all excited to start it! I give it 5 stars :D

I received a copy of this book free of charge from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. ( )