I have finally read the first book of this series after wanting to start it back in October of last year and putting it on February's TBR. With this month being a catch up month for me, I made my bind up of books 1 and 2 my priority and picked it up first.
Now, I am a huge fan of The Walking Dead, but I almost quit watching the show in the 4th season because I hated the Governor so much. And when I found out there were novelizations of The Walking Dead, I wanted to read them even if they are about the Governor.
We follow a group that consists of Philip, Brian, Penny, Nick and Bobby. Philip is the younger brother and the leader of the group. Brian is his timid and weak older brother. Penny is of course Philip's daughter and Nick and Bobby are Philip's childhood buddies. They first hole up in a rich estate with mansions and a whole bunch of biters around. They have to make their way to Atlanta because that is where they have been told that is where the refugee centers are located. If you have watched The Walking Dead, then you know that the city of Atlanta is now home to millions of zombies.
They eventually run into three survivors named April, Tara and their dad David. They eventually try to settle down in the apartments, but something happens between Philip and April. It all goes down hill from there.
This book is very character driven and it has a lot of scientific terminology when it comes to talking about smashing brains in and which party of the brain was hit and the details were freaking gory as hell. The ending was also surprising and was not expecting that plot twist.
One of the things that I think would be a whole lot better is if the titles of this book and book 2 were switched. This wasn't exactly the rise of a governor, it was the journey to finding Woodbury.
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