Rating: 4.5 
 Wow, that was nothing what I expected at all. The beginning of the book got me interested right away because so much was happening and each of the chapters were ending in cliffhangers. 
 There were some very gruesome parts in this book (not for the faint of heart) and it was sad and sometimes I didn't want to read on. I think the main thing about this book was that it made me think that I hope nothing like this ever happens because people change. The part when Alex and Darla were in the FEMA camp, that reminded me of a the concentration camps from World War I and II (crazy how people will act in certain situations and how history kind of repeats itself). 
 I have to say that Darla (even though she had her moments that I wanted to shake her) was a really great lead girl. She was strong, opinionated and could do all this stuff that guys usually do. I think her and Alex's relationship was very real and I'm glad they stuck around to help each other and no one died. 
 The reason I ended up giving it 4.5 stars was I was sure there was going to be this big cliffhanger at the end of the story but there really wasn't. That kind of disappointed me because of all of the crazy stuff that happened to them in the story. 
 Reminded me of Life as we knew it.