
Strain of Resistance
Bixby Series, Book 1
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Marnye Young
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Michelle Bryan
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I was 12-years-old when the world ended. For eight years I've survived in this sh*thole once known as Earth, fighting the alien parasite that mutated most of the population into bloodthirsty freaks while the rest of us became the lunch special on their alien menu.
Now things are changing, and not for the better. The parasite is evolving, becoming smarter, stronger, and deadlier.
They've already stolen everything from me - my home, my family, even the man I loved. It's time for this bullsh*t to end once and for all.
My name is Bixby, and I'm the resistance.
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- Chelsea
- 03-05-21
Really like the narrator and story was fun
Great listen while I'm doing editing on my computer. Fun, dark fantasy with some sex stuff. Can't go wrong.
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- Maureen O'Hara
- 10-20-21
Fantastic!
This was an awesome sci-fi/horror book. Great story and characters. The Narrator was great too. Highly recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-23-24
Seen it a million times before
Promising but lacking zombie fiction. Fails to stand out against the tidal wave, offers some cool ideas but never expands on them.
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- Sandi
- 01-25-21
Different type of zombie
A little slow and a little predictable, but overall a good listen. A decent series.
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- Lori
- 12-19-17
Great story with fantastic narration
Wow. Great start to a series. It's definitely a 5 star listen and worth your credit. There are just some stories that grab a hold of you and don't slow down for a minute and all you can do is hold on for the ride. This is one of those books.
It's a creative, well written, and fast paced story that pulled me in immediately and held my complete attention from start to finish. Very entertaining and engaging with a
great storyline and an interesting cast of characters. It's an apocalyptic/alien invasion story with plenty of suspense and action with a bit of romance and a very interesting twist.
A story is only as good as it's characters. Even a great story can be ruined by unlikable characters. That doesn't happen here. All the characters are well rounded and interesting. Both likable and unlikable. Bixby is an awesome character. Strong, confident and independent with a hardened exterior that she uses to hide her inner vulnerability from all but a few.
It's a harsh world that hasn't been kind to the survivors of the invasion. They have been living in a destroyed world full of enemies for 8 years. Not only do they have to avoid the leeches(aliens) who are to survive they also have cannibalistic humans to contend with. It's a dark world that they live in and things are about to get worse.
This is definitley a series I will be continuing with. Not sure where things are going to go from here but I see a love triangle coming in the future. I usually hate love triangles but this could prove to be really interesting. I can't say any more about that so I won't give away any spoilers.
Marnye Young does a fantastic job with the narration. She was the perfect narrator for this story. Pleasant voice that is easy to listen to for hours at a time. Her narration pulls you into the story from the first word. Clearly spoken with a nice smooth pace. Great character voices. Both male and female. Each character had a distinct voice and personality. Her male voices are perfect with just a change of cadence and tone. She brought the characters, their emotions and the story to life. Very enjoyable.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily provided this review.
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- Valerie Britton
- 07-01-21
Cranky Herione
I skipped through a large portion of this. The heroine is a bit unlikable. I mean I enjoy a spunky heroine but when she just a mean b word than no thanks.
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- Claire
- 11-26-17
Not a world you'd want to live in...
This dystopian story is set 8 years after parasitic aliens arrived on Earth and infected the majority of the population, ever since it's been a fight for survival. And if the aliens aren't bad enough some of the surviving humans are preying on other humans, yep it's bad!
The whole concept behind the story is pretty horrific, but it's creative and really well written. The lead character Bixby is easy to relate to and I couldn't help but want to cheer her on. Just when I thought I'd been shown the worst of it something would happen to show there is more, it's very skillfully done and I really enjoyed the book.
The narration is good, the character voices were mostly well done, I occasionally had trouble telling who was speaking but most of the time it was clear. The pace and tone of the delivery were both good and it was easy to listen to.
I received a free copy of this book from the author and/or narrator and/or publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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- Julian
- 03-30-21
A Great Apocalyptick Book
I enjoyed listening to this book, the narration was good, but the storyline could use a little more action through out the book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-27-23
Good Story
Can not wait for the other two books; to hear how the story ends
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- A Schaeffs
- 10-17-23
Gory alien apocalypse at its best
I loved the start of this series. Bix is such a fantastic character and the rest of the characters are so much fun. This alien apocalypse is so horrifying to me, but the adrenaline and action just keeps you glued to the pages and really cheering for the team to survive their next confrontation.
I had already read the ebook and decided it was totally worth re-reading - or listening to it. The audio-book is always such a great and different experience, and I loved coming back to Bix & Co. The narration was great and I look forward to hearing the other books again.
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