Zero Repeat Forever (The Nahx Invasions #1) by Gabrielle Prendergast
Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle Prendergast
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Raven, her boyfriend and his twin brother were sent away to a summer camp when the teens got into some trouble at home. While at camp however the attacks from those known as the Nahx began happening around the world. With little communication those at the camp chose to stay where they were and hope for rescue but that comes to an abrupt end when Raven’s boyfriend is found with a Nahx dart in his back, it seems their safe haven is no longer safe.
Eighth has no voice and no name, only his rank to identify him. His orders are to dart the humans and leave them where they fall repeated over and over inside his head. His only company, a sixth, has just been killed and now Eighth has no idea what he should do. Now with Sixth gone Eighth begins to ignore his directives humming in his mind and that is when he comes across Raven and her friends.
Zero Repeat Forever is the first book in the new Nahx Invasions young adult sci-fi series by Gabrielle Prendergast. This first book is one that while I enjoyed the story I hesitated on how to rate this one for several reasons and decided to give it 3.5 stars. The first reasoning behind the rating was simply this one heavily reminded me of The 5th Wave while reading. But perhaps even a slower, less eventful version of that story which also brought down my rating a tad since I’m not a huge fan of the slower pace.
But even with the reminders of another story and the slower pace I did find myself quite intrigued with the book and curious if it would end up standing out on it’s own. A few positives in this one is that there’s diversity within the characters and enough world and character building to keep a reader’s interest and prolong the intrigue with wanting to know more.
Then just as I was wondering what the author had in store there was a pretty intense end to this one that left me with that feeling of where oh where is the next book?? So all in all this was a decent start to the series that left me wanting to continue but I do hope the pace can pick up a bit in the next read and really distinguish it’s own story from others.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
Carries Book Reviews 
I still haven’t read The 5th Wave!
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The 5th Wave is slow paced too really but I suppose that can be expected with only a few people left after an alien attack. LOL It does have a bit more to it though and this one took until right at the end to give me that wow moment that made me want more. Hopefully my rating will go up a bit for the next book though. 🙂
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Did you find the alien to be emo too? 😂😂 The ending had me ready for the next book! I also hate when I can’t add the next book on Goodreads because I usually start to forget about it!!
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Definitely… and then it’s a no wonder and why/how/what next when finished. Hopefully the next will also go on Netgalley or I may forget and miss it too, it’s nice to know when to expect them though.
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I’m stuck in “pending” for this Carrie, so if I don’t get approved, I’ll try to find it at the library. You’ve peaked my interest with the ending. Nice review!😎
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Sorry they left yours hanging like that. 😦 I don’t remember how long it took to get an answer on this one but I know I’ve had it for a while. It’s one of those that only had an Epub option though for downloading so maybe you can get the Kindle from the library instead of messing with the epub.
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I’m a little surprised because I’ve reviewed a lot of books for them, but now I have several that are pending. If I can, I’ll definitely get this through Overdrive.
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I went and looked and this one is suppose to archive on the 29th when it’s published so it doesn’t look good. Not sure why publishers leave them hanging like that unless they may go back and give more out if not enough reviews are being turned in or something 😦
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