This started out promising. Then on about page 115, the author abandons the entire society and plot she had set up and changes direction entirely. Everything established up to that point is literally left hanging. At page 115, the book turns into a plotless, meandering novelization of the History Channel's show Life After People, In fact, the author credits that show as part of her "research" for he book. At about page 150, the main characters lose the ability to have a functioning conversation. As a result angst results and is never resolved. This reads very much like fanfiction because the author couldn't follow a plotline through to its conclusion and starts mutliple threads but leaves them hanging with no satisfactory resolution: the fate of the other society they encountered in the tunnels; the budding (and then wilting) relationship between the two main characters; and the potential spoiler relationships. With so many great YA dystopians, like Battle Royale, The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Shattered, and classics like 1984, The Long Walk, The Running Man, It Can't Happen Here and the Handmaid's Tale, I honestly don't know why anyone would waste time reading this.

Alright. Well, for starters, the whole tunnel system idea was interesting to me. But then at some parts it got really confusing as to how things worked in that world. And even though this is only the first book of the series, it seems like the author left out a lot of details that just made me confused and I couldn't fully imagine this world that she'd written. I felt like she was also throwing random bits of twists in the plot - like Stalker, and how he just randomly decided to be nice. I mean, I understand it's about survival, but I found it all just added to my confusion. I was left at the end with a "That's it?!" sort of state of mind when the book ended. Strangely enough, I still felt the need to read more and didn't DISLIKE it at all. I just found parts of it thoroughly confusing and coming up empty and short. Because it was interesting enough for me to want to read the next book, I hope it will better. And of course the bigger reason to want to read the next one would be because I hope more of this new world would be explained and any missing details would be filled too.

Yes, Enclave by Ann Aguirre is another YA plague induced, dystopian, rather gloomy, slathering zombie story set both in the underground subway tunnels and the ruins of New York City. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did. There is lots of zombie action and fighting by a strong ass-kicking heroine and her mysterious partner, and the author also took the time to develop an interesting world with an intriguing backdrop. Any gamers reading this book would be hard pressed not to see similarities between this story and the game of “Fallout”. This is the first book in a trilogy, and although it really doesn’t offer anything new in the zombie genre, it’s a fun read with full-on action, good writing and yes, slathering zombies. I read this book in one big gulp and it won’t be long before I am looking for my next fix in this series.

By the second chapter, I was hooked. This was an amazing read. It is a cross between the Hunger Games and the Compound. Though the ending could have used another paragraph to completely end the novel. In the back of the novel, Aguirre adds how she came up with that sort of world. She did much research and it surely paid off! I greatly recommend this book!

The complaint's I have for this book; I don't understand books that have stopped describing how the characters in the book are supposed to like. Enclave reads like fan-fiction. I love that The Hunger Games has enterprises a new area of kick-butt female protagnists for this new generation. But what happened to proper storytelling in YA books? The action in the book is well-written and will keep you enthralled in the novel. As far as writing goes there were a lot misspelled words. I understand why the romance would be turned into a square. Stalker and Deuce would naturally end-up together. They hold the same thought process and have the same pack mentality which is entirely different from that of Tegan and Fade. Who also naturally come together for they know what's like to be held against your wall by people who are only using you for their own purposes. Do I like the pairing of a rapist with his intended-victim, no. The attempts at trying to write a full engaging story weren't there. Overall the book was a let down. I would read the second one only for the great depicted fight scenes. Some books aren't meant to be a trilogy, this is one of them.

not bad, similar to many other books of this type ; felt unfinished,might be a sequel/ series?

Amazing book! Definitely a little creepy. I have to say though that the novel reminded me more of The Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy than the Hunger Games, which is probably why I like it so much. Flew through it in record time. Can't wait for the next book, Outpost, which isn't set to come out until next year.

This book is amazing! It's the Hunger Games meets Maze Runner meets Inceron. Not sutible for young reader, it was creeping me out and I love scary reads.