My Review: The Pain Colony/The Rage Colony by Shanon Hunt
My Review:
The Pain Colony/The Rage Colony by Shanon Hunt
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Pain Colony
By Shanon Hunt
SYNOPSIS
A secret society of true believers will do whatever it takes to become Pure.
…unaware that they will soon be victims of the most chilling medical discovery in human history.
And this is only the beginning.
DEA Special Agent Peter Malloy is no stranger to the devastating impact of drugs. So when six bodies turn up with surgical ports implanted in their spines, he’s sure a potent new opioid is the culprit. But when lab tests show zero evidence of any known narcotics, he fears something far more sinister.
Allison Stevens thought she knew everything about her boss. But after he disappears, she’s stunned to discover his secret genetic research in pain tolerance. When she becomes the target of the FBI’s investigation, Allison has only one move. She must expose his illegal experiment. There’s just one problem. Some secrets will be protected at any cost.
Their search for answers leads them to a dark, eerie cult, where true believers seem perilously addicted to suffering, devoted to purification.
The Pain Colony is a gripping suspense thriller--you’ll be plunged into terrifying twists of modern science, chilling tension, and stunning revelations that will leave you breathless.
The Rage Colony
By Shanon Hunt
SYNOPSIS
In a secret society where human medical experimentation is conducted at any cost...
There are bound to be mistakes.
Behind the protective walls of the Colony...
Layla is growing restless. The Colony is filled with secrets, and James has been keeping her in the dark. So when a woman from her youth opens a crack into her past, Layla discovers everything she believed about the Colony has been a lie—even the baby she carries.
Burdened with an unnerving pregnancy and tormented by terrifying hallucinations and blackouts, she sets out to uncover the unspeakable truths inside the Colony’s walls.
Outside, in the poisoned world...
The virus has killed millions and devastated the economy, but investigative reporter Nick Slater is determined to find and expose the illegal biohacking ring that’s snatching young people from the impoverished streets.
When he’s framed for arson and forced into hiding, his only chance of getting the story is to join the unsuspecting victims herded onto buses and swept off into the night.
As Nick risks his life barreling toward the truth and Layla struggles to constrain the invasive life growing inside her…
A new, evolved breed of humans is about to be unveiled.
My Review
MY RATING: 5 STARS
This series was one I came across on Kindle Unlimited one night when I had decided that the several thousand e-books on my TBR were simply not what I was looking for. (Admit it, we’ve all done this.) I was really pleasantly surprised when reading this, not only because it was the author’s debut series, but because the way in which the plot twists happened left me completely and utterly blindsided.
I loved the medical/sci-fi feel to this as well as the cult atmosphere of the Colony. I thought it was fast-paced, full of action, and intrigue which ran through the entire novel and left me wanting more. As soon as I was done with book one- The Pain Colony, I moved straight on to book two- The Rage Colony.
Being someone who lives with chronic pain, I also found that this series was, on a personal level, somewhat enlightening. I loved learning about the psychology behind pain, as well as the intricacies of genetic modification and the origami method used by the Colony to modify their colonists. I was endlessly annoyed by the character of Allison, and saddened when the cops met their inevitable demise, but was glad to see how the entire story was resolved in book two.
My one bugbear with this novel was Layla’s reaction to her second child being taken from her at birth. She seemed to not really care what happened to the baby, and that for me wasn’t a believable narrative for her character, especially after she was led to believe that she had lost her first baby only a year prior. I wondered how the hell she was up and walking around, preparing to kill someone and make her praefuro urges a reality around 24 hours after having her baby ripped from her.
Overall, a five star read with me, and I can’t wait to see what this author does next.
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