The Murder Complex #2: The Death Code audiobook

OMG THE COVER IT'S HERE!!!10/16/14It's Zephyr! Yay OMG I CANNOT CONTAIN MY FEELLLLSSSSS!OMG OMG YAY I NEED TO READ THIS PLEASE LINDSAY DON'T KILL MEADOW!Lindsay can I please have this book NOW! UGH!MORE WAITING!I NEED THIS BOOK IN MY LIFE!Update 1OMG Lindsay liked my review :D

Once again I didn't know this was a duology.. :'D I don't know what's wrong with me, but yeah, what can you do. :DI found this to be a pretty solid conclusion though!

4 STARS THE DEATH CODE was a fantastic sequel that kept me invested and on my toes the entire book. I LOVED this sequel as it takes us beyond the barrier and into the unknown. There was a lot going on in this novel, lots of secrets, trust issues, loyalty uncertainties, shocking reveals and revelations that were utterly heart wrenching and epically thrilling! I just couldn't get enough of it all, and then when it was over, I was SCREAMING for book three!!Cummings really steps up her game in this sequel. Everything is more intense, more thrilling, more heart wrenching, and more shocking then the first time around. And I loved that about this book! Not many second installments that I've read surpassed its predecessor, but THE DEATH CODE did and some!!I listened to book one and two on audio, and the narrator Caitlin Davies, one of my all time favorites narrators really gives this sequel it's well deserved voice. And Josh Hurley, the other narrator in THE DEATH CODE is almost as good as Davies, but not quite on her level just yet. But nevertheless, they make a great team together and bring this dark world to life, with just the right voice and superb acting to have the reader falling in love with book two all over again.One downside to this book is my strong dislike for the main character Zephyr! And when you hate the main character, it makes it hard to get immersed into the story and really enjoy it. But luckily their was two main characters with dual POV's. And I LOVED Meadow to death, so it was easy to fall into the story regardless of my hate for Zephyr!Like in book one, Zephyr drove me insane for numerous reasons, but I was happy that Cummings did mange to make him a tad less annoying, though not by much! I never liked him from the first time I read his POV in book one, and book two was not any better. I don't really know why I dislike him so much, but he just drives me crazy and makes me cringe whenever it's time to read his POV. Since trying to kill himself in book one, he seemed weak and unstable. And his puppy dog love for a girl he just met made me dislike him even more. THE PLOT ~ MEADOW ~ Captured, tortured, alone, and betrayed, Meadow Woodson has lost it all in the name of survival. But she's not giving up, and she's determined not to let the Initiative win. No matter the obstacles, no matter the hardships, no matter the pain, she will endure it all to free her family, and she will make the Initiative pay once and for all, even if she has to die for it...Weeks after being captured by the Initiative, Meadow endures daily torture sessions trying to breaker her into submission, and give up the whereabouts of her mother the trader, and Zephyr, AKA Patient Zero and the boy she's come to love. And also info about the rebellion, and who's behind it and where it's being housed. But Meadow is not giving in, no matter how much pain they inflict on her, and that only makes her torture sessions that much more painful. Until she finally gains the upper hand and escapes Initiative custody, determined to find and free her family from the worst place a human can possibly be, The Ridge, a place even more insane and deadly then within her own perimeter area. But that won't stop Meadow, and she's prepared to keep going until she either finds them ALL, or it kills her first... ~ ZEPHYR ~ Separated, controlled, vengeful, and determined, Zephyr has one goal in mind, find Lark Woodson, the mother of the girl he loves, and the woman who has controlled him since his creation. His plan is simple: Find Lark Woodson and either trade her for Meadow, or, if all else fails, kill her and finally get his revenge, and set the patients on a war path of blood and destruction on the same people who have turned them all into unknowing monsters. Lark Woodson ruined his life, she is the creator of all the evil and joy in his world. She has molded him into a complacent animal, controlled him to unknowingly kill for The Murder Complex. But she also created the only girl he's ever loved, Meadow. Lark has hurt enough people, and now it's time to even the score.But as much as he wants Lark dead, he wants Meadow even more, and he's prepared to do the unthinkable to get her out the Initiative, alive. But fate is finally on their side when Meadow is able to escape her captivity from the Initiative. But their reunion is cut short when Meadow reveals her plan that could prove to be even more deadlier then staying with the Initiative. If Zephyr wants to stay with the girl he loves, then he will have to follow her into the unknown, and straight into the worst hell imaginable, The Ridge, where humans are being housed like lab rats and die faster then they blink. It comes down to this: If he wants to be with Meadow, the girl he loves, then he must give up everything he's been fighting for, his FREEDOM... THE DEATH CODE was an epic blast full of action and adventure, pain and death, love and hate, but also betrayal and forgiveness. I loved that Cummings has grown in her writing, and that her plots only get more thicker and more intense with each book, and that the characters go throw this flip flop in development. And I like that they are definitely flawed, but also fiercely developed with an awesome set of character traits that makes them more fleshed out and realistic. I am so excited for the conclusion, and can't wait to see what Cummings comes up with next!!!Overall, THE DEATH CODE was more thrilling and addicting then I ever anticipated it would be. I enjoyed this sequel even more then book one, and if Cummings keeps stepping up her game like this, then book three is going to blow me out of the water!! And though I did have my qualms about Zephyr, the plot was driven and fast paced enough that I didn't have much time to dwell on my hate for Zephyr. If you enjoy dark dystopian worlds, with thrilling plot twist, and shocking revelations, and a fairly good cast characters (Excluding Zephyr), then THE DEATH CODE is one EPIC sequel you DON'T want to miss!!

This was a really REALLY good book and great conclusion. It was very tense, extremely fast paced, and really heart pumping. There were also some really well written emotional scenes, especially in the last quarter or so.I tend to go into a sequel thinking "I bet this happens at the end", or something like that. What I thought would happen at the end of this book, happened in the first third, and that left me wondering what the hell was gonna happen next all the way through to the last page.All in all, this was a really great dystopian duology, filled with a hell of a lot of action, 2 great protagonists, a whole heap of funny side characters, and a really scary world to live in.

This book was great! What a great ending to this series. I totally loved sketch. She was by far my fave character in this book. I still like zephyr and Meadow a ton, but sketch was perfect. And the way the narrator did her voice was perfection.

wow. it took me a long time to read this. not because it was a bad book, but because i just haven't been in the mood to read. i adore Lindsay's writing style, it was so much better than the first book. this book was also a lot darker than the first. i didn't exactly like Meadow, but i didn't hate her either. she's a strong character, but that's really all she is. she really has no personality besides being fearless and protective of her family. Sketch was definitely my favourite, she had the most spunk! overall a good ending to this duology, and i'm excited to see what Lindsay does next!

The Murder Complex was one of my most favorite reads in YA last year and also being a debut for Ms. Cummings, I was anxiously awaiting book two. I mean, if she can do that well with a debut, imagine what the second book will hold right?And while I did like this read, it didn't quite have the hold over me that book one accomplished but I still had a great time while reading it. Told in both Meadow and Zephyr's point of view, this had the same intense, mysterious, and downright unique elements that made the first book such a hit. It captivated me from the get go and while broken down into parts, this didn't lack for much. Still filled with action, adventure, romance, friendship, and heartache, I enjoyed this read immensely. Maybe not as intense as the first but a good predecessor nonetheless. I can see Cummings quickly becoming a go to author for something a bit different, a bit darker, and a bit macabre in the YA genre.

This was a wonderful surprise. A great ending to this series with a fabulous conclusion. Things didn't go as planned and the series didn't necessarily go where I thought it would. But Lindsay Cummings had better ideas than me anyways, I'm glad I trusted her and finished this last one.

Mais uma vez fiquei rendida por esta estória, senti alguma dificuldade no início deste livro, mas só se deveu a já não me lembrar de quase nada do primeiro, só me lembrava que tinha adorado e um pouquinho das persoangens. É o que dá passar anos sem pegar nas continuações dos livros.Adoro o facto deste livro apesar de ter um romance entre a meadow e o zephyr não ser o foco principal do mesmo, apesar de que muitas das vezes as reações de meadow perante esse romance me irritassem um pouco.Houve momentos que me senti dentro de dois livros que adorei, maze runner e hunger games, e isso fez com que me entusiasmasse ainda mais a umas 200 páginas do final do livro, o que permitiu que começasse a devorar o livro de uma acentada.Apesar da minha primeira reação quando vi a capa portuguesa do "Complexo de Assassinos" foi de que seria uma possível má representação de hunger games, posso confessar que ainda bem que lhe dei uma chance porque apesar de existirem algumas parecenças estes livros conseguem também diferenciar-se muito bem e criar uma narrativa própria que deixa o leitor agarrado a ele.É um livro uma tanto ou quanto violento por isso para pessoas mais sensíveis aviso que podem ficar um pouco arrepiadas, mas vale demasiado a pena.Amantes de distopias este livro é ótimo para vocês, sei que vão adorar tanto como eu.

The Death Code by Lindsay Cummings is the sequel to The Murder Complex and picks up soon after The Murder Complex leaves off. Read my full review here Link goes live 2/22/2017

4.5 ~ No acepto que se haya acabado la historia de Zephyr y Meadow. Quiero más de este mundo y sus personajes. Aún no puedo decidir -si es que debo hacerlo- qué libro es mejor en esta duología. Ambos tienen lo que me encantó desde el principio: capítulos cortos y adictivos, un ritmo acelerado y mucha acción. En esta parte, The Death Code se mantiene fiel al estilo del primer libro, cumpliendo muy bien con las expectativas de una secuela. Amé el inicio. Ha sido de los más geniales e intensos que he leído, retoma maravillosamente el cliffhanger y lo lleva más allá; ya le daba yo las cinco estrellas terminada la primera parte. Sin embargo, una vez pasando de ese punto, me parece que la trama decae un poco. No es que sea aburrida, pues la profundidad que le da la autora a la historia la hace interesante, sino que apesar de ello a mi me siguió faltando algo. Odio comparar libros, pero esto quizá se deba a lo mucho que el world building -en la segunda parte- me recordó a The Hunger Games, no me gusta cuando pasa eso; creo que pierde originalidad. PERO debo reconocer que hay elementos muy originales: los twists son bombas inesperadas y ah, esos condenados brazaletes, cómo me hicieron sufrir.Por otro lado, lo repetitivo e inecesario del discurso de la familia fue un punto muy débil; se alargó este argumento, además de que odié/amé el cambio de personalidad de Zephyr y Meadow. Hay un crecimiento, sí, pero por momentos caían en lo precedible y eran moldeados a la conveniencia de lo que sucedía. (view spoiler)[ Los switches, infinitamente predecibles. (hide spoiler)] La frialdad de Meadow me irritaba y la debilidad de Zephyr me enojaba. Afortunadamente, la autora sabe cómo resolverlo al final. Tuve demasiados FEELS con los últimos capítulos. Lindsay sacó su lado perverso y me hizo sufrir, cosa que amé con locura. El dolor es un elemento indispensable y muy esperado para mí en los finales de trilogias/sagas y aquí hubo su buena dosis, así que quedé muy complacida. El cierre aunque un poco abierto, es bastante esperanzador.En general, The Death code tiene puntos buenos y otros pocos no tanto, pero lo perdono porque la intensidad, el misterio, la crueldad y el gore propio de la historia vaya que engancha y me hizo disfrutar como niña esta lectura, lo que a fin de cuentas, es lo más importante.