Sparrow Rock

Having the electronic version of this story was maddening. I am usually a read-in-bed kind of guy and am only now getting into reading stories on my iPhone via Kindle. I'm still not to the point where I'm ready to take my iPhone to bed with me as I still have a TON of books sitting on my nightstand. Anyway, I read this on my PC and by midway through the book, I was mad that I didn't have a paper copy to take to bed so I could see what happened next. This story definitely approaches the "end of the world" scenario from a much different perspective than I'm used to seeing. For me, the mark of a good story is whether or not it stays with you in some way long after you've put it down; Maybe a scene here or there, maybe the whole thing from beginning to end. This story has quite a few of those scenes that I'll remember for a long time to come. Also, having really enjoyed this book by an author I'm reading for the first time, I'm anxious to pick up some of his other works to read in the future. Now, I just have to start reading off my iPhone in bed.....

OH MY GOD!!!!! I wouldn't lessen this book by using only the short hand version! I received my free book what else!?! "Sparrow Rock", earlier this evening and just got finished with it. It was phenomenal to say the least. Except for stopping for supper(which I ate at my computer) and a bathroom break, I couldn't stop reading it. I absolutely LOVED it! The plot line only stopped long enough for you to catch your breath before it hit you with another surprise. I kept my hand over my open mouth the majority of the time!!! The sub plot was also heart wrenching that it had me crying at the end. Without giving anything away, if you read only one book once in a blue moon, Check the color of the moon and read it!!!!! I am still on a high from it! I plan to buy a copy ASAP and add it to my book collection! This is a re-read waiting to happen and I'm sure I'll love it just as much the second and third time around. GET IT! BUY IT! READ IT!!! You'll be glad you did! Love the art as well!

Great book. I seem to have a difficult time finding a good book, one that I love to read. And, even then, I rarely finish it in a day. But this one I did. Lots of fun. Thank god my husband was home that day to entertain my children, I was literally walking around the house with it in my hands and started to question my role as a mother... anyway, pick it up, you won't be disappointed:)

I'm a fan of Post Apocalyptic fiction, but lately there seems to be a whole lot of it done poorly. I'm happy to say Nate Kenyon's Sparrow Rock is an exception. On its surface, the premise is simple enough: A group of friends decides to spend a night drinking, smoking and just generally hanging around together in the recently built bomb shelter belonging to the grandfather of one of the group. As they sit drinking and talking, the world as they know it comes to an abrupt and violent end. And what at first seems like a typical "drop the bomb" book, takes a dark, chilling supernatural turn. Add to this the fact that some of the friends have their own darker sides that emerge in their forced isolation, and you've got a taut, tight story! Kenyon's characters are compelling and full of depth - no one-dimensional stock characters here. This is definitely worth reading and if you like post-apocalyptic fiction, it deserves a space on your bookshelf.

Nate keeps getting better and better. From his amazing debut, Bloodstone, to the John Farris-esque The Reach, to The Bone Factory, Kenyon has proven his talent and subject matter is vast. Sparrow Rock is a claustrophobic, paranoid, scary, all too plausible novel that has big screen written all over it. Can't wait to see what Nate writes next.... Craig Davis