At the end of 'The Passage', the great viral plague had left a small group of survivors clinging to life amidst a world transformed into a nightmare. In the second volume of this epic trilogy, this same group of survivors, led by the mysterious, charismatic Amy, go on the attack, leading an insurrection against the virals.
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[Later, after supper and evening prayer, and bath if it was bath night, and then the final negotiations to conclude the day (Please, Sister, can't we stay up a little longer? Please, one more story), when the children had fallen asleep at last and everything was very still, Amy watched them]***
(@orionbooks, 25 October 2012, hardback, 569 pages, Around the Year in 52 Books 2019, a book with a (mostly) black cover, bought from @AmazonUK)
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I read the first book, The Passage when it first came out several years ago. The time lapse may have affected my enjoyment of The Twelve. I thought this was a good book but not as amazing as The Passage and I also felt I didn't fully remember what happened to society so some of the events had less impact than they might have. This is very different from the first book and focusses on a group of people who want to use vampire blood to become immortal. I felt this has no real link to the first book apart from recurring characters such as Amy, Wolgast and Lila. I wanted to know more about what happened to the original twelve virals but didn't really get this. There is a lot of action and blood and gore in the book. I also didn't like that we get the plague that ended the world and then moves forward several decades. I would have liked to see more of how the world came undone. I have the third book but have mixed feelings about reading it. I had such high hopes for this after I loved The Passage so much but these weren't met. This could and should have been so much more.
