Vasi is the best assassin of his group, The Syndicate. Their job is to protect humans from mindless infected zombie-like creatures, whose purpose wasn't really ever revealed in this book. I mean, what do they do? Why are they a threat? Just because they roar and attack and infect people? Or do they eat brains or something? The author didn't say.Other than that, I liked it. The heroine, Riley Bennett, is a strong and smart girl who's haunted by terrible visions. She unexpectedly turns up in Vasi's list of victims as the first woman ever claimed to be infected.So technically, something's wrong and Vasi needs to figure out if he's got morals enough to betray his broherhood and break rules, like the prophecy said, or is he loyal enough to kill this innocent girl.It's a quick and interesting read. No unneccessary information, though some lacking. It was rather slow into the build up of excitement in this book--even with the bits of action thrown in. It wasn't as gripping as I was hoping for. But it wasn't entirely boring either. The writing was good enough, it didn't annoy me too greatly, it just wasn't very captivating. It was easy to read and follow, but it was just too predictable.I did skip over the majority of the church scene. It was boring and I didn't find that it gave anything worthwhile to the reader to tie into the book. It also wasn't very thought provoking or inspiring in any way. The whole Roswell part was rather ridiculous though. I think it might have done well to have left that part out. Aliens are more panic worthy than a crazy virus. I was rather curious as to why there was no mention of a cure? Rather than killing everyone, why hadn't there ever been a thought to have the creatures rehabilitated or even cured of their virus? It wasn't necessary to go down that route for the story, but I think it could have been explained that there was never any scientific conclusion as to what was happening with these people, and that a cure had never been found. It just felt like a loose thread to me, because I am sure the government or even any humane person would have wondered about curing rather than killing people. Especially since this had a rather religious base.But it was a decent read. Took me longer than it should have to read, because like I said, I just wasn't captivated. So three stars.
What do You think about The Syndicate (2012)?
CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS BOOK!! SO EXCITED TO GET MY HANDS ON IT!!
—dawnpuppy
I so want to read the next book!!! Great story!
—Natasha
