Friends are what keep us from turning cold. To not let warmth into our heart to remind us of our pain. When we’re hurt we can want to push everyone away. Basically I’m in love with Katherine.įriendship themes in books are my ultimate favorite and Deathless Divide does it so well. She calls Jane out on her BS, forces her to see her actions, and is loyal till the end.

In Deathless Divide the friendship between Katherine and Jane is fragile, newly formed, and Katherine is a steadfast friend. Deadly with blades and guns, I don’t know what else I could have wanted from a heroine. I cannot even begin to tell you how much it makes me happy that Katherine is aroace, struggles with anxiety, and still loves to wear perfectly ironed dresses. Besides these amazing characters, Deathless Divide celebrates friendship at the end of the world while also asking questions about revenge. I don’t know what higher praise you need? Deathless Divide not only features these two bad ass black heroines fighting both racism and zombies, but also it turns out that my fave heroines are both queer (and Katherine struggles with anxiety). I rarely re-read books, but after finishing Deathless Divide my first thought was, “Yes I would dive back into that”. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.) (Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. But after the hell she has endured, she knows friends are hard to come by – and that Jane needs her, too, whether Jane wants to admit it or not. Katherine Deveraux never expected to be allied with Jane McKeene.

Caught between mysteries and lies, the undead, and her own inner demons, Jane soon finds herself on a dark path of blood and violence that threatens to consume her. What’s more, this safe haven is not what it appears – as Jane discovers when she sees familiar faces from Summerland amid this new society. SummaryĪfter the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and head west to California to find her mother.īut nothing is easy when you’re a girl trained in putting down the restless dead, and a devastating loss on the road to a protected village called Nicodermus has Jane questioning everything she thought she knew about surviving in 1880’s America. It’s got zombies, queer characters, and proves that faced with the end of the world, people will still find ways to be racist. I can always read more zombie books and Deathless Divide, the sequel to Dread Nation, is spectacular.

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland