Rotten: A Mayhem Manuscripts Season One: 1nf3ction Standalone

Charon and Hector. What a lead-in for a dystopian tragedy. The Ferryman and the Greek hero. Oh and we can't forget Nyx sweet Queen of eyeballs. I adored this story so much. It was insta-love in a way. The way Charon saw the courage in Hector right from day one. And when you find out the book that Charon has read, a gift from his mother, it will all make so much sense. You will journey with them through blood and tears, with every scar and kiss. And if you are lucky love them as much as I do. And when Nyx tells her epilogue you will cry your own tears for them and unerstand when she says she will watch over them "For as long as I breathe"

First, I will start by saying I do like this book. Charon was my favorite. The plot was almost there. The idea of the plot was great. The scene structure and development is the problem for me. Not to get too spoiley, but the big twist in this book makes no sense to me at all. It needed to be fleshed out more. It will likely work for a lot of people, but since I am an editor, these are things that I notice even when I'd much rather suspend disbelief and just enjoy the book. There is a major part in the book that is physically impossible even with rotten blood. Also, "immune" in this world does not mean super human (at least from my understanding). Charon is a regular human man. Silver injections will turn a person blue/grey at best and cause organ failure at worst. It took me out of the scene for a little bit and I had to make myself come back to finish the book after that because I wanted to see the HEA. The main sex scene in this book makes no sense and is completely inappropriate for the things happening all around the MCs during that time. Even with the logic that Hector wanted "retribution" it doesn't make sense for the situation they were in and given that the building was on fire, zombies were everywhere, and (spoiler) *his sister just died right in front of him*, this scene really, really should've been reworked or deleted. Hector even says later that time to escape could've been saved if they hadn't had sex, and he was right. A beautiful sex scene in the…