4 Dystopian Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I do love myself a Dystopian story, most of mine that I have read have been Young Adult, and I haven't really thought about reading any others.

Nora Roberts isn't really an author that i have picked up, which is strange because her other book The Witness is one of my favourite books (Which i still need to review) It isn't a secret that Nora's pseudonym is J.D. Robb and her hugely successful 'In Death' series is something that keeps getting recommended time and time again, but quite frankly the size intimidates me (insert joke here)

Anyhoo, Audible UK had a Boxing Day sale, and I may (or may not) have seen all of the books for £2.99 and went a bit crazy...12 books crazy! This was one of my bargain buys, so I thought let's try it.

Looking at the cover picture, I honestly thought that this was going to be a fantasy book...and it is, but it also isn't, clear as mud right?

I was crossing my fingers that this wasn't going to be a high fantasy book, I've tried so many times to read them, and each time I've failed...HUZZAH...It isn't!

The story starts on New Years Eve, and starts toward the end!

After the Doom Virus is contracted, it soon starts to spread, first through the hospital, then to the streets, then to the rest of the world, wiping out EVERYONE!

Well, almost everyone, you see some people seem to be immune to the virus, a good thing right? But some of these people also seem to have developed a side effect of the virus, giving different magical powers to those left alive that varies from person to person.

Some have developed wings (Fairies) some have 'The sight' some can also Shape-Shift, these people are now known as Uncannies, and are very unwelcome.

We watch three separate groups, coming to realise that they are probably the only people left, until they are not. We see how people help each other out, and how power hungry others can get when faced with certain decisions.

🎧🎧 - Narrated by Julia Whelan

You won't be surprised to hear that Julia Whelan is one of my favourite narrators, in fact, if I hadn't seen that she was narrating this book, then I probably wouldn't have picked it up, because as I mentioned earlier, I though this was going to be a High Fantasy book.

As usual, Julia gives a fantastic performance, her narration always makes me feel comfortable, and wraps me up in her gorgeous warm blanket voice.

If you are thinking about trying a new genre and are a little worried about it, then give this one a shot, I'm so glad I did, and will be adding book 2 to my Audible wishlist