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In the After
by Demitria Lunetta
3.5 Stars for In the After's Post Apocalyptic World
The book was broken into the 3 parts. I really enjoyed part 1 which detailed how The After began. We are literally immersed right into the action as things happen quickly. It pulled me right in. The post apocalyptic world was frightening. One day Amy is a normal high school student (The Before) then the world as she knows it ends and a new one begins (The After) filled with green carnivorous creatures/monsters and terror takes over. Part 1 details how Amy learns to adapt in order to survive. She survives longer than most people because she was lucky enough to live behind an electrified fence and quickly learned to be silent as the creatures are attracted to noise, even the slightest noise.
Early on in the After Amy finds a mute toddler, who she names Baby, on one of her trips to forage for food. The 2 become a family of sorts and work together to survive. I thoroughly enjoyed their relationship and how just being together was a saving grace for each of them. It was a theme that carried through the entire book and really showed the type of person Amy was - the type that wouldn't turn her back on you, the type you could trust to do the right thing, no matter what.
One day a bandit group finds its way into Amy's house with the intent to take over. This is where things go wrong for me. Just in the nick of time, Amy is picked up by a group of Guardians and taken to a sanctuary called New Hope. Parts 2 & 3 are all about Amy's time in New Hope. Even though I wasn't as captivated by Part 2, it definitely still kept me reading. I found New Hope creepy from the beginning and my instincts kicked in leaving me uneasy as I read.
"Nothing this broken can ever be fixed."
Parts 2 & 3 take a twist as Amy becomes somewhat of an unreliable character. She is in the Ward - recovering and undergoing treatment and we have no idea why or from what but you just know it can't be anything good. As some of Amy's friends work to help her (I really enjoyed Rice & Kay and the other Guardians), she begins to piece things together and we get a clearer picture of what exactly happened to her. As her memories are puzzled back together we uncover the reason behind The After, who was responsible and what happened to land her in the Ward. I won't give any of it away but I was able to piece much of it together ahead of the big reveal. Still, while it wasn't surprising, it was an interesting & solid plot.
"He thinks he’s won. He thinks he knows me, but he has no idea what I am capable of. If I can survive the After, I can survive the Ward."
This being the first book in a series, it ends in a cliffhanger and leaves us with unanswered questions. I'll definitely read on to see where things go from here. I enjoyed Amy and am invested in seeing what she does now that she is armed with all her information and her natural desire to do the right thing.
The book was broken into the 3 parts. I really enjoyed part 1 which detailed how The After began. We are literally immersed right into the action as things happen quickly. It pulled me right in. The post apocalyptic world was frightening. One day Amy is a normal high school student (The Before) then the world as she knows it ends and a new one begins (The After) filled with green carnivorous creatures/monsters and terror takes over. Part 1 details how Amy learns to adapt in order to survive. She survives longer than most people because she was lucky enough to live behind an electrified fence and quickly learned to be silent as the creatures are attracted to noise, even the slightest noise.
Early on in the After Amy finds a mute toddler, who she names Baby, on one of her trips to forage for food. The 2 become a family of sorts and work together to survive. I thoroughly enjoyed their relationship and how just being together was a saving grace for each of them. It was a theme that carried through the entire book and really showed the type of person Amy was - the type that wouldn't turn her back on you, the type you could trust to do the right thing, no matter what.
One day a bandit group finds its way into Amy's house with the intent to take over. This is where things go wrong for me. Just in the nick of time, Amy is picked up by a group of Guardians and taken to a sanctuary called New Hope. Parts 2 & 3 are all about Amy's time in New Hope. Even though I wasn't as captivated by Part 2, it definitely still kept me reading. I found New Hope creepy from the beginning and my instincts kicked in leaving me uneasy as I read.
"Nothing this broken can ever be fixed."
Parts 2 & 3 take a twist as Amy becomes somewhat of an unreliable character. She is in the Ward - recovering and undergoing treatment and we have no idea why or from what but you just know it can't be anything good. As some of Amy's friends work to help her (I really enjoyed Rice & Kay and the other Guardians), she begins to piece things together and we get a clearer picture of what exactly happened to her. As her memories are puzzled back together we uncover the reason behind The After, who was responsible and what happened to land her in the Ward. I won't give any of it away but I was able to piece much of it together ahead of the big reveal. Still, while it wasn't surprising, it was an interesting & solid plot.
"He thinks he’s won. He thinks he knows me, but he has no idea what I am capable of. If I can survive the After, I can survive the Ward."
This being the first book in a series, it ends in a cliffhanger and leaves us with unanswered questions. I'll definitely read on to see where things go from here. I enjoyed Amy and am invested in seeing what she does now that she is armed with all her information and her natural desire to do the right thing.