So fair warning: SPOILERS AHEAD!
World After (Penryn and the End of Days book #2 of 3) by Susan Ee
Paperback, 314 pages
Read: Apr. 3 - 30
Rating: 5/5
Genres: Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Horror, Supernatural, Romance, Action, Young Adult
Summery: In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world.
When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken.
Penryn drives through the streets of San Francisco looking for Paige. Why are the streets so empty? Where is everybody? Her search leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans where she catches a glimpse of their motivations, and learns the horrifying extent to which the angels are willing to go.
Meanwhile, Raffe hunts for his wings. Without them, he can't rejoin the angels, can't take his rightful place as one of their leaders. When faced with recapturing his wings or helping Penryn survive, which will he choose?
Review: This story starts off right where the first book, Angelfall, left off. Now let's get into the spoilers, shall we... First off I love the way Penryn wakes up after being paralyzed by the scorpion experiments and ends up scaring all the men of the resistance. The fact that not only does Raffe's sword have a personality of sorts, but that Penryn names her Pooky Bear, and the way Raffe reacts after finding that out made me so gleeful. I felt so bad for Paige through out the book, although I did find the way that Penryn and Paige's relationship shifted and changed very interesting. I also really do like Penryn's relationship with her mother, the fact that there are hints of "saneness" in her mother, and that Penryn sees that makes the relationship kind of bittersweet, because she knows they're just moments and the her mom's not going to stay that way. I was really intrigued by the reason behind the experiments, I mean the fact that these angels are stealing children are basically ripping them apart sewing them back together to have them become cannibals, or as they called them Nephilim, just so they could discount Raffe so he wouldn't become the next messenger was so crazy and I'm really hoping to find out more about that in the last book. Finding out that Paige could control the Scorpion experiments was really awesome. I also loved the fact that when Penryn had fallen into the ocean, it was night, and she ended up being spun around so she could tell which way was up, down, left, or right, Penryn realized that bubbles float up to the surface, so she blew out some bubbles and followed them to the surface, I love the fact that that is a thought process she goes through, because that along with the fighting gives a glimpse into why she has survived though everything, it also shows that she does a really good job at keeping a level head through really nerve-wracking, and panic-inducing situations. I also found the fact that Raffe saw Penryn at one of the angel parties/headquarters and wasn't sure it was her until Penryn stared fight, then he was positive it was Penryn hilarious. I liked the fact that through Pooky Bear you get a glimpse of who Raffe was before the first book and why he has such a disdain for humans. I think that's all for the spoilers. The last books',End of Days, release date is set for May 12, I have pre-ordered it from amazon already so next month I will have a spoiler-free review up for the last book in this series.
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