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"In the world of the Aftermath,
every day could by your last...."

I am a huge fan of survival stories so of course when I saw this book I knew I had to have it. Survivors trying to live in a world ravaged with cannibal Hoarders?? Ummmm YES!!!! I love survival stories where the characters have to search for food, water, shelter, and where there is always danger lurking around the next corner. This book was all that I expected and more....

The main character, Claudia and her small clan of survivors are just trying to make it day by day by scavenging from nearby cities. While on a scavenge hunt Claudia runs into another survivor and during the encounter she gets hit on the head by an object. The next thing she knows...she is either dreaming or thinks she is...She hears people talking about "fixing" her and she sees machines working on her and she is totally confused.

"But sometimes I dream that I'm someone else. A girl with dark hair who doesn't worry about hunger or thirst or running from flesh-eaters.
In her world, those sorts of things don't exist."

It is at this moment when Claudia realizes that she is actually a pawn in video game and that all her actions and decisions are being made by the gamer that is controlling her.

"You look terrified---I thought I told you not to think of the game.
But I didn't, I want to say. I thought of a different game where I was a different type of gamer. And worst of all, I'm not sure where the memory came from or if I'm simply imagining even more violence.
And the craziest thing of all is that I hope that's it--that it's my imagination, that I'm going off the deep end; that there isn't more blood on my hands."

I first wanted to read this book because I thought it was a survival story and while it still is....it felt a little less intriguing once I knew that someone was actually "playing" each character which in turn means that the issues and problems that the characters were facing are really just made up to make the game better.

The one thing that I would have liked to seen more of was romance. The story lacked a good romance story and of course that always makes a book better. I think when romance is added into the book it always makes the book more emotional and makes it easier to connect with the characters.

I wasn't sure where exactly the story was going to go at first but still found myself completely absorbed in it. Claudia is such an intense character and her fight to discover the truth was so compelling that I found myself cheering her on. There are so many twists in this story and just when you think you have it figured out....you realize that you have no clue. Fans of young adult, dystopian, suspense, sci-fi, and gamers will really enjoy this book. It had just enough action in each chapter to keep you hooked.


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The Aftermath Jen Alexander Books Reviews

Read on August 16, 2014

Book Info
Hardcover, 288 pages
Expected publication August 26th 2014 by Harlequin Teen
ISBN 0373211325 (ISBN13 9780373211326)
other editions (3)
SourceNetgalley EARC

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BOOK SYNOPSIS

Sometimes, I dream that I'm someone else.

A girl with dark hair who doesn't worry about hunger

or thirst or running from flesh-eaters.

In her world, those sorts of things don't exist.

Since the spring of 2036, when the world changed forever, Claudia and a small clan of survivors have roamed the streets of a very altered Nashville polluted and desolate, except for the ever-present threat of cannibal Hoarders. Together they must undergo punishing tests of endurance and psychological challenge sometimes with devastating consequences all just to live another day.

With food and water in dwindling supply, and with danger lurking around every corner, no one can be trusted. And as her world starts to make less and less sense, Claudia begins to realize something terrifying she is just a pawn in some sort of game, and all of her actions are being controlled from afar by a mysterious gamer. So when she meets a maddening and fascinating outsider named Declan, who claims to be a game moderator, she must decide whether to join him in exchange for protection and access to the border.

If they play the game right, they are each other's best hope for survival and a life beyond the only world Claudia's ever known the terrifying live-action game known as The Aftermath.

My Thoughts

This sounds very straightforward doesn’t it but things are not always what they seem and in Claudia’s case what passes for the truth is not even close!

There is a lot of violent bloody action in this one, interspersed with a whole lot of introspection on Claudia’s part where she is learning that life as she and her friends know it is not exactly as it seems to be.

This really was a fascinating look into a unique type of dystopian tale, being that it was set far into the future of course the technology available was as amazing as it was disturbing.

The way in which we were introduced to the truth paved the way to setting up the bulk of the book which alternated between Claudia attempting to figure out a way out of the game and than with Declan’s help making the attempt after they finish the task he explained to Claudia was the reason for his being in the game.

Torn between what is real and what she now knows was based on lies Claudia must make some very painful decisions before the final twist that unveils just how many secrets and lies are being kept from her. Secrets and lies which are at the very core of her existence!

Despite being able to rapidly breeze through the story also found myself walking away throughout the day to take breaks to digest what I had read. Once picked back up there was no problem getting right back into the book.

Not an RPGer personally but the concept was utilized excellently and the execution for the final plot twist was well planned, even though hate cliffhanger endings.

[EArc from Netgalley in exchange for honest review]
I love it, from start to finish!
"In the world of the Aftermath,
every day could by your last...."

I am a huge fan of survival stories so of course when I saw this book I knew I had to have it. Survivors trying to live in a world ravaged with cannibal Hoarders?? Ummmm YES!!!! I love survival stories where the characters have to search for food, water, shelter, and where there is always danger lurking around the next corner. This book was all that I expected and more....

The main character, Claudia and her small clan of survivors are just trying to make it day by day by scavenging from nearby cities. While on a scavenge hunt Claudia runs into another survivor and during the encounter she gets hit on the head by an object. The next thing she knows...she is either dreaming or thinks she is...She hears people talking about "fixing" her and she sees machines working on her and she is totally confused.

"But sometimes I dream that I'm someone else. A girl with dark hair who doesn't worry about hunger or thirst or running from flesh-eaters.
In her world, those sorts of things don't exist."

It is at this moment when Claudia realizes that she is actually a pawn in video game and that all her actions and decisions are being made by the gamer that is controlling her.

"You look terrified---I thought I told you not to think of the game.
But I didn't, I want to say. I thought of a different game where I was a different type of gamer. And worst of all, I'm not sure where the memory came from or if I'm simply imagining even more violence.
And the craziest thing of all is that I hope that's it--that it's my imagination, that I'm going off the deep end; that there isn't more blood on my hands."

I first wanted to read this book because I thought it was a survival story and while it still is....it felt a little less intriguing once I knew that someone was actually "playing" each character which in turn means that the issues and problems that the characters were facing are really just made up to make the game better.

The one thing that I would have liked to seen more of was romance. The story lacked a good romance story and of course that always makes a book better. I think when romance is added into the book it always makes the book more emotional and makes it easier to connect with the characters.

I wasn't sure where exactly the story was going to go at first but still found myself completely absorbed in it. Claudia is such an intense character and her fight to discover the truth was so compelling that I found myself cheering her on. There are so many twists in this story and just when you think you have it figured out....you realize that you have no clue. Fans of young adult, dystopian, suspense, sci-fi, and gamers will really enjoy this book. It had just enough action in each chapter to keep you hooked.