ejlouws 's review for:

In the After by Demitria Lunetta
4.0

Holy moly. This one surprised me. I have had it for a week and a half, borrowed from a coworker, and hadn't been in a rush to read it. Then I started reading it last night and finished it in under 12 hours (and I was sleeping for most of those!).

The book is fast, lots of action. Lots of twists and turns. Totally understand why this is a very popular book with middle schoolers who get weighted down by too much exposition. I'm not a big fan of dystopia, post-apocalypse, alien invasion stories, but this was just gripping enough. Still not sure if I'll read the second book. I'm tempted...