A review by emilyeehaw
After the Flood by Kassandra Montag

adventurous emotional tense

3.75

this was pretty good for my first read of the new year! at times i found myra hard to connect with, but by the end of the story i felt for her and her situation. she was tasked with not only caring for her daughter in a post-apocalyptic world but was also searching for the daughter she lost. 

i was surprised by how action-heavy this book seemed at times. that's not always my favorite aspect of a story, so i definitely didn't feel connected to those bits of the book. otherwise, i did find the dynamic between myra, pearl, and the other members of the sedna to be interesting. i liked the found family aspect of their time on the ship and it was nice to read about myra finally trusting people. i especially liked daniel and the role he played in  the story, and how his relationship with myra developed.

some of the reveals of this book didn't hit me as hard as i feel like they were supposed to. especially abran's past and daniel's involvement with some shady stuff. maybe that's a sign i wasn't completely connected with some of the characters and their backgrounds. 

this didn't hold a flame to my favorite post-apocalyptic book....station eleven, but honestly i wasn't expecting it to!
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