juwench 's review for:

Year One by Nora Roberts
4.0

I read a lot of her books back in high school, and I always like when she drops in a little practical magic, but this is a real departure for her. I wanted to try it, though, as dystopian fiction is not really my fave (particularly in the current political climate when disaster seems all too possible). I didn't know what to expect, but this definitely surpassed any expectations I had. She has moved well past the standard romance-novel tropes that made her career, and wove together the stories of multiple people, even creating a fictional world without losing focus on the emotional lives of the individual. I really liked it. I immediately tracked down the next one in the series!