World After by Susan Ee

World After by Susan Ee

Series: End of Days Book 2

Genre: YA Fantasy

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This book was very morbid. There were man-scorpions that liquefied your insides and sucked them out. There were ragdoll children who feasted on flesh and blood. And the angels enjoyed it. There were times when I had to stop and put the book down just to keep the images from playing in my head.

I’m not saying this book was bad. It was good, actually. There were parts of it that I didn’t like and I thought were very cliché. In the beginning, Penryn kept getting visions and dreams from her newfound archangel sword that taught her how to fight. It was kind of annoying because she would talk to the sword and it would respond with flashbacks.

However, the rest of this book was fairly well. The characters were very interesting, each of them having a strange perk or dominate quality. There was lots of action and fighting.

Most of all, though, I just couldn’t believe Susan Ee’s imagination. The angels were appalling as well as the creatures and I couldn’t even imagine being able to think the way they do. Everyone was worried about themselves and themselves only and that made me realize how truthful that really is. Not many people would risk their lives to save others if need be.

This book, in contrast to the first book, had no mystery and no shocking revelations, not that the plot was affected by the lack thereof. It was entertaining and left you wanting to read the next book to find out what happens next!

Three stars.