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Overall an entertaining listen. This is more of an apocalypse “light” story. I had a really hard time with this book. It’s a slower moving story that gives a lot of background/inner dialog which made the story drag at times, so it wasn’t holding my attention. I kept waiting for something “more” to happen. Eventually the story does pick up a little, gets a bit more interesting and then it ends. Just when we are about to get more insight to Tessa. So a slight cliffhanger.

It’s a story about people who have no clue what to do in an emergency situation. Those people who never take a second glance around them or think “what if”. It’s different in the sense it’s about people who are not prepper’s and therefore not prepared for any kind of disaster. Even though they are not prepper’s they just seem clueless. It’s hard to remember sometimes that there are really people in world who are this clueless.

Clara was not an immediately likable character. She was not a strong female character. She was depressing, weak and had low self esteem for the first half of the book. Add in her relationship with her neighbor and she was even more unlikable. She is suppose to be a 9th grade English teacher but she has no clue what an EMP is? Doesn’t she do a lot of reading being an English teacher? She is completely naïve about the world around her until it changes. Slowly she starts to become a more self assured and independent person. She still isn’t equipped to handle the changes in the world around her. She is learning as she goes. Which is a good way to get killed in the way she does it.

Cooper was likable but again not someone with a good grasp on their situation. He came across as a puppy dog especially in the beginning.

Her sister Tessa had more sense than she did at times even being “crazy”. Tessa was the most interesting character in the story. There is definitley something going on with her.

Beckett Royce did a fantastic job with the narration as usual. She has a voice that is easy to listen to for long periods of time. Clearly spoken with a nice even pace. Good character voices. Her narration is what kept me listening especially in the beginning. She portrayed the characters perfectly, as they were written. Very enjoyable

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily provided this review.