This is another of the titles I’ve described as action scenes sown together by a few bits of dialogue. There is no chance to truly get into the characters because the moment they’re free of one situation they’re thrown into another. It was disappointing because there was real promise.
It starts off with our characters having a bit of a head start on preparing for the inevitable situation. I thought, great, let’s see what happens when there’s an actual warning to heed. It turns out nothing because they made sure that every single thing they ever managed to do was undone by a “bad guy” within about ten seconds of every success. It got old after the first half hour and completely tedious by the end of the book. It was immature and undeveloped and kind of depressing because who needs yet another apocalyptic fiction that reads like high school fan fiction. It wasn’t quite that bad but frustratingly disappointing.
In the foreword of a series of crossover books I love, the author spends a bit of time singing the praises of each of the other authors involved in the series. For one of the authors, she notably says something like “and she sure does write a bunch of books.” It always felt like the “I have to say something” of the “if you can’t say something nice” school of thought. In that spirit, I’ll say the next bit about the narration. The female narrators are voice actors. The experience given to you by having the narration voice acted by capable, wonderful actors is excellent and they didn’t disappoint in the least. Mr. Pierce sure does read a lot of the titles in this genre.