A review by katcanwrite
In the After by Demitria Lunetta

4.0

Review TBW (To be written!)

I don't know why, but I was on a zombie kick this week. I started off with [b:Warm Bodies|7619057|Warm Bodies (Warm Bodies, #1)|Isaac Marion|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1323400027s/7619057.jpg|10090210], and that was a lot of fun. I'd been thinking about zombies a lot recently--I'm still stewing of Walking Dead (and how I never finished season 2 on Netflix), and I had just seen , so I thought, why not read this one too?

Also, it's a new book, and (slight accidental hipster that I am) I like to read new books ASAP if they seem like something I'm interested in.

Also, yet another potentially kick-butt 17 year old female protagonist...I'd like to see where she goes!

Ultimately, I was really excited with this book. The monsters were FABULOUS, and the surprise twists are pretty fun.

Spoiler

Some are kind of guessable(aka, the major one), but somehow that didn't ruin the surprise for me because I wanted to see Amy get there herself.

Also, about halfway through, the story starts being told in two parallel strains: one that I will call "Future" for Amy, and one that I will call "Present." The "Future" line takes place in italics, and it always ends like, "I wonder what Rice will do," and the following "Present" line picks up with "Rice and I..." in the "Present." At first I thought I'd hate that pacing/style, but I actually really liked it when the two "times" began to converge. Very cool.

You can tell that this is set up to be a series, and for once, I don't mind. I look forward to seeing where Lunetta takes Amy (and us!) next.