World After by Susan Ee
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The, for me, long anticipated sequel to Angelfall had me looking at this book in slight hesitation, since I have read a few reviews that pointed out the resemblance to Angelfall, a sort of recycling of the first book’s plot. But considering that Angelfall stopped in the middle of the main plot, World After is in fact a continuation.
Since the reader is right in the middle of the story that was designed by the author to span three books in total, I cannot really comment on any one part of the book in detail without giving something crucial away that will move the story along.
In my opinion, the author does a fantastic job deepening the conflicts between and within the characters, developing the plot and creating the all important anticipation for the concluding third book, without retelling the part of the plot from the first book or just writing a bridge between the first and third book. Having said that, the story was meant to be separated between three books and the second book provides the reader with a healthy dose of Penryn and Raff, and what is left of humanity.
This book is a definite must read for all those, who fell in love with Penryn, enjoy a good trilogy build-up and post-apocalyptic young adult fiction.
