Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Released: November 21st 2013
My Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
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In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world.
When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken.
Penryn drives through the streets of San Francisco looking for Paige. Why are the streets so empty? Where is everybody? Her search leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans where she catches a glimpse of their motivations, and learns the horrifying extent to which the angels are willing to go.
Meanwhile, Raffe hunts for his wings. Without them, he can't rejoin the angels, can't take his rightful place as one of their leaders. When faced with recapturing his wings or helping Penryn survive, which will he choose? (from Goodreads)
I am completely in love with this series, but reading each
book is torturous, because now all I can think about is the dreaded wait until
the next one...
Word After was a great follow up to Angelfall. While not
quite as good as book one, I still really enjoyed it, and I just adored the
characters so much. PENRYN. That girl was brilliant. Her feelings towards Paige
were so great to read about - I mean, she loved her sister, and deep down she
knew that what Paige did wasn't really her fault, but at the same time she
couldn't help but be a little afraid, and see the girl before her as more of a
monster than her sister. I thought maybe World After would be a little boring, because a lot of the book was spent looking for Paige, much like in book one. But it was actually really
different, and it was more Penryn's journey of trying to understand her sister
and this new situation they were in - by the end of the book, I think perhaps
they became even closer than they were before. And of course, Penryn was her
usual awesome self. Narrowly escaping death a ton of times, finding herself in
the most unusual of situations - and let's not forget her fab sense of humour,
which had me smiling despite the less than happy circumstances. And oh my God,
the interactions with Raffe's sword. That just cracked me up. The sword was
sort of sentient, so Penryn found herself talking to it (her?) quite a bit, and
there was this one scene where she was trying to get the sword to show her
something, and I almost died. I will never again see the words "dusky
pink" without laughing.
Raffe was just not in this book enough for me. It took over
300 pages for he and Penryn to reunite, and while I did really enjoy seeing the
flashbacks of him, and I got why he wasn't around at the start, I really did
miss him! However, when we finally did get to see him again, it was all good. I
was really worried that the relationship between he and Penryn would become all
mushy and cheesy, but it wasn't like that all! There was still the same
hilarious banter from book one and it was just so funny and cute and made me
realise just how much I had missed them travelling together. I mean, I did
enjoy Penyrn on her own, and the flashbacks were great because we got to see
Penyrn from Raffe's point of view, which was very interesting. But nothing
could beat the two together, and I am so looking forward to their relationship
developing even further.
Penyrn's mother had a slightly larger role in this book, and
I have to say, I was intrigued by her. It was hard to tell when she was talking
nonsense and when she was actually talking about something really serious. She
acted very strangely sometimes, but often acted with a lot of insight as well
and I am very curious to see what will happen with her character. She was also
really overprotective of Paige - and I have to say, Paige really creeped me
out. I was feeling the same as Penryn really - I felt so terribly sorry for her
and I knew she wasn't a bad person - but at the same time...o_O.
Plot-wise, I had no idea where it was going and the
revelations we got in this book about the angels, and why they were doing what
they were doing, were surprising, but made a lot of sense, so I am really
excited to find out what happens next. There weren't any huge twists or shocks,
per se, but it wasn't predictable either. I was still confused about a few
things by the end, but I'm hoping they'll be cleared up in the future. And I
must say, the locusts were so incredibly creepy and scary and I did not like
them at all. There were a few gruesome scenes involving them, so if you are
really, really averse to that kind of thing, beware (though to be honest I am
the most squeamish person ever and had no problems with Angelfall or World
After).
Overall, World After was a great addition to the series, and
seriously, could I want the next book more? I need it now. Highly recommended
to everyone. Start this series. Don't be put off by the angels (read my review
of Angelfall for more on that).
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