Today I'm reviewing The Day After: A Day in the Life Series, Book Two by Andrew Masseurs.
Here's the blurb.
They called it, The Vanishing. When the world's population mysteriously disappeared. Michael Stevenson and his family somehow managed to survive in a world of adversity filled with new strange predatory creatures. Now, in the sequel to the well received novella, A Day in the Life, that reviewers called:
"An unparalleled reading experience."
"A literary roller coaster that defies expectations."
"Unputdownable."
"Impressed is an understatement."
We will find out what the strange being really meant when it said, "you will probably not survive, Michael Stevenson." When the world recognises you as a virus. The worst enemy in an existence that wants you dead. Might just be yourself.
Join our brave heroine, 14 year old Shelby Frances O'Leary and author, Andrew Masseurs on the adventure of a hazardous, devastating lifetime.
This is…The Day After.
Review
The Day After picks up after the events of the previous book in the series where we had met Michael and Shelby.. I do recommend you read the first book in the series A Day In The Life to understand the emotional connection between the two as it explains a lot of Shelby's motivations.
They called it The Vanishing.. When millions disappeared..we learned form a mysterious being that mankind had ruined the planet.. And as such they have been removed and strange creatures now populate the world.
For some reason a few survived.. But for how long..This new world has so many dangers and in the last instalment we saw Michael make the ultimate sacrifice..
Michael and Shelby, along with Michael's family set out to find safety but quickly are attacked by one of these creatures roaming the world. Separated Shelby sets up with Michael's daughter Lucy near where they were attacked in the hope Michael will find them.
They have hope at first.. But as the days tick by..and after more than one encounter with the monsters its time to go find Michael themselves… it's time to think like Michael.
While out they quickly learn they are not the only survivors.. There's others but such as human nature..first impressions count and not every interaction is positive.
I'm not going to spoil it but Shelby is the star of the tale..she makes new connections and there's numerous pivotal moments where she could give up… but she doesn't.. Michael didn't give up.. She won't either!
There's some really good twists and turns along the way and the character development is off the chart.. You really feel for Shelby.. There's lots of light-heartedness to her but it's gut-wrenchingly sombre her existence..the pain and sorrow she processes in her own way..
Now that ending… The author had me thinking we would see something similar to the ending of the previous book.. But no.. argh.. You've hooked me in.. give me more.. Don't make me wait ha ha.
It's a resounding 5* from David's Book Blurg. The story is emotional draining and fun at the same time.. You want to laugh.. And you want to cry..and it mirrors Shelby's own emotional roller-coaster ride.
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