American Rapture

De: CJ Leede

Narrado por: Moniqua Plante

"Blood-soaked, heart-wrenching, grim and glorious.”—Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep

From CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly, comes a scorching new apocalyptic novel. American Gods meets The Last of Us in this epic and sweeping story about the end of the world as we know it.

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust.

Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin…

The end times are coming.

Also by CJ Leede:
Maeve Fly

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

Speechless

What can I say this book kept my attention and I couldn’t stop listening. So many ups and downs and the never ending twists

Unnecessarily Long

The essential plot was good with much potential. However, the book seemed overly long with unnecessary, repetitive details.

Horrific and Beautiful

This book gave me everything I needed and wanted with a heavy theme. A gorgeous and horrifyingly realistic story of trauma and religion. Feminine Rage embodied. One of my favorite books of the year. Heartbreaking and beautiful.

A unique perspective..but

Having listened to Maeve Fly prior to this, and experiencing a sort of vague horrific interest in the author, I decided to give CJ Leede another go and tried this one. I like the idea of an inner monologue from an ultra conservative teen who knows nothing of the world, navigating through a sex ridden zombie apocalypse. I could have loved this audiobook, but the narrator ruined the experience for me. I will be honest, I usually read my books and enjoy the tactile experience. I have listened to a handful of audiobooks and have never paid attention to the narrator's voice unless they are spectacular. This book's voice narrator is breathy, whispery and quite frankly, distracting. I am struggling through the last 2 hours, hoping that this poor girl's inner monologue will show some sort of emotion. I would probably rate this higher if I had read the book instead of listened to it.

Fireside Story and then some….

During and after the listening, I had to spend a few days to process what I had mentally and emotionally absorbed. First off, CJ Leede’s stunning writing is sublime and this coming of age horror story is so metaphorically prescient for today. I got lost in the story as Moniqua Plante brilliantly performs all the characters. Their voices became palpably relatable in the struggles of self-discovery in a world of survival. Guilt. Sin. Sex. Love. All these human themes are smartly intertwined in a satisfying adventure. Excellent work not to be missed!