After the End

By: Amy Plum

Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Graham Hamilton

Michael Grant's Gone series meets M. Night Shyamalan's The Village in this riveting story of one girl's journey to save the very people who have lied to her for her entire life. Amy Plum, international bestselling author of the Die for Me series, delivers a fast-paced adventure perfect for fans of Marie Lu, Veronica Rossi, and Robison Wells.

Juneau grew up fearing the outside world. The elders told her that beyond the borders of their land in the Alaskan wilderness, nuclear war had destroyed everything. But when Juneau returns from a hunting trip one day and discovers her people have been abducted, she sets off to find them. And leaving the boundaries for the very first time, she learns the horrifying truth: World War III never happened. Nothing was destroyed. Everything she'd ever been taught was a lie.

As Juneau comes to terms with an unfathomable deception, she is forced to survive in a completely foreign world, using only the skills and abilities she developed in the wild. But while she's struggling to rescue her friends and family, someone else is after her. Someone who knows the extraordinary truth about her secret past.

great story for teens

as characters decline to connect the dots. I grew more and more disinterested in the book but kept listening to see how it ends. the book cuts off awkwardly to set up the next book, which I won't read. I think a 14 year old girl would love the series however.

Great Story!

It was slow going at first, but overall the book was great! Good performance and kept my attention throughout :) I downloaded the second book as soon as this finished!

Fun Read, but beware the ending

This is a fun, YA take on the post-apocalypse that explores new, though familiar, territory.

The main characters (Juneau and Miles) are interesting enough, and character development of them is decent. Though there are supporting characters, they are largely described from the voices of our protagonists, so the development of supporting cast is largely nil.

Juneau's journey/quest and her acquaintance and growth with Miles are compelling, and despite the book being a bit cheesy at times, I was intrigued to see where it was all going, and resolution of the numerous secrets woven through the story.

Which is where this book, by itself, falls apart. This book does not finish. It does not end. IT. JUST. STOPS. It's pointless to read this book unless you intend to buy and read it's companion, which I'm now compelled to do.

Thus my review. The narration and characterization by Emily Rankin and Graham Hamilton are solid (with him being the better of the two, though she's still quite good). The writing by Amy Plum is decent. But this book, judged on its own merit, it is utterly incomplete.

Loved it!

My kids asked to listen to it every time we got in the car. It is a great story line and continually suspenseful. There is some swearing in it which I was very aware of because my kids were listening but that is the only negative about it.

Good book!

I was expecting a good read, but I want expecting it to be this good.