This Is Not the End

By: Chandler Baker

Narrated by: Erin Spencer

Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

A teenage girl faces an impossible choice in this high-concept contemporary YA tearjerker set in a world where resurrection is possible but strictly controlled.

I wonder if for the rest of my life, I'll be haunted by beautiful days.

On one cloudless, radiant summer afternoon, Lake Devereaux lost everything. The car crash claimed the lives of her best friend and boyfriend, the people who had become her family after her own fell apart. But she doesn't have to lose them both.

The development of resurrection technology has changed the world. Under the new laws regulating the process, each person gets one resurrection to be used or forfeited on their 18th birthday. Mere weeks away from turning 18, Lake faces an impossible choice.

Envisioning life without one of the people she loves most is shattering enough, but Lake carries an additional burden: years ago, under family pressure, Lake secretly - and illegally - promised her resurrection to someone who isn't even dead yet.

The search for answers about her future draws Lake more deeply into the secrets of her past until she begins to question everything about those closest to her. Betrayals and hurts both new and old threaten to eclipse the memories she once cherished.

Then Lake meets a boy unlike anyone she's encountered before, who unflinchingly embraces the darkest parts of her life and who believes that all resurrections are wrong.

Which path is the right one? And how can Lake start to heal when she can't move on?

©2017 Chandler Baker (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

liked it, except for the ending.

The concept is very interesting, and I liked most of it. . . but I am really annoyed with the ending.

Great

This book had me crying (in a good way) at so many points in time, such a great book and a great reading

loved it!

narrator was perfect!
story kept me wanting more
love the ethical dilemma! will read again and recommend to everyone!

A fine story

A little bit of a slow pace to start. Overall though good story, should be considered a romantic sci-fi

Spoilers ahead

So, I have thoughts about this. I loved the concept, but really struggled with the execution. With a subject this dark, I was hoping for something deeper, but it felt like I was reading a teenager’s diary. I get it…it’s a young adult novel, but that doesn’t mean that the characters can’t have complex thoughts or emotions. The main character was hard to relate to at times. But I think mostly, this didn’t feel like a good representation of grief. She witnessed the deaths of her boyfriend and best friend and it seemed like she just went on like nothing happened like “oh man, time to find more friends.” It just didn’t seem like any genuine emotion was shown.

great book!

Great book, it makes you see life from a different POV. My only complaint is that the ending feels so unfinished, like it leaves you hanging.

Loved loved loved

Beautifully written to the point of many recommendations!!!! The reading was executed well. 1st book from this author and I’m pleased

Like the book the ending was terrible.

I liked the book but the ending was not at all what I was expecting….. where’s the rest? What happens next who does she pick why doesn’t she pick you know who. (Trying not to spoil)
Ugh. The end left me with more questions and frustrated.

Wasn’t expecting that!

The plot twist at the end was amazing. I wish it had a better ending though. It could continue into another book if the author wanted.

Pleasantly surprised

Wasn't expecting this book to be as good as it was but I really liked the story and I thought it spoke volumes for ableism in society.