{Blog Tour: Review + Spolight} After The Ending - By Lindsey Fairleigh & Lindsey Pogue

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Author: Lindsey Fairleigh & Lindsey Pogue

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Release Date: 2/21/13

Purchase: Amazon - B&N

The Virus spread. Billions died. The Ending began. We may have survived the apocalypse, but the Virus changed us.

When people started getting sick, “they” thought it was just the flu. My roommate, my boyfriend, my family…they’re all gone now. I got sick too. I should have died with them—with the rest of the world—but I didn’t. I thought witnessing the human population almost disappear off the face of the earth was the craziest thing I’d ever experience. I was so wrong. My name is Dani O’Connor, I’m twenty-six-years-old, and I survived The Ending.

The Virus changed everything. The world I knew is gone, and life is backwards. We’ve all had to start over. I’ve been stripped of my home, my dreams…all that is me. I’m someone else now—broken and changed. Other survivors’ memories and emotions haunt me. They invade my mind until I can no longer separate them from my own. I won’t let them consume me. I can’t. My name is Zoe Cartwright, I’m twenty-six-years-old, and I survived The Ending. We’ve been inseparable for most of our lives, and now our friendship is all we have left. The aftermath of the Virus has stranded us on opposite sides of the United States. Trusting strangers, making sacrifices, killing—we’ll do anything to reach one another. Fear and pain may be unavoidable, but we’re strong…we’re survivors. But to continue surviving in this unfamiliar world plagued by Crazies and strange new abilities, we have to adapt. We have to evolve.

And more than anything, we have to find each other.

Talk about different!

 

As a whole After The Ending completely sucked me in! 
Something about how the characters each felt so believable and true was greatly refreshing. 

When the world is ending, people are going crazy, what do you do? You reach out to those you love the most! Dani and Zoe’s determination to find each other initially reminded me of my best friend, and how I knew if the world was ending I’d be in constant contact with her. Though I’m afraid we’d talk more about grabbing all the vodka we can find instead of supplies, LOL!

 

On a journey to safety, and to each other, Dani & Zoe are stuck with groups of people who they never thought they’d be with; school girl crushes, ex-boyfriends, psycho girls, creepers, and of course, the brooding hot dude. They must each find a way to pull together during a time when everything is falling apart. Now add some crazy awesome post-apocalyptic X-Men powers into this mix, sprinkle with a little bit of drama, then BAM! 
A novel of epic proportions is born!

 
Here's a little glimpes:


Looking around apprehensively, I made my way toward the convenience store in hopes of finding a bathroom. The vacant world around me was eerily silent. All I could hear was the creaking of a giant wooden billboard being assaulted by the wind.

How long has it been since anyone was here? Through the dark windows I saw a bathroom sign that looked promising, but I couldn’t bring myself to enter. I wonder if it’s safe…

As I stood outside of the store, I noticed a newspaper box still filled with papers. I leaned closer. The headline read, BILLIONS DEAD, and the paper was dated December 9, right before everything had started to shut down. I inserted a quarter and snatched out a paper. Scanning its contents, my mouth grew dry and my body stiffened.

…the H1N1/12 pandemic…
…looting and riotous outbreaks everywhere…
…end of civilization as we know it…
…survivors losing their minds…
…governments can’t control…
…the Apocalypse…

The newspaper slipped from between my fingers. Frozen in place, I was suffocated by the reality of our situation.

This isn’t going away.

The world ended.

Thinking of the strange feelings I’d been experiencing, I once again questioned my own sanity. My thoughts were too loud to silence. My heart thudded, and I couldn’t swallow the lump in my throat. Looking out into the abandoned world around me, I realized how alone we really were.

I bent down to reclaim the paper and turned on my heels to head back toward the truck, completely awestruck as the words I’d read replayed in my mind. Each was a reminder that the only world I’d ever known had ended.


 

One think that made this book different was having the book come from 2 different main character’s POV. It wasn’t jumbled, each of their plots ran smoothly, the transition in between chapters was flawless, and overall the way the author was able to sync their stories was brilliant. (When you read this book, keep MG in the back of your mind….you’ll figure this acronym out quickly)

After The Ending had balance, originality and suspense....not to mention a WICKED cliff hanger! (Which happen to be things I crave in a book)
Make sure you grab this one right away!


 5/5

 
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About the Authors:

Lindsey Fairleigh lives her life with one foot in a book—as long as that book transports her to a magical world or bends the rules of science. Her novels, from post-apocalyptic to time travel and historical fantasy, always offer up a hearty dose of unreality, along with plenty of adventure and romance. When she’s not working on her next novel, Lindsey spends her time reading and trying out new recipes in the kitchen. She lives in the Napa Valley with her loving husband and confused cats. You can visit Lindsey’s blog at www.lindseyfairleigh.blogspot.com

Lindsey Pogue has always been a little creative. As a child she established a bug hospital on her elementary school soccer field, compiled books of collages as a teenager, and as an adult, expresses herself through writing. Her novels are inspired by her observations of the world around her—whether she’s traveling, people watching, or hiking. When not plotting her next storyline or dreaming up new, brooding characters, Lindsey’s wrapped in blankets watching her favorite action flicks or going on road trips with her own leading man. You can visit Lindsey’s website at www.lindseypogue.com