Sorry, far too complicated a storyline and a lot of implausible situations and irregularities, so not at all to my liking. I did not finish it.

REVIEW

I felt I was ready and this may sound odd but I had a craving for an impressive post apocalyptic read and as I had this one waiting to be read on my kindle I decided, after reading the blurb that hopefully this would be the perfect book for me to read now! I think most visitors to my blog will know I totally adore the post apocalyptic & dystopian genres, though I do like reading other genres too.



The cover depicts a scene from the book very well, showing Megan and Caitlin gazing at what must look like heaven or an oasis to them after being off grid so long. The dark thunderous looking sky really fits the post apocalyptic genre of the book. I think the cover sets the scene for the book very well. The genres I have seen listed for this book are Outdoors & Nature, Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalyptic. The characters are having to get used to the elements of their changed world and within the book herbal remedies are used so I'd guess that's what the "Outdoors & Nature" label comes in. I would add the genres "survival" & "action/adventure" as both suit the content in this book along with post-apocalyptic



The book follows two different groups to begin with. Though as the book continues we follow them all as a group.



There is Megan and her daughter Caitlin who is ill. Megan is desperately searching homes, cabins, whatever she can come across for medicines, for something to help her precious daughter. It is this search that ends up with Megan and Caitlin meeting the other group in this book who are a family who are managing to survive in the lodge that is pictured on the book cover. Megan literally stumbles upon the lodge hoping to find some sort of medication to help her daughter, as well as hoping to stay inside the lodge for a few nights.



Wyatt has taken over as head of the Morris family now since his father died. Though the group take a democratic approach with large decisions. Wyatt's father was an organised prepper, so the Morris clan did have a good base and a stock of supplies to begin with. When Wyatt and his family see Megan's daughter Caitlin and how sick she is they immediately open there door. Despite the world now running on the survival of the fittest, or who is the strongest wins, Wyatt and his family cannot find it in themselves to turn Meagan and Caitlin away, despite the risk that both Caitlin and Megan could be contagious or carriers of whatever illness Caitlin seems to be suffering with. Luckily for Mega, Wyatt's mum has a great knowledge of herbal remedies. Having said that there is a battle ahead to work out what is wrong with Caitlin before she can be treated with the correct herbs.

Even the dog in the Morris family welcomes Megan and Caitlin, he refuses to leave the side of Caitlin, staying alert and guarding his new young friend. Megan soon finds herself torn between what she sees as "giving in" and trusting the Morris family and staying with them. Or leaving what could very well be the answer to her prayers for herself and her daughter and moving on out into the unknown once again. Megan also has fast developing romantic feelings about Wyatt and it seems those feeling are reciprocated. Caitlin has already made firm friendships with those in the Lodge especially Wyatt's young nephew who is around her own age.



Later in the book another stranger, this time a lone male called Kyle happens upon the Morris clan though can he be trusted. . . sadly for the Morris Clan it turns out he cannot and once again Wyatt's mother has to use her knowledge of herbal therapies to save those who have been maliciously made ill. It also turns out that Kyle is not on his own he has traveled from his nearby settlement to create havoc and threaten the safety of the Morris settlement. Once the reason behind the visit from Kyle is disclosed "someone" (no specific name = no spoiler) feels extremely guilty about leading this extremely dangerous man to their safe haven.



There's not much more I want to reveal as I don't want to give spoilers and soil your own enjoyment of the action how and when it happens within the book reading journey. I became quickly immersed into this book and I felt like I instantly loved Megan, Caitlin and the Morris Clan. I love the hints of the possible relationship and future together for Wyatt and Megan. Megan and Caitlin quickly find a place within the loving Morris Clan but will they decide to stay or move on. Can anyone be truly safe if they stay in one place? Though can you really live a decent enough life constantly moving around?



As I have already said above I felt I loved the characters of Wyatt, Megan and Caitlin almost instantly. All the Morris Clan are brilliantly written characters and all like-able in their own ways. I do have to give a special mention to another Morris family member, Wyatt's mum. I suppose some would call her the unofficial head of the Clan, she clearly cares and loves all members of the Clan, both the ones related by blood and the "adopted" members too. Her experience with old wives tales and prepping along with herbal medicine/remedy knowledge is truly invaluable.



So what were my first thoughts upon finishing reading this book? It was do I have the next book? Where/When can I buy it? I went straight ahead and bought it to read when ever I was ready. The only reason I did not read it straight away was I has a book to "read and review" by a set date.



I definitely recommend this book to all post apocalyptic lovers. This is the first book I have read by this author but I plan on reading many more!

This follows Megan and her daughter Caitlin. Caitlin is deathly ill and Megan is trying to find a way to save her. She stumbles upon a remote cabin that seems abandoned and breaks in to see if there is anything there to help her daughter. Extremely tired, she falls asleep only to wake up to some people in the cabin. Thankfully the people are friendly to her and agree to help Caitlin. She is hesitant to accept their help because so many people have let her down, but Caitlin is too sick to go anywhere.

This was an enjoyable read, though a little.... too easyish for Megan and Caitlin. It's hard to believe that they would stumble upon people who are so nice and so prepared, but that could be just my cynical self ;) I also rolled my eyes a bit at the predictable romance!! It felt too fast.

I did really like all the characters though. Megan is well prepared and knowledgeable in a lot of things and is well able to look after herself, but I liked that she didn't know anything and was willing to teach the family things, whilst also learning things herself. I liked the family too, especially the dog ;) They were all well written and developed!!

In all, a good solid start to what I'm hoping will be a great series. I liked the extra mystery within the post apoc element. Like life isn't hard enough, they have to figure out what happened Caitlin! I'm looking forward to thee next one.

This is one of the increasing multitude of post-apocalyptic books which are around at the moment. In this book we don't receive many details about what caused the world to disintegrate apart from the failure of all electrical and computerised devices following one or more solar flares. To some extent I was pleased that the author hadn't dwelt on this and had decided not to follow the route of pandemics or zombies. I am not entirely sure that all electricity would have disappeared & still be unobtainable 8 months on but I went with the premise.
Megan and her daughter, Caitlin, are out in the world alone. Caitlin is seriously ill when they stumble across a group of people living in a remarkably well provisioned lodge in a forest. Unbeknown to Megan, however, they are being hunted by Kyle a would be leader.
I am afraid that this book just didn't work for me. There is very little action apart from the last couple of chapters and a brief five minute tangle in a school which ended very peacefully. Everyone seems to just be happy chopping wood, planning gardens and seeking to help Caitlin improve. All of the characters seem to have had a relatively easy time of it since the apocalypse and all mostly seem to be nice, ordinary people. The group that Megan falls in with are really very prepared so there is little description of hardship with the exception of the loss of the Father figure.
Megan herself is quite bland. She eventually fights for her daughter in the last couple of chapters but most of the time seems quite happy to leave her seriously ill & looked after by a woman she has only just met!
This book really lacked character and personality. The plot was really very thin with little happening for a vast majority of the book. When I compare this with similar books in this genre this one falls quite short of the mark. There are a few inconsistancies - Kyle is reinventing himself somewhere new where no one knows him but later we have a man who claims to be his brother? When Kyle is killed his group of men seem to just accept what is said to them & wander off??? The characters also lack any real personality. One man is a bit grumpy but nice underneath. The other men are fairly indistinguishable from each other. There is no sense of terror or fear in this new world. The group have such a well equipped cabin and have the necessary skills between them that life just seems to go on quite happily. Anything they need they seem to miraculously have including sterile stitching kits for wounds and even an indoor toilet (though admittedly they need to unblock the pipe for that).
I won't be in any hurry to read any further into this series. The characters are so bland that I am not bothered what happens to them!
I received a free copy of this book via Netgalley.

An interesting story that I wasn't sure I'd enjoy but I did.

This book was Great! Gritty and real in the places it needed to be with a core of love and survival, I will be reading more of this series!!!

A slightly different take on the apocalypse theme. the characters are very likeable. the ending was very satisfying. I would deffinitly reccomend this book.

After an EMP virtually wipes out all technology on earth, Megan finds a woman alone who must protect her daughter Caitlin. When Caitlin falls ill, Megan makes contact with Wyatt Morris and his family, who are surviving in a remote cabin. Learning survival skills make Megan more comfortable with this new life, and the idea of a new life with Wyatt seems appealing. The appearance of a suspicious stranger throws all her new-found comfort into jeopardy. I enjoyed this book and will look for further episodes in this series.