This was a beautiful YA contemporary book about love and courage that I really enjoyed. The MCs were really sweet and I enjoyed their romance.

Thank you to Netgalley for this eARC in exchange for an honest review!

this was really sweet! i really liked the character development in this, however i found myself liking milo's best friend van more than either of the two main characters and i wish there was more of her. marcos and milo's relationship seemed to focus a Lot around milo's internalized homophobia due to his religion which is a pretty intense theme present throughout the entire story, so there was a lot of back and forth and issues that weren't shied away from in their relationship- but the resolution of it all did seem kinda rushed at the end. it was an interesting read seeing it from milo's pov, but i also wish there was more of the "apocalypse" that i was preparing for before reading this. i did like the message about learning to accept yourself for who you are though, and again despite the dark themes being present i did enjoy the story as a whole.

I am...conflicted with this book, and it doesn't really have anything to do with the book itself. I'll start by saying the book is fantastic, and that cover is out of this world beautiful. My issue with the book comes from the synopsis/blurb, in that it 10000% does not touch upon the fact that this book HEAVILY deals with religious trauma, church life, and all the things associated with it. The blurb mentions a deeply religious family, sure, but that does not even come close to how deeply it is integrated into the book.

I expected The Day After Tomorrow, but I ended up getting What If God Was One of Us.

That's not to say that the book is preachy about religion, it isn't at all, it's very critical of it and all the internalized issues that can come from being gay and religious. My issue is that there are for sure going to be people who go into this book not expecting how heavy it is if they deal with issues like that, and I can foresee it bothering people who aren't ready for this kind of heavy trauma. Milo's parents in particular are a whole brand of evil that needs its own warning.

With my main complaint out of the way, I'll say that the book I did end up getting was fantastic. The characters are wonderfully vivid, real, and intensely raw. My heart broke repeatedly for Milo, and even though Marcos wasn't the POV character he was just as vividly alive on the page as Milo.

Van is the star of the book though, she's the voice of reason and the only one who is thinking clearly half of the time.

In the end, the book didn't scratch the apocalyptic itch I was looking for but I did love the book I ended up with. It's heavy, deals in metaphor more than anything else, and I caution someone to make sure they're ready for it, but it's entirely worth it in the end.

this was so good! it reminded me a little of the new release, 'all thats left in the world', but i think this one was executed even better (?). the synopsis doesn't do this magical book justice, go read it now!

Everything me bed to quickly, the pacing was just mediocre right away and the writing felt gaudy and naive. Don’t recommend

Thank you to the publisher & NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review the novel. I am rating this book with my own opinion and have not received anything in return. I really enjoyed this novel. Milo and Marcos are great characters.

Milo and Marcos at the End of the World follows Milo, a religious seventeen year old who is forced to come to terms with his sexuality when his crush from three years ago at Bible Camp, Marcos, moves to his city. Not helping matters is that each time Milo and Marcos get close natural disasters strike.

This book was heartbreaking and heartwarming at the exact same time, perfecting the blend and adding in some beautiful moments of clarity and love between two teenagers who want to be together despite everything in the world seemingly conspiring to keep them apart. While the book is told from Milo's perspective, Marcos is painted with vivid clarity, allowing us to understand how each of them are reacting to what is happening around them and with each other. It is easy to get frustrated the more Milo panics about what the world seems to be telling him, but it is genuine and emotional so it is also easy to forgive him for these feelings. There is also now a special place in my heart for Van, Milo and Marcos' best friend who helps them along the way.

ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and HarperCollins for providing me this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

"You and me. Because whatever happens next, whatever you decide to do or wherever you want to go, I am here for you. I'm not leaving your side. Not now. Not ever. You and I are in this together. I promise"

English: Uff, I don't even know where to start with all the things I felt with this book, there are several that I hope to explain in this review but I can already anticipate that I definitely recommend this book, as long as you feel comfortable with the warnings it has, because although it is a very nice story I feel that it can emotionally hurt someone who may be going through a crisis of faith/sexuality due to everything that the main character goes through.

Milo and Marcos at the End of the World is a story of love, acceptance and growth; a story where we will see reflected the problems that surely most Queer people who are or were part of a religion suffered, and I can personally give my affirmation of this.

Summarizing a little, Milo Connolly is ready to start his new school year, where he wants to go unnoticed again and without relevance among his classmates, but all his plan will go down the drain with the return of Marcos Price to his life after a total ghosting of 3 years; with his return he will bring with him all the feelings that Milo thought he had buried deep inside, after all those feelings go against all his beliefs and his religion.
But what if he were to give himself a chance? What could go wrong, it's not like the world is going to end, right?

First I want to say that Milo and Marcos' relationship was too adorable to me, every moment they had together (the good ones, of course) made me very happy and filled my heart with love, seeing how Marcos could bring Milo out of his "shell" was very nice and definitely who wouldn't want to have something like that.

But not everything was cute in this book, there were very dark moments where internalized homophobia, homophobic self-comments and insults were the things Milo had to go through in this book, and although at first I could see this as annoying little by little I was realizing that everything Milo went through and thought at a certain point I lived it too, and specifically in 2 situations were the ones that totally broke me that I felt the tears might come, because damn, it was so ... real, and maybe some people can't relate to this book and will label Milo as immature, but personally I think Queer people who grew up in a toxic religious space and with all the prejudices that comes with it can easily see their adolescence reflected, as it was in my case.

At a certain point I came to think that all the adults in this book were very bad and that I hated them all, but then I met two characters that made me regain faith in adults in this book, and especially the last one because his attitude and position I did not see it coming at all and left me quite surprised, he definitely won my trust.

With respect to the metaphor of "the end of the world" that is presented to us I have to admit that it left me confused and I think that when I finished it I did not fully understand it, in a way I liked the concept that the author raised and maybe he knew how to handle it well and it was only me who did not understand it because I was more focused on other aspects of the story.
I should also add that some of the things I didn't like, which were very few, were some of the main character's attitudes because yes, some of them seemed a bit exaggerated, and at a certain point I understood it, but then something would happen and some unnecessary drama would appear in my opinion, even so I always wanted to go and hug him.

Now a little bit about the ending, it was a nice ending but, apart from the great confusion I was going through in the last chapters, I feel it could have been extended a little more with an epilogue, and beware that maybe in the final version they will add it, because let's remember that I had an early access to this book, but anyway, I liked the way the story was concluded.

Finally, I obviously recommend this book to everyone, I feel that the message it gives is very nice and the story makes you empathize with the characters and get attached to them. Of course, before doing so, I recommend you to see these TW (Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Emotional and Psychological Damage caused by Parents) and if you feel confident to tolerate that, because in some parts you can feel strong some of those issues, go ahead and I hope you enjoy this story a lot.
Don't forget to add it to your calendar as the book will officially be released on 05/24/2022.

Final Rating: 4.5 stars

I'll be honest, and this is probably all my bad, I thought this was a post-apocalypse story. And it is not. I really was halfway through before I realized the world was not going to end. But, that did not ruin this book at all for me.

It is a bit weird, with weird things happening around our main characters, Milo and Marcos. Is God trying to tell them that being together is not right or are the weird events plaguing them just pure coincidence.

This book deals heavily with religious trauma and how it intersects with growing up queer, especially being closeted. It doesn't villainize Christianity nor does it praise it either. Milo identifies as both gay and a Christian, and struggles with how to have both of these identities live inside him in peace. As someone who grew up in a church for most of my younger years and being closeted, this really touched home for me. It was a lot of what I went through growing up, and years later unpacking the damage that was done to me. Snipes does an excellent job of toeing this line and creating. compelling story for anyone struggling with their religion and queerness, and saying that if you want to believe that is fine, and if you don't that is also fine.

Plus, the romance in this is just sweet and pining and full of moments of JUST KISS ALREADY!

I truly don't know how I feel about this book. Like there were elements of it that was just classic queer YA, and then there was this whole other level. The religion piece was really a lot. And the sort of ambiguity of whether God / the universe was really angry about queer sexuality was honestly sort of rough. There were parts of this book that I really enjoyed reading, and then other parts that I just don't understand the takeaway from.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC for an exchange for an honest review.

This was really interesting, I very much enjoyed this book.

I'm not usually the one to read the type apocalyptic books but this book was enjoyable! It was written well and I could feel the fear & all of the emotions coursing through Milo's blood especially in during the camp arc. As for Marcos, he definitely balanced out Milo's character in a good way. He more like compliments Milo's character. I also thought it was realistic in the sense of Milo dealing with religious conflict. I haven't read too. many queer books where they touch upon that subject, even more so in a deeper or at the very least it being a main ish subject/topic of the book.

So I started this December 7th, and then life caught up with me and I set it aside. A month later here we are finally finishing it and getting around to writing a review as well. I am not going to lie there were a few reasons I set this book aside, and the biggest reason is the focus on religion. It's nothing bad but due to how I grew up I was quite triggered.

If you are queer or struggle with religion and grew up in a severely religious household, and had internalized homophobia because of it as well as inner turmoil- just know there is a lot of that within the book and it could be triggering.

However, putting that aside for a moment let's talk about what really made me happy about Milo and Marcos at the End of the World.

First off the countless themes that are found throughout the book such as: coming out, religious beliefs, accepting other's religious beliefs and being open-minded, internalized homophobia, accepting oneself, loving oneself, finding love, finding courage, and so many more.

I was swimming in a plethora of themes and I loved it!

"Maybe people just have to have the courage to want all their dreams and not listen to anyone who asks them to choose."


Milo and Marcos - I think they are the cutest couple and if the world would f-off for a second it would see that too.

Milo is essentially the epitome of who I was in high school. I grew up in a religious household where I struggled with my beliefs and who I was, I honestly thought no one liked me and had internal dialogues where if a friend didn't call me they hated me, and more than anything I struggled with loving myself. This is who Milo is and you can see throughout the book that Milo severely struggles with loving himself and thus it causes A LOT of self-sabotage. This hurts my soul because I know how hard it is to function in a world where you want to be "normal" but you just can't be. (Who wants to be normal anyway!)

Marcos, the one I would say I would identify with today, is the exact opposite of Milo. He is confident in most things, he believes in science and fact and really pushes people to think of that when it comes to religion. He also has his struggles with religion as his mother converted to Christianity due to his father, his father is anti-everything, and Marcos is an atheist.

Then you have Van the best friend to Milo and literally my QUEEN. She is the voice of reason when these two are just idiots and I am all here for it!

"But maybe if I don't think them or say them or act on them then everything will be okay."


Where I struggled internally was the religion that was the main focal point within the book. I did not realize how badly this book would trigger that I would have to put the book aside.

Milo struggles with internalized homophobia, to the point where he thinks that if he doesn't think about Marcos or his feelings "IT" will go away and he will be "normal". And because he has grown up in a religious household with very religious parents, he believes he is damned. It's sad we live in a society that convinces us we can't love ourselves and that our souls are damned for loving. Due to his struggles of queerness and religion, it really hit close to home and I found myself triggered quite often.

Where my rating tanked, is that in the synopsis you get a sense that there was a dystopian element. Which I was excited about. However, it was a background piece and only referenced a few times throughout. You have natural disasters but they are not as often as it would seem. So in the end the true focus within this novel is religion and self-acceptance. This is fine but I feel like it was only added so that it was there for the MC to use as self-sabotage.

Also, the plot was more in the background this time and character development took the show. Most of the time this is okay but not to the point where the ending doesn't make sense. Think of this book as just one big metaphor for self-love and religion.

Would I recommend this? Absolutely, I think this book makes great points and shows the good and bad that can come with religion. As well as showing you can be religious but also BE YOU.

The world-ending aspect of this story was so cool. It happened just enough for it to be a reminder of the very intense stakes while also not happening to frequently to distract from the true heart of the story: Milo and Marcos's relationship. Which, by the way, is beautiful to read. They feel like soulmates and I hate how cheesy that sounds, but dang it they were cute.

I think for any queer person who is growing up/has grown up in an intolerant religious household, this book will be both painful and validating to read. It'll be triggering for some, no doubt. It discusses religion frequently. There is some homophobia, bullying, emotional abuse via parents. It's also tough because the MC very clearly has some self-hate and internalized homophobia that is so deeply rooted in him because of his upbringing, that he'd rather be miserable than who he is. It's hard to read and it truly made me cry at times. That said, it made me laugh and smile even more. The friendship between Van and her boys is lovely too and she was just a perfect friend for Milo.. Milo and Marcos are wonderful and have a kind of love that was felt throughout the book even when the characters weren't together.

I wasn't expecting the book to be this heavy, but I'm happy it was as I'm not sure I've read something quite like this before. As there are some triggering aspects to this story, it will be tough to read for some. But I think it's worth it to pull through to the end because though not everything ends perfectly, in the end, love wins out after all

Milo, I want to shake you (figuratively, of course…. I think)! This is a sentiment that dominates most, if not all, of this book. Here’s what else is in this book:

Religious conflict, the inner and external conflict between a boy and his faith. Milo loves his family and his religion, but what happens when a past love comes back into his life, and Milo has to explore and reconcile his religious beliefs with those of the people around him?

Struggle for acceptance, and how to stand up for what you believe in when you’re still trying to figure out what that is and it feels like the universe and God are conspiring against you.

A lost love and a forbidden romance.

An amazing friendship.

Some seriously strange weather.

A slower pace. It takes a lot of work to keep this story moving.

This is not largely a cheerful story, and it has an endless amount of unlikable characters. The main characters are not among them. However, Milo can get very annoying.

A worthwhile read with some important topics. Note that it does show some of the most extreme scenarios for bigotry and intolerance. While this does exist, I think the author uses these examples to help drive some points home and ensure you don’t miss them.

This is not a post-apocalyptic or dystopian novel.

Triggers: Hate speech, bullying, and abuse
Representation: people of color and LGBTQIA+

A really sweet story! I appreciated Milo's journey and thought it stayed respectful and true to his faith even as he was able to grow and change. Love Marcos and Van, both.

Two high school senior boys falling in love, battling internalized homophobia and hate from their parents and peers, all while natural disasters keep happening each time their relationship progresses.

Sounds fun and interesting, right? It mostly is.

Kevin Christopher Snipes is a talented writer and the book is a super easy and entertaining read. Once I picked it up, it was almost impossible to put back down. Milo and Marcus are adorable and their friend Van is a great best friend/side character.

The book is from Milo's perspective. He was raised in the presbyterian church by deeply religious parents. And once he discovers his feelings for Marcus he tries to repress those feelings because religion says it's wrong.

He doesn't succeed and each and every time the relationship between Milo and Marcus progresses, a natural disaster happens wherever they are. Milo thinks it's god.

In fact, there is so much anxiety surrounding the 'acts of god' and the internalized homophobia that I wasn't sure which direction the book was going to go. Even three quarters through the book, I wasn't sure if Snipes was deeply religious and I misunderstood the plot. I even went to read other reviews to make sure I wasn't in for epic disappointment. There are some internal thoughts Milo has that are stated as fact and it was hard to read that much god-fuled hate. If someone stops reading at this point, they would for sure get the wrong message.

The christian religious element is strong with this one. I could see how for someone (especially a kid) struggling with accepting their sexuality after being raised in a deeply christain religious family, it would be helpful to see how Milo chooses the boy he loves, despite the world ending.

Was this book what I expected? No. Was it worth reading? Absolutely!

And though I'm an atheist, this gem of a quote in a book filled with religious-hate made me smile:

"And when you think about it - I mean really, really think about it - maybe a God who roots for love is the only God worth believing in."

Thank you so much, HarperCollins, Balzer + Bray, for allowing me to read Milo and Marcos at the End of the World early!

After reading All That’s Left in the World about a week ago, I couldn’t believe my luck that the publisher also approved Milo and Marcos at the End of the World. If you look at the titles and the blurbs, both books seem to be similar. The stories are both about queer boys and disasters. But they couldn’t be more contrasting at the same time.

Despite Milo’s sometimes hysterical and sarcastic voice, this book discusses heavy topics like overly religious parents and (internalized) homophobia. I grew up in a religious environment, and I saw up close what being (overly) religious did to people around me. Because of this subject, I don’t think this book is for everyone. On the other hand, it could help teens who live in a religious environment to find their place in the world. Therefore, I will recommend this story to students with care.

Milo, our main character, is rocked to the core when Marcos comes back into his life unexpectedly. His return forces Milo to face feelings that he had buried years ago. Coincidentally, the first signs of the world coming to an end also manifest.
Milo remembers his meeting with Marcos years before, and begins to bargain with himself and try to rationalize what is going on. The more time Milo and Marcos spend together, the more we begin to see these signs that the world is coming to an end.
This book does such a fantastic job of metaphorically illustrating what it's like when the world that you have always known comes to an end. How will Milo and Marcos decide to spend their final days?
This book has a strong religious plot weaved throughout. It really highlights the internal struggles of an LGBTQIA person raised within a religious family.
I personally related to Milo, having been raised in a family deeply rooted in the church. When you're raised your entire life one way, it can be difficult to go against those teachings, even if the new way feels right. I felt Milo was really written with an authentic voice...His internal struggle was so genuine.

I got this arc off of NetGalley and these opinions are my own. I feel like Milo and Marcos at the End of the World was a good book. It was different then I expected it to be and not really about what happened thought it was going to be about. Milo and Marcos meet at Bible Camp and feelings start to brew but then Marcos disappears. Three years later he shows up in Milo’s life again. But Milo struggles with he feelings for Marcos and his connection to his religion. As their relationship grows strange occurrences are happening, Milo begins to wonder if these are God’s way of letting them know they are committing sin. Are they doomed or can they be happy? Kevin Christopher Snipes writes a lovely book, it was just personally hard for to get into as I am not a believer in organized religion. It was hard for me o relate to Milo because of his struggle with his faith and his feelings for Marcos. Though I feel like any reader who’s struggled with that cross section between faith and being who they are could really relate to this book! I did enjoy Marcos and Milo and I though Van was wonderful! This book is definitely worth a read.