Extinction Of All Children – L.J. Epps

A young adult, fantasy novel about a teenager who is the last eighteen-year-old in her territory. There will never be another child; every baby born after her has been taken away. Everyone wonders why she survived.

Every now and then, I fall out of love with reading. You can probably tell that from the breaks I take from blogging about books! But then, a book comes along and it just reignites that desire to get lost in a different world again; for me, that was this book.

This book wasn’t ridiculously exciting, it wasn’t something unlike I’d ever read before and it wasn’t one I couldn’t put down. But what it was, was a nice, easy read… which I think we can all admit, sometimes we just need? It was very hunger games-esque (which I’m a fan of btw) which probably helped capture my interest early on. I instantly felt relatable to the main character, Emma, as she worked hard to protect her family and always wanted more for herself. That passion and ambition is something I love reading about as I believe we should all be more ambitious in life.

I think the relationships were a little cliche… it’s like every YA novel needs to have a love interest or be torn between two boys, in this case, I don’t think that it added anything more to the story.

The way this book ended made me think there will be a sequel… would I read it? Yes. I want to know what happens next, I want to know what happens to Taylor and Emmas family. Will they find Abigail…. will she be alive? So many unanswered questions.

★★★1/2

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with a free digital ARC in return for an honest review.

I'm sorry. This book was unable to hold my interest.

Thank you for allowing me to read and review this book. I am just not interested in this book anymore. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Extinction of All Children started out a little slow, but then it surprised me and sucked me into its unique plot. The characters were interesting, the drama was engaging, and the lead character was a resilient and ambitious female. All good things, right?

The main problem I had with the story was that it had several slow portions that seemed to drag on forever, but I tried to look past that and aim for the ending. The last few chapters really picked up and left me with a lot of unanswered questions. If I would have read just the first half of the book, I probably wouldn't want to pick up the sequel. As I kept reading, I began to enjoy the book more, and the ending left me begging for the second book.

All in all, I would say Extinction of All Children was an interesting read with a unique plot. I would recommend this book to lovers of YA with the warning that the first half is rather slow. I enjoyed the book and want to read the sequel now!