World After

To be honest, I wasn't sure how World After would turn out because most sequels don't live up to their predecessor. The good news is that World After is even better than Angelfall, a feat that I didn't even think was possible. World After retains the humor, kick-ass action scenes, fast-paced plot and absolutely amazing characters that readers came to love in Angelfall. World After easily is one of my favorite books of 2013.

Penryn and Raffe are definitely one of my favorite literary couples, they are honestly perfect for each other. They both complement each other in fierceness and wit making their romance something to look forward to. The romance between Raffe and Penryn is minimal as there is more of a focus on Penryn's journey to find Paige and Raffe's journey to reclaim his wings. The few romantic interactions between Penryn and Raffe are absolutely perfect.

World After is filled with non-stop fast-paced action scenes where Penryn really kicks butt. Sorry Katniss and Tris, but Penryn is easily my favorite heroine ever with her epic fighting skills. Susan Ee really knows how to write immersive action scenes that are extremely easy to visualize. I physically couldn't stop reading because I was so engrossed in the action scenes.

Characterwise, we see a lot more of Penryn's sister and mother which was a huge plus on Ee's part. Paige is a character that I love, but at the same time, I'm absolutely terrified whenever she made an appearance. All of Ee's characters continued to surprise me again and again, especially Penryn's mother. I really haven't read many books in which a character is completely mentally unstable and it was extremely interesting to see Ee develop such a character.

World After is the absolutely thrilling sequel to Angelfall and it truly exceeded all expectations that I had. World After raises the bar for other dystopian books with an unforgettable plot, extremely unique characters, and action scenes that will keep readers lusting for more. World After is dystopian fiction at it's best.

Geschreven bij Penryn and the End of Days 2 - World After

Het verhaal begint wat langdradig, heel anders dan met het eerste deel.
Daarnaast is het best wel luguber, veel bloed en ingewanden komen langs, niet een boek om aan een 12 jarig meisje cadeau te doen dus.
Tweede deel van het boek vond ik veel beter, er zat wat schot in de zaak, er gebeurde veel en er werd goed opgebouwd naar het einde van het boek, wat echt episch is. En nu kan ik niet wachten op deel 3!
Kortom, aanrader wel, als je eenmaal bent begonnen aan de serie, dan moet je wel verder en wil je weten hoe het Penryn en Raffe vergaat.

Geschreven bij Penryn & The End Of Days Bk 2 World Afte

Dit is deel 3 van de serie met een verrassend einde. Als je van fantasie houd, dark angels, en gewone engelen die ook donkere kantjes hebben is dit een leuke serie om te lezen. Heb gelijk gekeken of er nog meer is van deze schrijfster, helaas nog niet. Maar dit is een uitstekend begin!

Geschreven bij Penryn & The End Of Days Bk 2 World Afte

Weer totaal anders dan het eerste boek. Het verhaal is zo fantasierijk en meeslepend dat je er mee blijft doorlezen! Het boek is zeker een aanrader, deze leg je niet snel weg!

De kwaliteit van het boek is ook uitstekend en uiteraard ook weer een snelle levering, iets wat we met zekerheid kunnen verwachten van Bol.com.

Geschreven bij Penryn and the End of Days 2 - World After

Ik vond het een mooi vervolg op het eerste boek en kon niet stoppen met lezen! zeer verslavend! het heeft een soort van 'the mortal instruments' vibe

Geschreven bij Penryn & The End Of Days Bk 2 World Afte

This book was a whole different level and I even liked it more than the first book. We start with another environment. Things have changed ever since the last book. We're no longer in the World Before, we're in the World After. In the world after there are changes, it's been terrorized and there is mass destruction. I kind of liked that scenery even more! It really gives you how it looks when a war is going on. Full destruction and almost no places to hide.

What I loved most in this book is that Penryn, the main character, describes and compares how the World Before was and how it looks now, after the attack of the Angels. For me, it gave a better view on how it all looked and now looks which made it easier to visualize. I do have to say that I kind of missed the big bad Angels rooming around in the first part of the book.

As for Penryn, she's still the strong girl as I described her in the review of Angelfall. I'm still very fond of her, she still impresses me. Even with her sister gone and her mother disappearing from time to time, she still manages to survive. She doesn't stop and cry, no she's as hard as steal and will go to the end of the world to get her family back together. I have so much respect for that, I know it's just a character but still! I did find some changes in her behavior. She something thinks things but she doesn't want to admit to those thoughts. To avoid admitting to them she says funny things to hide her true feelings. And what she says really made me laugh out loud, I laughed more in this book than I did in Angelfall which is something positive.

But I do have to say that I think she's not as hard as she seems. The author slips it in the conversation from time to time that she just avoids thinking about what's happening, she only tries to focus. I wonder if some time in the next and last book, she'd break down. I wouldn't see that as something bad. I mean, it's a hard time in that world, she looses her family, I think it's normal that she doesn't behave all that hard all the time as she did here. So I'm very curious to were her character will lead in the next book!

Especially because Penryn discovers so much about what's happening to her sister when she was taken away. It really frightens you and makes you feel with as well Penryn as with Page. This book won't let you unmoved.

As for her mother, I loved it that we saw her more in the second book. She's sometimes a crazy women but I really appreciate that about her. Somewhere mid the story she even does something that I really didn't expected from her. Actually there are a lot of things that surprised me about her character. She really gives another perspective and other feels to the story which I really appreciated in this book.

The plot was amazing as well as thrilling and it really keeps you turning those pages. I loved this book even more than the first one. I do want to say more but I don't want to spoil anything, I can only say that I had many feels as frustrations to a certain part. It's all positive though! And the ending was even better than in the first book. More thrilling, more of everything really! I can't wait to start the third and last book in this series which is called 'End of Days'. So yes, I do recommend this series to everyone!