World After

“It’s amazing how many times we need to go against our survival instincts to survive.” 

World After by Susan Ee is the second installment to the amazing and un-put-down-able Penryn and the End of Days series. 

I read the first book Angelfall when it was only available on the internet and I cannot describe how happy I was when it was put into print. In the first book we were introduced to Penryn Young, a seventeen year old girl tasked with looking after her disabled sister and her mentally disabled mother in a world that has changed drastically in the last few months. 

Along with natural disasters humanity are now not the only species on the top of the food chain. Angels have arrived and they're not the fluffy winged cherub kind. No, these angels are warriors and in the midst of bringing humanity to its knees. 

Before I move onto the World After review I just want to say that Angelfall was absolutely amazing. It completely sucked me in and had me reading into the early hours of the morning. So if you get the chance please, please, please give this book a go!

So any way back to the review! 

World After takes place immediately after the events of Angelfall with Raffe gone, searching for his wings and Penryn along with her mother and sister being brought back to the Resistance camp. The story mainly follows Penryn as she tries to piece together her family and her world. But when Paige (Penryn's sister) goes off on her own Penryn sets out to track her down. But along the way Penryn comes face to face with the angels' plans and learns just how far they are willing to go to make them happen. 

Once again Susan Ee has brought us into a world with amazing believable characters and a suspenseful intriguing plot. Penryn is still one of my favorite heroines with her determined and witty nature along with her devotion to the people she loves. And then there's Raffe. 

“It is painful to see that people prefer a bad guy who looks like an angel to a good guy who looks like a demon.” 

Oh Raffe, the beautiful angel with his Adonis body and unfortunate demon wings. I just can't get enough of him! He really made the story for me and once you read it you'll understand why! But honestly the relationship he has with Penryn is just perfection it couldn't have been written better. Their banter and snarky comments add an element of humor to the story that compliments it greatly. 

“This sword is not just an angel sword. She’s an archangel sword. Better than an angel sword, in case that’s not clear. She intimidates the other angel swords.” 

“What, the other swords quake in their scabbards when they see her?” 

This was a great story to read but I kind of found it hard to get into it at first but to be honest I think it had more to do with me suffering from Raffe withdrawal because he isn't in the book until about three quarters of the way through. But it was so worth the wait!