Review: LOL. No, really.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2013
From the second I opened this book (or, um, clicked on my Nook app) I knew it was something special. Yes, it has a great premise (who wouldn't want to see the Brat Pack face off against little green men?) but what really grabbed me was the voice. Witty, clever, and completely endearing.It's hard for many authors to handle multiple POV without making all the characters sound the same, or worse, using shallow, cliche stereotypes in an attempt to make them sound different. Iva-Marie plays off the classic teen archetypes but makes each character funny and smart in distinctive, sometimes surprising ways."The End of the World As We Know It" hits the sweet spot between YA and Sci-Fi and is a great entry into both genres for people like me who typically read Chick Lit or Rom Coms.In addition to being a fun, weird adventure (I can't smell coffee anymore without thinking of this book!), TEOTWAWKI is also laugh-out-loud funny. I don't mean like when your friend texts you something kind of funny and you reply "LOL." I mean, I actually laughed out loud.At its heart, this is a universal story about people finding their way in the world...something we can all relate to whether or not aliens have actually taken over it.