Review: Brilliant
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2014
What an incredibly fascinating yet touching story this is!Last Light Falling opens on the fifteenth birthday of twins, Arena and Gabe Powers,  whose parents were killed in a tragic car crash six years previous.  Although still trying to accept the passing of their parents, the story is told through the voice of Arena.  We find out early that the twins first lived with their Mother’s sister until she had a nervous breakdown.  After a year in the system, they were then taken in by a couple who had tragically lost their fifteen year old daughter – by way of being “collateral damage resulting from a gang dispute”.  Since the twins were home schooled in their early childhood, it wasn't until they attended public school in second grade that they learned how poor they were and what it meant.  Growing up, Arena’s Uncle Finnegan had taught Arena self-sufficiency, including the art of warfare and how to be invisible to the enemy.  This is just the beginning of the unfolding of an incredible story that takes place in the year 2053. What I found so fascinating about this apocalyptic story is how real to life it just may be due to events such as a crashed US economy among other concerns of current day.The details included in so many different events takes incredible research or a very expansive background on the author’s part.  Due to the brilliant realistic events that unfold, this story has a tendency of staying in your mind long after you finish it, which is a good thing.I highly recommend this book to all.  I am blown away with the level of insight and intelligence to be able to write such a highly sophisticated unfolding of what very well could be, actual events.