Review: APOCALYPSE SOON
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2013
If a picture is worth a thousand words to many people, then a fiction book is worth a gazillion sci-tech explanations to me.  Nanobots?  I've read about nano technology but just haven't been able to get my mind wrapped around it.  I'm still struggling with the concept of a 3-D printer (can they REALLY make a wrench?).  But Casey Harvell has the gift of writing with clarity and her explanation of the atomic-sized bots is  finally understandable. The novel is a page-turner and I couldn't put it down; my husband made his own dinner and I ate peanut butter crackers.  After getting to know and like these somewhat typical high school students, the action increases until the world is hardly recognizable to them or us.  Throwing one's characters into an apocalyptic situation is an excellent way to develop them and Harvell certainly handles the transition  in a fine and believable manner.  If you have any interest in the genres of  Teen, Young Adult, Science Fiction or Romance, this will be the perfect read!