Review: Captivating One Shot about the Best Character in the Trilogy!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2013
This a wonderful heart-filled short story about Darla, the strong, funny girl that we first meet in AshFall. We experience the aftermath of the eruption through Darla's eyes, giving us background and insight into one of the strongest characters in the AshFall trilogy. Darla is a funny, charismatic, sometimes caustic, but always motivated character whose background is richly drawn and wonderfully plotted. Her mother is almost as rich a character, compassionate, religious, loving, and kind... one must think Darla developed her sarcasm from her father, as it surely does not come from her mom. Together, the two face the the devastation of the volcanic eruption, quickly figuring out how to survive in this new and hostile landscape.This is a short novelette, only 60 pages in length, but it is a nice appetizer for the final book in the trilogy, Sunrise, which does not hit bookshelves until March 2014. Until then, sink your teeth into this fascinating one shot. It's worth the read. And at .99 cents you really can't go wrong.