Review: Interesting Concept - but missing details
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2014
It's Dec. 21, 2012, a fact that we don't learn until later.  Nikki is trapped in her apartment after a massive earthquake and is rescued by JC, a guy who used to bully her when they were in high school.  His family has been killed and she and JC travel together along with a friend of his in this now post-not-quite-apocalyptic world.  There are earthquakes, tsunamis, meteor strikes, the possibility of aliens, doomsday preppers, superpowers like the ability to talk to ghosts and superhuman strength, Mayan Prophesies and Anasazi Indians from another time period. In a "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" like way, JC is mysteriously pulled to go over the mountains. I found myself looking back repeatedly to see if I had missed some details and nope - they just are not there.  The characters are not well fleshed out and the lack of description and details makes the book rather jumpy and confusing.  It sounds interesting, but is really lacking in details and descriptions.  I received this book free to review from Netgalley.