Review: A most excellent post-apocalypse adventure
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2012
I bought this book from Amazon (not a complimentary copy).Levi Montgomery is an exceptional writer and storyteller. His writing is intelligent, insightful, and even profound, with exceptionally well-drawn characters and a gripping, often fascinating, plot. I especially enjoyed this story's unique and imaginative take on the alien invasion / apocalypse genre.Amarylla is on a long, rough and dangerous journey with her father and a small group of bodyguards. Given the anticipated hardships of the trek, it seems at first like a strange, even suspect, choice for the father to take his obviously sheltered and innocent teenage daughter along. Though he never comes out and says it, it's clear that he believes there's much more to her than she seems. I found myself greatly admiring both of them; him for believing in her so completely, and her for meeting, and even exceeding, both his expectations and her own.This is first and foremost a story about people, particularly as a coming-of-age tale, and as well-written as anything I've read in a long time. Highly recommended.