It added layers of complexity to the plot.ĩ) Not perfect. Even the 'bad guys' that have nefarious plans, came across as more real and I could much better understand their desires and motives. But Penryn doesn't just interact with humans, she sees many familiar angel and demon faces again. She also begins to understand the responsibility she has undertaken to play a role in that. While Penryn was almost solely focused on saving her family in Angelfall, in World After she gains a broader perspective and realizes something must be done to save all of mankind. We also see Penryn befriend and interact with more people outside of her family, and through that we watch her discover both the beauty and the ugliness of humanity.Ĩ) A broader perspective. But though Penryn comes to terms with the fact that her mother is not well, Penryn begins to see her as helpful in her own way.

In addition to Penryn, Raffe and Paige, we get more of Paige's mom who is off her meds and continuing to cause problems for Penryn.

This series has a small but core group of characters that Ee is slowly fleshing out in this story. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Paige is a key to this series.ħ) Characters. I thought her part of the story was going to go one way, and then it shifted and really surprised me at the end. Paige plays a much larger role in World After and there are several important revelations about her that direct the plot. In some ways Paige is still Penryn's little sister, but she's also lost her innocence in a violent way, and is a visual look at the horrors of the utter lack of humanity that some of these angels and demons possess and how little they value humans. She's been cut and stitched into a truly frightening appearance, and doesn't seem to be able to eat regular food. The simplest actions can be heavy with tension.Ħ) Paige is n o longer the same wheelchair bound girl that Penryn remembers. You will never look at a jar of peanut butter the same way after this book. But Ee masterfully balances those with smaller personal moments, like when Penryn and someone else camp in a beach house. The masquerade party and ocean fight were my favorites. This book also has several very cinematic and epic battle scenes. It gets even scarier when the scorpions return and Penryn begins to realize what exactly the angels are planning, especially the way the book of Revelation and the Day of Judgement are being used. This one moves more firmly into the horror category. World After is a lot bloodier than its predecessor. 5) This book ups both the horror and the human moments.

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