Children of the Apocalypse
A serialized novel, updating monthly.
From the author of the award winning novel “River” and internet cult hit “Catharsis” comes a serialized novel about the end of the world and the lives of those destined to stop it. Three girls are thrust together by their shared abilities and the roles they are to play in the nearing apocalypse. They are guided only by the mysterious Michael, whose contempt and dislike of them is clearer than his motivations for saving their lives. With assassins and betrayal at every turn, the Children of the Apocalypse must fight to stay alive while discovering their gifts and respective roles in the approaching final battle. Harder still, however, is knowing who to trust . . . .
Children of the Apocalypse
Passion. Vengeance. Redemption. Sacrifice. Destiny.
— contains some graphic sex, graphic violence, and harsh language —
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Saving the World
All in all, I’d probably have been more enthusiastic about this story if I’d read it when I was in my teens. I don’t have anything particularly bad to say about it, so let me explain why.
Here’s the plot: The main character, Genevieve, discovers that she and two other girls at her high school have received abilities that could allow them to avert the upcoming apocalypse. Unfortunately, they don’t really know how to use them yet. Also, their mentor, while obviously knowledgeable, doesn’t seem particularly nice.
Complications to the plot: an unpleasant high school teacher, parents who aren’t sure what’s going on with their child, friends who don’t understand why the main characters are ignoring them, mysterious and deadly assassins who want to kill them, and the main character’s own lack of self-confidence.
Characters and Relationships: The writer does a good job of showing a baseline for the Genevieve’s relationships with her friends while simultaneously moving the plot forward. When the story started to get moving, I understood how disruptive the change would be to those friendships. Also, the day to day interactions with those characters moved the plot along in a way that felt natural as opposed to, "Oh, Levi’s just doing this to move the plot forward."
I do have to admit that Genevieve, the main character so far, seems to me to spend a lot of time getting into small arguments with people. It is consistent, but irritating (at least for me).
Writing Style: Overall the writing style felt right for the story — clear and efficient. It gets out of the way and doesn’t call attention to itself for the most part.
In summary, I think I would have enjoyed this as a teenager or even later, but at the moment I’ve read enough stories about teenagers destined to save the world that I’m not quite up for another.
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Shining Character Interaction
The biggest problem with this series is that it takes the author awhile to really get into the swing of the web series. The first few chapters of part one come across as forced, difficult to relate to, and include some pretty bad writing cliches – including the heroine who would be too stupid to live in real life. It’s also the only part in the story where the protagonist consistently complains about the mean teacher who picks on the poor student for not doing her homework or paying attention in class. If I were judging this story based on the first four chapters, it would’ve rated much lower than it really deserves.
Thankfully, around the fifth chapter of Part One, the author really starts to shine. The action scenes draw me in, and the true gold of the series, the interaction between the Children of the Apocalypse and Michael, picks up. From there, I was hooked. The way the characters play off of each other is enough to make me read through all of the available content twice, and start a count-down for when the next part starts showing up. There were plenty of times where I winced with the characters, and laughed out loud at some of the quips between Michael and Gen. It’s even enough to make me forget the authors frequent use of dues ex machinas.
If you want something light and fun, with plenty of content and kick-ass female heroines, this is it.
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