[ARC Review] In The After by Demitria Lunetta

In The After
Demitria Lunetta
June 25th, 2013
Harperteen

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In what seems like an instant, Amy Harris's life is changed forever. They arrive and quickly begin killing off humanity one by one. No one knows how they got here—and even worse, no one knows how to stop Them.

Marooned in a high-security house, Amy manages to stay alive—and even rescues "Baby," a toddler she finds in an abandoned supermarket. For years they escape death, forging a bond as strong as sisters, until they are finally rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living on a former government research compound.

On the surface, New Hope is the happy ending Amy was looking for. She's even started falling for Rice, a handsome researcher she's become close with at the facility. But then she makes a shocking discovery. And staying in New Hope could mean losing her freedom . . . or her life.

I loved In The After, it was scary, twisted, and full of action. As I have said before, I love a good post-apocalyptic novel and In The After does not disappoint. In the world of In The After there is the time before the aliens landed on Earth and started eating people. The After is just trying to survive in a world full of monsters, both human and alien. Amy is a teen girl of only fourteen when the world as knows it ends. She was home alone, her mom away on business and her dad at the farmer's market. They never came home. Amy is forced to take care of herself or get eaten by THEM. She hen finds Baby, a toddler and takes her in. For three years they survive and live in the After. Until helping a stranger ends with betrayal.

I loved this book, it moved fast. It was so creepy. The human and alien monsters were scary enough to give me nightmares. For real, no joke, this book scared me. I love all things scary so that just made me love this book even more. I loved how the book was broken into parts because the first part is scary. Once Amy and Baby are "saved" and taken to New Hope, a settlement filled with people living like there aren't any monsters. That is when the twists come one right after another. Amy discovers who the monsters really are and just how far they will go to protect their secrets. Even though I had a suspicion what the SHOCKING secret was. the book's ending s still very good and open for more. I give In The After five laser pistols and will be looking forward to reading more Dementria Lunetta books in the future.