Book Synopsis:
THE END OF EVERYTHING WAS HER BEGINNING
It’s December 2023 and the world as we know it has ended.
The human race has been wiped out by a virus called 6DM (‘Six Days Maximum’ – the longest you’ve got before your body destroys itself).
But somehow, in London, one woman is still alive. A woman who has spent her whole life compromising what she wants, hiding how she feels and desperately trying to fit in. A woman who is entirely unprepared to face a future on her own.
Now, with only an abandoned golden retriever for company, she must travel through burning cities, avoiding rotting corpses and ravenous rats on a final journey to discover if she really is the last surviving person on earth.
And with no one else to live for, who will she become now that she’s completely alone?
Last To The Party is available in all formats now. You can purchase your copy using the link below or through your local indie bookstore.
My Review:
Wow this book was one that took me completely by surprise. I really wasn’t expecting it to be as hard hitting as it was, despite having read the blurb. This was a book that at times was rather gruesome but at others very funny so that I actually found myself laughing out loud. Its going to be a hard book to review as I don’t want to give anything away.
The thing that most hits you about this book is how realistic it is. The author has a way of describing the situation so that the reader feels that it could actually be happening now, while they are reading. I often had to look up from my book to as I read to measure myself this wasn’t actually my reality. The characters are incredibly human and flawed which helps add to the realistic storyline too. They have normal human problems mixed in with the pandemic problems which was actually very affective. I often found myself wondering how I would act in the same situation and what I would do.
This book just seemed to be the perfect mix of everything. It was horrific at times but also somehow managed to be uplifting and very thought provoking. As mentioned above the author does inject some humour into the story which stops it becoming bogged down and helps provide some, at times, much needed comic relief. Its hard to believe that this is a debut novel as the writing is very assured and the story is so well plotted that it was hugely enjoyable to read. It’s a story that has stayed with me and I definitely will look forward to reading more from this author in the future.
Huge thanks to Steven from Hodder and Stoughton for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Bethany Clift is a graduate of the Northern Film School and has had projects in development with Eon and Film 4, as well as being a director of her own production company. Last One At The Party is her debut novel.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beth_Clift
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