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This book took a few turns, and I wasn’t initially sure how we were getting from the first chapters to the story described in the blurb. But we definitely got there.

This story is full of complications, from complicated relationships to obstacle after obstacle on their journey. The first few chapters set up the characters, but once the plane crashes, things really pick up and start moving.

Emily is finally living the life of her dreams as a rising pop star with a movie star boyfriend, but she’s giving up parts of herself to be who her manager and handlers want her to be. She thinks the sacrifices are necessary and worth it, but are they really?

Tuck buried himself in anger and grief when his mother died and blames himself for so many things, after leaving prison, he’s trying to rebuild his life.

Emily and Tuck used to be best friends, and were both secretly in love with the other in their teens. But he shut her out and she didn’t know how to reach him, so they drifted apart. Now that the world has stopped (or so it seems), they have to rely on each other and get to know each other again.

I can imagine how the world would react to a loss of technology and our way of life. I think the author did an amazing job portraying the collapse of society in these conditions. It brought out the best and the worst in people, and really showed what society needs to survive.

There were some serious betrayals, which I expected. And some absolute heartbreaks. I loved the reconnection that happened between Emily and Tuck. I loved the people who took them in and helped them along the way.

There were stories that I wish could have been resolved on page, but as there was no way for Tuck and Emily to find out what happened to the people the met along the way, I understand that we couldn’t know. So I choose to believe that the mother made it home from Las Vegas, the family found their son, and that the good guys prevailed in San Diego.