Title: American Rapture
Author: CJ Leede
Release Date: October 15th, 2024
Link: https://www.amazon.com/American-Rapture-CJ-Leede-ebook/dp/B0CQHMBG1Y/
Summary
“Blood-soaked, heart-wrenching, grim and glorious.”—Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep
From CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly, comes a scorching new apocalyptic novel. American Gods meets The Last of Us in this epic and sweeping story about the end of the world as we know it.
A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust.
Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin…
The end times are coming.
My Review
5/5 Stars
When a pandemic spreads across the US, a religious introvert named Sophie goes on a quest to find her brother. Along the way, she finds friends, a dog, and a new view of the world.
Going into this book, I was hooked from the first page. The first line actually. Something about the way the author writes just pulls me in. I read her other book, Maeve Fly, so when I saw this book on Netgalley, I had a feeling I would love it too, and I do.
She has a way of creating characters that feel so real. The amount of depth she gave Sophie was incredible. The inner despair the reader felt as Sophie juggled between the knowledge she learned from the church growing up and what she learned about the world and life was truly insightful.
I loved nearly every character in this book, and it made some of the scenes real tearjerkers. The ending especially was an emotional rollercoaster.
CJ Leede successfully managed to blend coming of age, family values, religious hypocrisy, a virus scare, and the end of the world into a horror book that not only leaves you on the edge of your seat, but makes you think a lot about society and our place within it as well.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy.
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