The scenes that take place in Athens are particularly gripping but it’s New Hope that is the kind of place I’d like to live in should I ever find myself in a post-apocalyptic world. There are a few oddities, such as Thalli referring to the “ancients” who lived before the nuclear war when it’s only been 40 years, but the story itself is engaging and, at times, exciting. Those readers will miss a good story in Luminary.Ī post-apocalyptic, dystopian setting is a favorite of mine and this one is no disappointment. The latter are a bit baffling to me because most Christian fiction is easy to identify before buying the book and that is certainly the case with the Anomaly series by Krista McGee and, yet, there are naysayers who can’t seem to get past the Christian element to the story beneath. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ĭhristian fiction can be something of a lightning rod for polarized reviews with some people, including me, enjoying it for what it is and others being outraged that they were sucked into reading it. Does she know enough about this world of emotions, this world of chaos, to save not only herself, but the people she has come to love? She has escaped imminent death, but now Thalli is thrust into a new fight–a fight to save her new home. Soon after their arrival to New Hope, the town comes under attack. When Thalli meets the people there–people actually “born” to “families”–her small world is blown wide open. It’s their only chance of survival.īroken and exhausted after an arduous journey, they arrive in New Hope, a town that survived the nuclear holocaust. She and her three friends must journey across this unknown land, their destination a hidden civilization.
A world where not even the air is safe to breathe. Now Thalli is above ground in a world she thought was destroyed. But seconds before her death, she is rescued. The Scientists running the State couldn’t allow her to bring undue chaos to their peaceful, ordered world. She was considered an anomaly–able to experience emotions that should have been eradicated by genetic modification.
She was an anomaly with a death sentence. Genres: Young Adult, Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic
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