Apocalypse meets Star wars in this refreshing novel!
The Guardians by B. L. Barger is a post-apocalyptic road trip with an original twist. It's a mishmash of Sci-fi and fantasy that works surprisingly well.
The book opens with a bang, literally, with an alien invasion of Earth no less, then builds up to an explosive climax. The story follows Maxine, a forty-something woman living in the post-apocalyptic United States. Her profession isn't mentioned, which I found odd, though the author alluded to it at some point. Upon waking up from a nightmare, the heroine is plunged into a world in the midst of a worldwide attack from hostile aliens named the Hooda. Due to her quick thinking, she manages to stock up and soon after her parents and brother …show more content…
The tie in with a secret cult and magic was an interesting twist and added a nice complexity to what might otherwise have been just another run-of-the-mill tale. Nonetheless, major, major suspension of disbelief is required to survive some of the plot twists. Still, it's a fun ride.
The author has seamlessly woven themes of fallible human nature, duty, right and wrong, relationships, betrayal, the clash of civilizations, and love. One of the most interesting questions this book raises is how you would act in the same position.
The plot alternates between the first person singular to the third person omniscient. The writing style was fluid for the most part, but the scenes written in the third POV felt a little flat. There were a couple of grammatical and spelling errors, but nothing large enough to take away from the story itself. I also felt like the book could be trimmed down a little because there were some things that started to feel repetitive, and there were a few places where the momentum dragged a bit.
This is the first book in the series and its ending is maddeningly frustrating because there is none-- the story stops abruptly in the middle of a scene and leaves one hanging. Be forewarned that there are a couple of sex scenes and some cussing in the book, so it may not suit a certain
The Guardians by B. L. Barger is a post-apocalyptic road trip with an original twist. It's a mishmash of Sci-fi and fantasy that works surprisingly well.
The book opens with a bang, literally, with an alien invasion of Earth no less, then builds up to an explosive climax. The story follows Maxine, a forty-something woman living in the post-apocalyptic United States. Her profession isn't mentioned, which I found odd, though the author alluded to it at some point. Upon waking up from a nightmare, the heroine is plunged into a world in the midst of a worldwide attack from hostile aliens named the Hooda. Due to her quick thinking, she manages to stock up and soon after her parents and brother …show more content…
The tie in with a secret cult and magic was an interesting twist and added a nice complexity to what might otherwise have been just another run-of-the-mill tale. Nonetheless, major, major suspension of disbelief is required to survive some of the plot twists. Still, it's a fun ride.
The author has seamlessly woven themes of fallible human nature, duty, right and wrong, relationships, betrayal, the clash of civilizations, and love. One of the most interesting questions this book raises is how you would act in the same position.
The plot alternates between the first person singular to the third person omniscient. The writing style was fluid for the most part, but the scenes written in the third POV felt a little flat. There were a couple of grammatical and spelling errors, but nothing large enough to take away from the story itself. I also felt like the book could be trimmed down a little because there were some things that started to feel repetitive, and there were a few places where the momentum dragged a bit.
This is the first book in the series and its ending is maddeningly frustrating because there is none-- the story stops abruptly in the middle of a scene and leaves one hanging. Be forewarned that there are a couple of sex scenes and some cussing in the book, so it may not suit a certain