This isn't a werewolfXvampire book, it is not a romance set in medieval times where they ride dragons... those styles are all fine and dandy but this is completely different. imagine you are sitting at home one day when you see on the news that there has been terrorist attacks in the city...you nod sadly, because you are used to it, you lived through 9/11, you lived through the London bombings, the Tunisia beach attack, a British solider beheaded on the city streets. Terrorism is something you are all too familiar with, but then imagine Riley's surprise when from the rubble rose hideous demon-like beasts that stand on there back legs as they rip people apart, then the TV station cuts out, and never goes live again, the electricity lasts all but minutes, people begin to loot and raid stores, and then soon enough each others homes. The mayor and his family become the closest thing to a government, since there is no media anymore to connect the people to there democratic leader... so they are left with... whatever this is, without protection, with little food, and with abuse. this is Dystopian.
be warned there are themes of violent rape, murder, attempted suicide, mental illness and the characters in this book are very malnourished and underweight, if you are triggered by any of these things, or are too young to deal with them, then please do not read, i wouldn't have liked to read about this sort of stuff as kid, though this is probably more tame than the everyday news, lets be real.
Riley wasn't made for this new world, not many were only those selfish and cruel and evil enough to use and abuse others to improve their own quality of life, in this new world Riley doesn't just have to protect herself from the beasts, but from most every other person out there, even her own father.
Have you ever met someone who alters the course
of your life? For good or for bad, they've come in, given and taken, and then- BOOM! Your life was never the same. There's always a change, an altering of reality. When you meet those people, the reality that you've known your whole life is suddenly gone and a new one has taken its place. When those moments happen, there's no going back. You can try to return to the way things were but nothing, and I mean nothing, can take you back to exactly how it was. That's what happened to us. I think that's why we're still trying so desperately to get back to some sort of normalcy. Four years later and we're still on the ground, crawling, in search of the happiness that was lost that June. Summers will never be the same. Midnight walks through my neighborhood will never be the same. Field parties with bonfires and loud music will never be the same. I still don't know why you left and what lead you to the decision you made. What I do know is that we're here. We're alive and we're pushing forward to the future. A future that you're not a part of. But in some ways, I'm glad
you're not a part of it. I just wish it wasn't like this.
*** TRIGGER WARNING***
SA, abuse, suicide, substance abuse, and mental illness.
This is a complete story that is much like life; fast, full of surprises, and not always how we want it to be. This has been a project of mine for over three years. It was self-published on Amazon, but after some issues in publication, I decided to just upload it on here. I hope you fall in love with these characters like I have.
The friends in this story are trying to make names for themselves, figure out who they are, who they can trust, how to love, and how to separate themselves from a restrictive community. As in any coming of age story, they will experience growing pains... but will they survive them before its too late?
PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS.