DNF: Ashen Winter (Ashfall #2)
DNF #85: Ashen Winter (Ashfall #2) by Mike Mullin. After loving the first book so much, it pains me to DNF this one. Book 1 was such a realistic, believable look at a post apocalyptic world, while this book was the opposite.
Nonstop action scenes. The teenage main character being stupid as hell and yet coming out on the other side fine. The whole reason for this story made no sense at all: Alex and Darla were safe on his uncle's farm with food and family, but Alex decided to go look for his parents. Everyone, including Alex, knew they were most likely dead. Plus, even if they were alive, they could be anywhere within two states or further away. With no transportation besides bicycles and walking, no communication other than talking, how do you find someone in that large of area? When there are life-threatening dangers at every turn?
And even worse, when I finally gave up on this book and read reviews, I saw that a love triangle was added into this book. Sigh.
DNF this book. I won't be reading book 3, though I will check reviews to see how this trilogy ends. (Edit: There's supposed to be a book 4, so I guess it's not a trilogy. However his publisher "stopped publishing books" and there hasn't been a peep online from the author since 2018, so who knows.)