First Impression Friday – The Crossing

First Impression Friday

• Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions and predict what you’ll think by the end.

• Did you think you’d love and ended up hating it? Or did you think you’d hate it and wound up loving it? Or were you exactly right?

• Link back to Storeys of Stories so I can enjoy reading all the First Impression Fridays out there!

Twins Virginia and Tommy Matthews have been on their own since they were orphaned at the age of five, surviving a merciless foster care system by relying on each other. Twelve years later, the world begins to collapse around them as a deadly contagion steadily wipes out entire populations and a devastating world war rages on. When Tommy is drafted for the war, the twins are faced with a choice: stay and accept their fate of almost certain death, or run. Virginia and Tommy flee into the dark night.

Armed with only a pistol and their fierce will to survive, the twins set forth in search of a new beginning. Encountering a colorful cast of characters along the way, Tommy and Virginia must navigate the dangers and wonders of this changed world as they try to outrun the demons of their past.

I’m optimistic. I’m less than 5% into the book, and I’ve already found myself making note of a few quotes. Really deep stuff, poetic almost (though I don’t know if I can use that term as I don’t really get poetry.)

The world that’s been built so far is pretty cool. Can’t say much about the characters yet. I really have just started, after all.

Even so, I’m going to say a 3.5 to 4 out of 5. 

Fun fact about this post: This is just one out of a PILE of digital ARCs I’ve been working my through since 2018 started!