The New Wild by Holly Brasher Book Review

The New Wild by Holly Brasher Book Review _ Zainey Laney

We are supposed to take care of the world we live in. But what happens when the earth decides it’s had enough with our wasteful ways?

Jackie is your basic teenager living life at summer camp for the last time. Until she wakes up and finds that the modern world no longer exists and those she loved on the other side of the nation. Her only companion is the camp jerk Xander, who teases her to her limit. Together they set off to find out if their family is still alive or has been claimed by the wild.

Fans of young adult fiction will enjoy this book because it seems slightly plausible. Well as plausible as you can be with some fantasy creatures and plants thrown in. I thought it was a good lesson in how we have built so many things we rely on that if taken away would be hard to replace.

The New Wild is available on AMAZON in both regular and ebook formats. Also available on Google Play.

Release date: August 26

Press Summary:

Mother Nature is pissed.

Few will survive.

Jackie is loving her last year of summer camp, despite new-guy Xander, jerk extraordinaire. That is, until disaster strikes on the senior backpacking trip. At first, it seems like a nightmare, but Jackie quickly realizes that the huge fire and resulting carnage around her are as real as real gets.

Miraculously (and infuriatingly, in Jackie’s opinion), Xander survives the burning, too, but that’s the least of her worries. Mother Nature has wiped out millions and burned cities to the ground, plants are growing at a crazy-rapid rate, and fairytale creatures are very real—and very dangerous.

Jackie and Xander must learn to survive sans food, shelter, and soap, and battle their way across the wild American landscape in search of their families—all without killing each other. Along the way, the duo learns that maybe the other isn’t so terrible after all, but going months with no toothpaste isn’t exactly a recipe for romance. Will the journey be too much for their growing relationship? Will it even be worth it at all? Or will their homes and families be burned to a crisp?

 

Disclaimer: I received this book in order to review it for my readers. Post may contain affiliate links. Book review done with permission of publisher.

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