Title: Endless Storm
Authors: Riley Miller & Grace Hamilton
Publisher: Relay Publishing
Release Date:1st March 2023
BLURB from GoodreadsA storm like no other plunges the world into chaos…
When an egotistical billionaire’s plan to solve climate change goes horribly wrong, it unleashes a catastrophe with devastating consequences.
Widowed boat tour operator, Kelly Walker, is determined to escape from Florida with her family before the flood waters rise and life as she knows it disappears.
But when disaster strikes her son, Jackson, is missing. She’ll do anything to find him. But as brutal winds and power failures accompany the floodwaters, she fears she may already be too late.
Her landscaper brother-in-law, Eddie, must also brave the maelstrom to find his daughter—promising to meet back up with Kelly at a bug-out location. But the rising water is not the only danger. Vicious gangs revel in the chaos, ready to take advantage of anyone unfortunate enough to cross their path.
Kelly’s dreams of a haven high up at her parents’ retired service dog sanctuary in the Smoky Mountains are dashed, as a deadly plague sweeps the world. And she quickly realizes that their ordeal is only just beginning. A new storm is coming.
Can the two of them reunite their family, as the world descends into madness?Goodreads Link
REVIEW
A mega storm hits and the main part of the plot is about a family finding each other from the various different places they end up washed up at.
Kelly's husband Zach has recently died leaving her with their teenaged son Jackson, who has begun to act up and cut school with his best friend Ray. Kelly's brother Eddie, a former rock star lives with her and his pre-teen daughter Zoey recently moved in when her mother died.
Kelly and Eddie are at home when the storm, 'the big one' hits. They decide to split up, find their kids, Jackson & Zoey. The plan is to then meet back up and travel to their parents farm/dog rescue in Tennessee to make a life there.
Kelly & Eddie at first think Jackson & Zoey are at their schools......but teenager Jackson has been cutting school and along with best friend Ray has gone to a local theme park, ironically called Pirate Splash. It's not long after the storm hits that everywhere is flooding, including the theme park! Ray's friend Faye sneaks them into the theme park and they explore along with her and her boyfriend Brian. When a ride stops, they have to abandon it and use staff areas to try to get out. Then they have to survive the flooding! Along the way they come across a little girl called Mira whom, Ray & Jackson take under their protective wing.
It turns out Zoey isn't at school either but after been put under pressure in class she has had an asthma attack and according to safety guidelines she has to attend hospital.....only due to the storm her ambulance is in an accident, then the ambulance that rescues her from that is re-directed multiple times and ends up taking refuge at an abandoned hotel.
This book starts off kind of slow paced, in fact at one point I wavered about continuing to read it, but then the pace picked up and the action increased.
I particularly liked the characters relationships with each other. The brother Eddie, sister Kelly being single parents whilst struggling with their own emotional and financial personal problems. I loved both Kelly & Eddie willing to lay down their life for their child. They both really go through a lot, are beaten and betrayed during their quests to reach their children. They both then catch a lucky break, Kelly coming across Stanley who has his own sad, emotional tale of loss and loneliness but agrees to help Kelly. Then Eddie in a ditch, being lucky that Jeb is passing and rescues him, then offers to help him get to his daughter Zoey.
I'm really looking forward to the next book and seeing how the group copes with the trials they will have to overcome to get to Tennessee to Kelly & Eddie's parents Farm. We don't even know what state the older couple will be in, nor their farm if/when Kelly & the group manage to get there. Which characters will leave the group, who will they meet along the way to add to their group. Then theres the weather conditions and the fact people are going crazy looting, not to mention the government and their 'safe shelters' that have something really sinister going on in as well as disease spreading amongst the occupants. Why are these 'safe shelters' wanting to prevent people leaving them.
The way this book ended leaves so many different options and directions a second book could go.
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