Together in a Broken World

Absolutely fantastic! Saw this on Tik Tok and wanted a book to read over my vacation. I could not put it down! Such a fun read and the character development was so amazing and such a great pacing of the relationship between the two characters. Would love a second installment to be honest, but the ending was also amazing that it might be best to just let it conclude.

I loved this story! Reading Together in a Broken World is like riding a roller coaster: lots of heart-stopping action (where whatever can go wrong does go wrong) punctuated by moments of heart-warming romance. Winters builds the romance slowly and believably, just as he builds a plausible and challenging post-apocalyptic world for his characters to navigate. I found the two young protagonists appealing, who despite their different personalities, needs, and histories, learn to trust each other enough to survive and work together.

4.5 stars! If you love All That is Left in the World by Erik J. Brown, you'll absolutely enjoy this book! You'll get to stay in a post-apocalyptic world with two boys who are easy to love. Not only do we have dual POV (a personal favorite of mine!) but we also have two characters who share the stage when it comes to strengths, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities. I adore a book with this type of equality between characters. I waited several weeks to be able to read this one and I'm so glad I finally got the chance! Knowing what I know now about this book, would I still read it if I went back in time? Absolutely! See below for the four criteria I use to decide whether and when to read a book CHARACTERS: Aiden and Zach. The fact that I enjoyed both of them BEFORE they met up and interacted is a huge deal for me. Aiden has been trained as a courier with some self-defense skills and yet he has blind spots in his psyche that are part adorable, part sad to read. Zach has apparently been alone for the better part of a year when he and Aiden meet, and that in itself shows a serious strength on his part. He's wonderfully resourceful and I absolutely appreciated that about him. They both help each other, fill in gaps in knowledge and learn how to BE together in this broken world. Sure, sometimes I wanted to smack them upside the head, but at the same time, it came from a place of complete understanding. They followed emotions that felt quite real for their situation. PLOT: The main…