Darlene Connely has always been running a scam to help her get ahead in the world. Since the world was turned upside down by a solar storm called Sun-Kissed four years ago, Darlene has found more ways to capitalize on everyone's losses and try to make her high school boyfriend repay an old debt. Twenty-five years ago Todd Dolan left Darlene pregnant, thinking she was going to give the baby up for adoption. Now, Darlene is trying to set up a nest egg for her adult son, Emmett while providing for her mother's nursing home care and she's not afraid of ruining anyone's life to get what she feels like she deserves.
Only Dead Leaves Fall is an emotional thriller set in the aftermath of a detrimental solar flare. I was very interested in the book because of the solar flare and its environmental impacts. It was interesting to see how the lack of food and other resources caused more of an economic disparity instead of helping to level the playing field. Darlene's character has continued to suffer after the effects of the solar flare. She was definitely an interesting character to follow; at first, Darlene seemed like a scrappy yet determined underdog that you want to cheer for and as the story progresses, she turns into a schemer whose plotting only seems to hurt everyone around her. With a slower start, the action gradually builds as Darlene, Todd and Emmett's story arcs begin to collide. Emmett's story added a more heartfelt storyline as well as the introductions of a series of twists and turns that led to an exciting ending. With that, as much as I liked the setting of a post solar-storm world, I think the story would have held up just as well in the reality of the recent past.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
Only Dead Leaves Fall is an emotional thriller set in the aftermath of a detrimental solar flare. I was very interested in the book because of the solar flare and its environmental impacts. It was interesting to see how the lack of food and other resources caused more of an economic disparity instead of helping to level the playing field. Darlene's character has continued to suffer after the effects of the solar flare. She was definitely an interesting character to follow; at first, Darlene seemed like a scrappy yet determined underdog that you want to cheer for and as the story progresses, she turns into a schemer whose plotting only seems to hurt everyone around her. With a slower start, the action gradually builds as Darlene, Todd and Emmett's story arcs begin to collide. Emmett's story added a more heartfelt storyline as well as the introductions of a series of twists and turns that led to an exciting ending. With that, as much as I liked the setting of a post solar-storm world, I think the story would have held up just as well in the reality of the recent past.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
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