If We Were Heroes

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I was contacted by the author to check out her book which is a dystopian YA novel. She described it as the walking dead meets the fault in our stars and I would say that's a fairly accurate description.

Ember has survived the apocalypse, though she's held up in a government facility and soon will come a vote where they decide if she lives or dies. Although she holds the cure for a virus that was unleashed onto the world killing many people, she also has a mutated version of the virus in her bloodstream. The world can't go through such devastation once more. As she recalls her harrowing experience for a film crew, humans were becoming the undead with a blood thirst and her story touches on her adoration for her best friend Sam. It's been years since this catastrophic event, but is she still a threat to society?

I love me an apocalyptic story as much as the next person. I'm always interested in someone's take of what could happen and how the world would deal with it after. What happens to the humans in this story is nothing that I've read before so I did find it enjoyable.

When Ember recounts her story for the film crew (who want to make a movie based on her life), there were moments when I thought maybe her or Sam might die. So you really didn't know what was going to happen as they ventured to find their parents. It was all so risky, but you do whatever you can to get to your loved ones.

I thought the love triangle in the story might have played out differently. Honestly didn't know who I was rooting for because in any love triangle, I'm always thinking "why not both?"

Really enjoyed the ending! I did guess the government's decisions, but it was the actions of all Ember's loved ones that was lovely to read.