Review: The Summer the World Ended

The Summer the World Ended by Matthew S. Cox
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Summer From Hell



This seems to be a stand alone novel.



It has just been Riley and her mom since she was 8 and her father just disappeared one day. She has exactly one friend, Amber, and they spend more time playing XBox online than they do actually hanging out. This was supposed to be the best summer ever... But now Amber is going to spend two weeks in Mexico and she is going to be home alone with nothing to do! Can life get more unfair? Then the unthinkable happens. Her mom gets sick and she has to call 911. Will her mother be okay? Is she going to be an orphan now? How can she survive if her mom doesn't get better since she can't even make friends? Is the world coming to an end? Or does it just feel that way?



***This book is suitable for mature young adult through adult readers who enjoy apocalytic contemporary fiction with more plot twists than a bag of Cheetos full of suspense, thrills, mystery and a dash of romance :)

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