
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Returning home to the desert after her abrupt departure five years prior, Amelia meets “Sonny” on her cross-country drive home. They share a plate of cheese fries and a mind-blowing night at an aging casino outside of Vegas before she sneaks out the next morning.
Arriving at the only house she ever called home, she is hit hard with memories of her best friends, Cole Armstrong and West Campbell, a pair of foster brothers, and Mia’s next-door neighbors, up until moving. To clear her mind, she takes a drive through the Spring Mountains where she collides unexpectedly with her past inside The Lodge on Charleston Peak.
After winding her way back down the mountain and narrowly missing a rockslide, she receives a baffling call from her father, Hal. A geological scientist of notoriety, he warns her of the impending finem omnia, the end. The apocalypse is prophesied to be preceded by a myriad weather and environmental emergencies. The first of which, the rockslide on Spring Mountains.
What follows is a love story that transcends the degradation of life as they know it. Full disclosure, this is a book I am not likely to have picked up on my own. Likewise, I don’t typically enjoy a slow burn. Yet, I barely noticed because the storyline had me absolutely riveted. Penelope’s writing takes on an almost lyrical quality and the character development was heartbreakingly beautiful. I am so glad I had an opportunity to get out of my comfort zone and read When It Ends. This is one that will stick with me for the foreseeable future.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐️
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