End of Days is the last installment of the Penryn & the End of Days series which details the struggle for humanity's survival through the point of view of a teenage girl in a world nearly destroyed by angels. Truth to be told, I don't think I've enjoyed a post-apocalyptic more than this and despite being a YA it was probably the most humanist YA I've ever read. That really took me by surprise too. 
 There have been so many YA that touts strong badass female protagonists but Penryn Young is that but more. She isn't a revolutionary or battle-hardened figure as Katniss Everdeen. Or a queen of special snowflake which I could list so many names here and offend half the YA community. Penryn is a teenage girl who was drawn into an extraordinary circumstances. She didn't go through the journey where she was trained to be a master at fighting, her ability to kick ass solely belong to Pooky Bear. She isn't charismatic but she is intuitive and observant. At her core, she is just as human as we are. 
 There were chapters where I became closely identified with the stark grayness of her perspective on the world around her. The struggles of her relationship with the people around her. Her ability to still empathize with the people she shouldn't feel sorry about. I came to appreciate the complexity of her character even when the romance occasionally overwhelm her narrative but for most part, she felt real considerably a bulk of the narrative in the series deals with horrors and grimness but there's also a distinct tale of survival and hope. Neither of those was easily translated into writing and much less in this genre and its demographic. The ballet performance is possibly the best chapter I've read in a long time that reminds me of having some faith in humanity. 
 Since the series was meant to be a quintet rather than a trilogy, there were some overarching plot that was unresolved and parts where it felt rushed. But for once I am quite happy with a shorter series and how the book ended, although I wouldn't say no to future series set in the World After universe.