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 Calling After The End a dystopia doesn't feel fitting because this book doesn't take in place in a futuristic oppressive society. Instead, After The End is about a girl who has lived in a cult that claimed that the world was ravaged by World War Three, but she soon discovers that there wasn't another world war. After The End is an extremely original novel that combines Native American mysticism and romance to create one of the best thrillers I've read this year. 
 After The End is told from dual alternating perspectives, it was extremely easy to differentiate whether I was reading about Juneau or Miles because of Plum's sharp writing. Both perspectives are extremely realistic and the dual perspective makes it extremely easy to fall in love with these characters and root for them. Dual perspectives was a fantastic writing choice on Plum's part and I really enjoyed reading about both characters! 
 Juneau is a stranger in a strange land and this feeling of doubt and mystery seeps through the pages. Though she is an extremely clever and dependent person, she just doesn't know anything about modern society and she's completely lost. On the other hand, Miles is no stranger to the contemporary world, but he's lost in a different kind of way and he's looking for a direction in life. It feels like fate that both characters meet and that they are brought together on such a quest; this sense of fate tied in nicely with all of the spiritualism and mysticism in this book. 
 I loved the relationship that Juneau and Miles have in After The End and their relationship is developed perfectly in an extremely realistic, gradual way. Juneau and Miles don't just instantly in love, their relationship is much more complex than that and each learns so much about the other on their quest. This duo is extremely skeptical of the other: Miles doesn't believe in the Yara (the nature spirit that Juneau worships) and Juneau knows that he knows more than he's letting on. Slowly, but surely these two learn to trust each other and the chemistry between the two is so wonderful. It was amazing to watch these two fall in love and learn to put their differences aside and to open up to each other. 
 After The End is a wild journey filled with magic, romance and mystery that was so much fun to read. The mysteries unfold in this novel in such surprising ways and I was completely and utterly addicted to After The End. The ending in this book is such a shocking cliffhanger and waiting for the sequel is going to be so painful. The cliffhanger in this book is the king of cliffhangers and I know that the second I get my hands on book 2, I'll start it!