I received a free copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

The Last Orphans is an apocalyptic novel filled with edge of your seat excitement and twists you'll never see coming. Sixteen year old, high school student Shane Tucker has a stormy relationship with his alcoholic father. Trouble for Shane begins shortly after his Grandmother's funeral. His father, already drunk, throws Shane out of the car for crying over the loss of his Grandmother. Shane, happy to get away begins walking back to his grandmother's home. Along the way, his aunt finds him on her way to her mother's home as well, and that's when trouble started.

This was an unusual apocalyptic young adult novel. You could feel Shane's pain from losing the people closest to him. Although he ended up leading a group of teenagers, I was awestruck by his humility. For such a young group of kids, they had remarkable courage. I'm curious what will happen next since Seamus is still out there. If you enjoy dystopian novels, you will fall in love with The Last Orphans. ( )

The entire adult population is decimated, leaving their children to fend for themselves.

FROM AMAZOM: One horrifying day will change the life of sixteen-year-old Shane Tucker and every other kid in the world.

In a span of mere hours, the entire adult population is decimated, leaving their children behind to fend for themselves and deal with the horrific aftermath of the freak occurrence. As one of the newly made elders in his small town, Shane finds himself taking on the role of caretaker for a large group of juvenile survivors. One who just happens to be Kelly Douglas—an out-of-his-league classmate—who, on any other day, would have never given Shane a second glance.

Together, they begin their quest to find out why all of the adults were slaughtered. What they find is even more horrifying than anything they could have expected—the annihilation of the adults was only the beginning. Shane and his friends are not the unlucky survivors left to inherit this new, messed-up planet. No, they are its next victims. There is an unknown power out there, and it won’t stop until every person in the world is dead.

Well written - interested in sequels - The Harvest, Enslaved, Darkest Days ( )

Ok

It was fun to read and I really liked the characters. The whole premise wasn't very believable but it was still entertaining. ( )

Goodreads Synopsis:
One horrifying day will change the life of sixteen-year-old Shane Tucker and every other kid in the world.
In a span of mere hours, the entire adult population is decimated, leaving their children behind to fend for themselves and deal with the horrific aftermath of the freak occurrence. As one of the newly made elders in his small town, Shane finds himself taking on the role of caretaker for a large group of juvenile survivors. One who just happens to be Kelly Douglas—an out-of-his-league classmate—who, on any other day, would have never given Shane a second glance.
Together, they begin their quest to find out why all of the adults were slaughtered. What they find is even more horrifying than anything they could have expected—the annihilation of the adults was only the beginning. Shane and his friends are not the unlucky survivors left to inherit this new, messed-up planet. No, they are its next victims. There is an unknown power out there, and it won’t stop until every person in the world is dead.
A spine-tingling adventure that will have you gasping for breath all the way until the last page, The Last Orphans is the first book in an all-new apocalyptic series.

My Review:
The Last orphans isn't what I expected, from looking at the cover. Quite frankly, up until I'd read a third of the book, I wasn't sure I was going to like it. Then something changed, I really got interested in what was going to happen next, and I wanted to know more about how the characters were going to react. All in all, this book took me about 4 hours to read cover to cover, which is 277 pages, despite sitting in my currently reading shelf for the better part of a year. I received this book from Amazon for free.
Shane is a sixteen year old boy, headed home from his granny's funeral one afternoon. His dad, drunk and driving, decides to pick yet another fight with him, and obviously that doesn't turn out very well. He's left stranded in the middle of nowhere by himself, so he decides to head to his granny's house. That's when things start getting weird. Swarms of bees are just flying around, lookin for something to attack. Cows in the field are charging around aimlessly. Suddenly, he's thrown into an apocalypse. Shane bands together with whoever he can find, to figure out what their next step is.
This book is a fast paced, gory action packed story and the characters are pretty lifelike, although traumatized, they seem to act their age, which is always nice. It's an easy read, and although I wasn't so sure about it at the beginning, I was sucked into the story at almost the half way mark. So if you try it, give it a chance before you decide how you feel. I had a lot of questions circulating my head while I was reading this book, but by the end of the book they were answered. I also really like the cover, I think that's what really stood out for me about this book in the first place.
Overall, It's a good story. I will most likely try to track down the second book in the series, just to see what happens next. If you haven't read it yet, you might want to check it out if you like apocalyptic stories with a little bit of gore!

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