Darcy Partell’s dreams are coming true! At eighteen years old her first novel, Afterworlds has been picked up by a publisher. Darcy has received a nice advance towards this book and the sequel.
Now what?
Putting college plans aside much to the dismay of her parents, Darcy moves to New York to put herself in the heart of the publishing world. Parties and meeting other young debut authors “the debs” is what life becomes about.
In alternating chapters, the fictional protagonist of Darcy’s book, Lizzie, survives a near death experience in an airport that puts her in a place where she can travel between the real world, and the after world.
Now with the pressures of rewrites, a love interest, and deadlines (pun intended),Darcy feels the real pressures of becoming a writer at such a young age.
Afterworlds was a book I was interested in since it first came out. I had picked up the book months ago and wound up putting it down (life gets in the way….). More recently, I downloaded the book on audio and enjoyed it in that format.
Afterworlds could easily become hard to follow if you did not have the facts going into the book. Darcy’s world is real and happening in real-time. Lizzie, carries the story of the book Darcy wrote. Actually – it is a brilliant way to write a book and it is like you are getting a book within a book. (Darcy even goes to BEA!!!)
I really enjoyed Afterworlds. Author Scott Westerfield did a wonderful job pulling this one-off. This would make for an interesting movie. Awesome YA read!
- Audio CD: 12 CDs
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio; Unabridged edition (September 23, 2014)
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sometimes i swear we are separated at birth because of our reading…i have Afterworlds sitting at home to start when I get a chance – it was nominated for a romantic times award in a YA category
LOL that is awesome! I actually stated this book last summer, put it down and started the audio a month ago. 🙂
This sounds really good! Too funny, about BEA!
Right? I liked that part… she talked abut signing and the lines.
I love the name Darcy! 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed this book so much. It does sound like it would make a good movie.
Thanks 😉
I hope to read this at some point this year. It has been a while since I have read Westerfeld.
I think this is my first by him.
I hear book within a book and am suddenly intrigued. Great review, Sheila!
Thanks… I liked that too.
I really enjoyed this book too. Believe it or not this is the first Westerfeld book I have read. I have heard wonderful things about his books and now I can see why. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I need to look up his books, I think this is the first one for me too.
Wow! I like the book within a book idea!
Me too 🙂
I have this in my TBR stack and am really looking forward to reading it! But I’m always looking for books that are good in audio, too. Hmmmm. Decisions, decisions!
I too have this on book format and I switched to audio. I think the book would create a better definition of the chapters though between the story and the book.
I’ve had this for years! I really need to get to it.
Me too,I think I picked it up at BEA.
I love Scott Westerfeld but somehow missed this book. Looks like a great one for people who love books. Thanks!
Okay, based on your review I’d want to read this one. The topic is so up my alley.
This one is waiting on my shelf – I think I need to get to it soon! Thanks for your review.
Sue
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