Reliance (Powerless Earth Book 1) v Ever Rest

Daizi has read and reviewed Reliance (Powerless Earth Book 1) by Paul McMurrough for this episode, and she had plenty to say about it...

"When i started this book, I thought the rather lengthy explanations about the solar storm and the resulting global loss of power was a bit long winded, but, and I don’t say this often, I was wrong. When I think of a power cut, the first thing that comes to mind is, we’ll need candles, we can’t watch telly and, flipping eck, if it’s off for long the fridge freezer will defrost. And that’s about the extent of it, really. Apply that to a global scale and for more than the usual few minutes, or hours, and the ramifications can be terrifying, life threatening and the makings of a bloody good read. And while this is a work of fiction, it could conceivably happen, and that is a damn scary thought!..."

April has read and reviewed Ever Rest by Roz Morris. The write up on Amazon reads as follows, but what did April think of it?...

"Twenty years ago, Hugo and Ash were on top of the world. As the acclaimed rock band Ashbirds they were poised for superstardom. Then Ash went missing, lost in a mountaineering accident, and the lives of Hugo and everyone around him were changed forever. Irrepressible, infuriating, mesmerizing Ash left a hole they could never hope to fill. Two decades on, Ash’s fiancée Elza is still struggling to move on, her private grief outshone by the glare of publicity... Ever Rest asks how we carry on after catastrophic loss."

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