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After the Green Withered #1-2
After the Green Withered - Box Set: Books One and Two
This special edition includes After the Green Withered, 2018 Best Indie Book Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction, and the sequel, Burden of Truth!
The face of the country changed forever when the rain stopped falling and the green withered. Now water is the global currency and one power controls it all.
Enora Byrnes lives in the aftermath of a worldwide drought. Her life is dominated by regulations and duty to family and society. After transitioning from student to working member of the community, she becomes part of an entity that controls everything from water credits to borders. But experience is a great teacher, and it becomes clear that not all is as it seems. As Enora delves deeper into the outside world, she will be faced with startling truths and frightening realities. In the end, she must decide how far she will go to retain her humanity.
The face of the country changed forever when the rain stopped falling and the green withered. Now water is the global currency and one power controls it all.
Enora Byrnes lives in the aftermath of a worldwide drought. Her life is dominated by regulations and duty to family and society. After transitioning from student to working member of the community, she becomes part of an entity that controls everything from water credits to borders. But experience is a great teacher, and it becomes clear that not all is as it seems. As Enora delves deeper into the outside world, she will be faced with startling truths and frightening realities. In the end, she must decide how far she will go to retain her humanity.
491 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 27, 2019
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About the author
Kristin Ward
14 books270 followersKristin Ward is an award-winning author from Connecticut. She embraces her inner nerd regularly, geeking out with SciFi flicks or quoting 80s movies while expecting those around her to chime in with appropriate rejoinders. As a nature freak, she can be found wandering the woods or chilling in her yard with all manner of furry and feathered friends.
She is often referred to as a unicorn by colleagues who remain in awe of her ability to create or find various and sundry things in mere moments. In reality, the horn was removed years ago, leaving only a mild imprint that can be seen if she tilts her head just right. A lifelong lover of books and writing, she dreamed of becoming an author for thirty years before publishing her award-winning debut in 2018. Her first novel, After the Green Withered, is one of many things you should probably read.
https://www.kristinwardauthor.com/
She is often referred to as a unicorn by colleagues who remain in awe of her ability to create or find various and sundry things in mere moments. In reality, the horn was removed years ago, leaving only a mild imprint that can be seen if she tilts her head just right. A lifelong lover of books and writing, she dreamed of becoming an author for thirty years before publishing her award-winning debut in 2018. Her first novel, After the Green Withered, is one of many things you should probably read.
https://www.kristinwardauthor.com/
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January 29, 2026
I really liked these books. In the first book, After The Green Withered, you have 17 year old Enora, who is fixing to graduate and join the workforce. She lives in a world where there is no rain and water is rationed. Food is scare, and living is hard. As graduation grows closer, she is recruited to be a drone. As she starts at the center and finds her niche, she finds that she will be a pathfinder. This is where she meets springer, and they become work partners. Life at the center is hard for Enora. She is constantly bullied and doesn't really have friends. As we go into book two, Burden of Truth. Enora learns more about how the world is being run and she wants to fight back. The ending was sad, and I didn't see that ending coming. I was hoping for a different ending, but it was a great read that made you stop and think. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves dystopian books.
September 5, 2021
A solid 3.5 stars. Let me start by saying that I hate giving authors anything less than 4 stars. This was really hard for me. But I just couldn't ignore all the ways it fell short of its full potential.
This book has a really intriguing premise and the world-building was fantastic. I give it a solid 5 for that. The issue was not with the premise or the world, but the execution.
It reads really slow. Everything that happens to Enora works out in her favor until about the last 25% of the book (and this is a boxed set, so that's a big problem, IMHO). Every mission Enora goes out on ends exactly as it should. Nothing goes horribly wrong until almost the end of the second book.
The relationships are ALMOST what they should be. I kept waiting for her to find a way to connect with Bram or speak with him in private. I kept waiting for her to finally connect with Springer in the way that he so obviously wanted to. But every time I thought something might happen the author pulled back and left me disappointed. It wasn't until the last 5% of the book (as in set, in the end of book 2) that I get anything and by that point I was over it.
And I'm going to talk about the end for a moment, so spoiler alert!
I really, REALLY, REALLY wanted to give this book 4 stars, but just couldn't do it. I feel like it could have benefited from developmental editing or beta readers. There was so much potential there for a fantastic series but instead was rushed, repetitive, and disappointing.
This book has a really intriguing premise and the world-building was fantastic. I give it a solid 5 for that. The issue was not with the premise or the world, but the execution.
It reads really slow. Everything that happens to Enora works out in her favor until about the last 25% of the book (and this is a boxed set, so that's a big problem, IMHO). Every mission Enora goes out on ends exactly as it should. Nothing goes horribly wrong until almost the end of the second book.
The relationships are ALMOST what they should be. I kept waiting for her to find a way to connect with Bram or speak with him in private. I kept waiting for her to finally connect with Springer in the way that he so obviously wanted to. But every time I thought something might happen the author pulled back and left me disappointed. It wasn't until the last 5% of the book (as in set, in the end of book 2) that I get anything and by that point I was over it.
And I'm going to talk about the end for a moment, so spoiler alert!
I really, REALLY, REALLY wanted to give this book 4 stars, but just couldn't do it. I feel like it could have benefited from developmental editing or beta readers. There was so much potential there for a fantastic series but instead was rushed, repetitive, and disappointing.
April 14, 2021
So these books had a great idea. World is dying/dead, water is being rationed and controlled by a government entity. I started out enjoying the concept. But then everyone started dying a la game of thrones style, infants were mass murdered, a child was stolen and treated poorly, and the ending is hopeless.
It's cool if you're into that, and the book was fantastically written with great imagery. But it was definitely depressing as hell.
It's cool if you're into that, and the book was fantastically written with great imagery. But it was definitely depressing as hell.
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