Status Updates From Edge of Collapse: Box Set B...

Now in book three. Back to Liam. Yay!

Book 2 in audiobook set.
I thought my writing in The Kith Trilogy was dark. This is almost too much. Kyla loves to lean heavily on tragedy. Yeah this is post-apocalyptic, but she writes the darkness of humanity/violence so well, I wonder what happened to her as a child.
Narrator is great! Story is dark. Have to take a break sometimes before I cry my eyes out. And I need a laugh every now & then, gosh darnit!

Liam's prequel is absolutely depressingly heartbreaking. Why am I listening to this??? Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment and I like crying while doing dishes? Darnit.

There's still the usual repetitive stuff and choppy sentences, but this shorter book is definitely better at getting me more invested in the characters than the first one. The narrator is very good with the emotions and voice changes.

Alright, I get cliff hangers, but that was a little dull. I do like Liam. Probably because I am a total sucker for struggling soldiers/former soldiers in books (yeah, if you read my books you probably already knew that)

Since this is a "box set" version of the Audiobook, I am now listening to Liam's short prequel, which, so far, I like much better than the first book. But I'm preparing for the heartbreak. Poor Liam.

They didn't take the snowmobile but he did?! Did it magically appear after they left? What the heck.

I'm going to laugh the next time it says that she "spoke so softly he could hardly hear her." Otherwise, I think listening to it being read instead of reading is helping me deal with the short choppy sentences. Some repetitiveness, but lots of action. Makes time pass by while I get projects & household stuff done.

Alright, I've decided to try this on Audible this time in the hopes that me not seeing the short choppy sentences might help. It does a little, but I'm still cringing at everything I cringed at before. It passes the time while I work/clean/drive, however, and I do not have to give my full attention to the story to get the gist of what's going on. Still... let's see if I can make it through the rest!

So far so good! Dark at times, and thrilling!