Book Review: Paradigm by Ceri A. Lowe

Another new author, and another author to add to my list. Pretty much any post-apocalyptic book is a guaranteed read for me. This one is a little different though as it goes back and forth between Carter's story, set in the early 3000's, and Alice's story set 80+ years earlier. Both stories started off on their own path and I wondered how they would eventually intersect given the time difference. That, and the depth of each character's story is what kept me intrigued and turning the pages, reluctant to put it down. I had my suspicions about how they would intersect closer to the end of the book, and in the last 10% of it, I found what I was looking for. 

But, of course, it wasn't enough, and now the book has ended and I need to get my hands on the next book! I cannot wait to find out where Carter goes from here, and how the rest of Alice's story plays out. 

I think I'd have to say that this is a little bit different from most post-apocalyptic stories that I've read. 

Definitely recommended!

From the GoodReads website, "What if the end of the world was just the beginning?

Alice Davenport awakens from a fever to find her mother gone and the city she lives in ravaged by storms – with few survivors.

When Alice is finally rescued, she is taken to a huge underground bunker owned by the mysterious Paradigm Industries. As the storms worsen, the hatches close.

87 years later, amidst the ruins of London, the survivors of the Storms have reinvented society. The Model maintains a perfect balance – with inhabitants routinely frozen until they are needed by the Industry.

Fifteen-year-old Carter Warren knows his time has come. Awoken from the catacombs as a contender for the role of Controller General, it is his destiny to succeed – where his parents failed.

But Carter soon discovers that the world has changed, in ways that make him begin to question everything that he believes in. As Carter is forced to fight for those he loves and even for his life, it seems that the key to the future lies in the secrets of the past..."