Tomorrow

In a small mountain community decimated by a mysterious virus, three strangers with little in common are brought together by their desire to see a better future. Engaging and suspenseful from start to finish, we are witness to a world where the rule of law has been thrown out the window, food supply and air quality have been compromised, and something strange has been unleashed jeopardizing humanity’s very survival. Told with a sharp eye for detail, the characters are each fully drawn, and the setting is both familiar and eerily unrecognizable.As we watch these three unlikely friends struggle against all odds, we can’t help but cheer them on as they retain everything that’s good about mankind. Merilyn Liddell’s story is a captivating tale and one that offers hope, above all else, in uncertain times.

Futuristic dysfunction merged with a mystery plot and small town intrigue.

Merilyn tells this story through an unusual litereary device. She introduces us to three characters, one at time, without references to each other.

She gives up subtle clues as to how these misfits could connect inside the town’s dark dynamics, then offers hints of a much larger mystery : a pandemic without a known cause has culled the population and left a large percentage of the still-standing infertile.

It's easy to think you’ve figured out how the characters will connect and disarm the pandemic, if that's even possible.

You'll be fooled, unless you are the Sherlock Holmes of literary puzzles. Believe me, as well, that you’ll enjoy this one.

My first impressions of this book were a little rough, to be honest. I have to admit that I'm not the best at reading from multiple points of view and that, coupled with not having my footing in this dystopia at first, made the first few chapters a bit rocky. As I read on, however, I soon fell into step with the characters who lead us through this story. I understood that this was a future where survival was based on how important you were to the people in town. Where, although resources are limited, there are still good people who help others. Where, just like real life, there are those who take advantage of everyone else. Once I got my bearings, I was set. I knew this would be a book I'd devour.

Devour it, I did. I know that this book is technically classified as dystopian, but what I found on these pages had so much more hope than I'm used to in this kind of story. Jake, Sophie and Martha were each so different and yet they came together in a way that really made me smile. The setting for this story, an old historic mining town in Canada, felt perfect to me. Small, surrounded by nature, and the perfect way to really expose the damage that had been done to the world by the people who were now trying to survive in it. Like I mentioned above, so many people were still good people in this book. They fought for others, cared for others, and shared. It was lovely to read a story where, although it had dark undercurrents and violence, a little bit of love still shown through.

Martha, in particular, stood out to me. She has her own story arc, that winds through those of the others, and it really lets the reader further delve into the world that Liddell has built and where all the devastation came from. She was quirky, to be certain, but that made me love her more. Imagine knowing that your world was destroyed by someone close to you, and feeling like you were now the only one who could save it. Those are some big shoes, let me tell you what.

So why the three star rating? I think my biggest issue with this story was really the fact that it took so long for me to get enough information to finally feel invested. Although I appreciated the slow build up of facts, it also hindered my reading somewhat. I wanted to know why I should care about the people I was walking along with. That came eventually, but not quite fast enough. My other gripe was about the ending. After all the drama I'd gone through with my new friends, it felt like everything just wrapped up into a perfect forever after. Going from a tension filled, secret laden story into a place where suddenly everything is sunshine made me feel lost. It just didn't flow.

Overall, I had a lot of fun with this book. I powered through it, and I don't regret diving into Liddell's world at all! This story may have needed a bit more polish, but I'm definitely still a fan. I'll be back for more.

It is extremely hard for a sci fi novel to entertain me, and this one totally did! A nice air of mystery carries on as the story line progresses and you begin to piece together what has happened to the world and how three seemingly random individuals fit together. I appreciate the fact that the scientific verbiage was kept to a minimum and was not presented in a confusing way. Most sci fi I put down because it goes over my head with the wording used. I was eager to pick this book back up every time and couldn't wait to see how everything resolved itself! The only thing a bit jarring was the epilogue, talking about characters not really introduced in the book.