Year One

Okay, Nora Roberts, that sure was different. Not quite sure it worked, but you've got me on the hook for the next book. The pacing of this was strange - a lot of build up to the beginning of the Doom, then BLAM we're in the aftermath. Transitions from scary, creepy bad things in subway tunnels to “let's build democracy from scratch” in a somewhat awkward way, and jettisons some intriguing characters (perhaps they'll be back in book #2, although the focus looks like it will be on the Savior Child). I'm giving it three stars because I actually returned it to the library un-read (unheard of for a Nora Roberts book in my previous reading history) but then picked it up again 4 months later. As I said, she's got me hooked but in more of a”I wonder if/how she'll pull this off” way than a “gotta have it” manner.