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    The Lives We Lost
    The Lives We Lost
    The Lives We Lost
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Lives We Lost

    Written by Megan Crewe

    Narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    First, the virus took Kaelyn's friends, then her family, and now it's spread beyond her island. No one is safe. But when Kaelyn finds samples of a vaccine hidden in her father's abandoned laboratory, she knows there's only one option: seek out someone who can replicate it. As Kaelyn and her friends head to the mainland they face greater challenges than they ever could have imagined. Not everyone they meet wants Kaelyn to succeed-and many simply want her dead and the vaccine for themselves. With the chance of finding help slipping away, will Kaelyn be forced to sacrifice those she loves in order to rescue the human race? Megan Crewe's second installment in this powerful and gripping YA series tackles self-preservation, first love, and hope. This heart-wrenching story of one girl's bravery and unbeatable spirit will leave readers fervently awaiting the final book in this suspenseful and action-packed trilogy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 3, 2013
    ISBN9781470352172
    The Lives We Lost
    Author

    Megan Crewe

    Like many authors, Megan Crewe finds writing about herself much more difficult than making things up. A few definite facts: she lives with her husband, son, and three cats in Toronto, Canada (and does on occasion say “eh”); she tutors children and teens with special needs; and she can’t look at the night sky without speculating about who else might be out there. Along with the Earth & Sky trilogy, she is the author of the paranormal novel Give Up the Ghost and the postapocalyptic Fallen World trilogy. She can be found online at www.megancrewe.com.

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    • 4/5
      The Lives we Lost is the second book in The Fallen World Series and picks up where book one leaves off. Kaelyn and her friends live at ground zero, a small Canadian island that has been quarantined as a result of the "friendly flu virus," a virus that is deadly and has no cure. Kaelyn has lost family, friends, and loved ones as a result of the virus, and has somehow manged to be one of the only ones who survived a less potent strain of it, leaving her immune. Her little cousin Meredith is also immune after contracting the flu and being treated with some of Kaelyn's blood. Cut off from the outside world, they assume that their island is the only place that has been devastated by the illness, but when her best friend Leo returns to the island after making his way there from New York, they soon find out that the the virus has spread world wide and everything is in a state of total chaos. It is Kaelyn's 17th birthday. Not knowing where to go from here or what to do next, she is going through some of her father's things when she discovers a key, a key that was missed before, a key that just happens to be to his lab. She sneaks into the lab and discovers her father's journal and a vaccine that he has been working on, a vaccine that he had tested on himself before he died. Kaelyn know she has to get the vaccine to someone who can replicate it and make enough to treat everyone left alive, putting a stop to the virus. Not willing to let her go alone, her boyfriend Gavin insists on going with her, while the others stay behind on the island. Before they are able to leave a military strike by some rogue soldiers forces all of them to evacuate sooner than anticipated in order to save their lives. Warned and rescued by one the soldiers that deserted this rogue group, Tobias, they make plans to together travel towards Ottawa, to find someone who can replicate the vaccine. This is their story, the story of their journey in a world ravaged by illness where people are just trying to survive by any means possible. Not only do they have to stay away from those who are sick, they also have to constantly face the threat of danger from those who want what they have and are willing to take it by any means necessary. They meet friend and foe along the way, and face some of the hardest choices that they have ever had to make in the process of the journey, finding themselves hunted by those who say they want to help, not knowing who they can trust. When illness threatens one of their own, they are faced with a whole other set of trials, which tests their character and their resolve. Can they find help before it's too late, not only for the world, but also for one of their own?I enjoyed this novel. The concept and premise of the story, while not unique, is still very intriguing and sobering, as it is easy to foresee something like this happening for real, especially since those contracting the virus don't turn into zombies, which leaves this fictional novel having more of a nonfictional feel to it. I like Kaelyn's character. She is a strong heroine and truly cares about those she's with, knows, and loves, and also those she has never met, all of whom she is trying to save. She and Gavin are in a relationship, as are Leo and Tessa. Leo is Kaelyn's best friend, who she loves dearly, but also wonders if those feelings are all just rooted in friendship, and she's not the only one who is wondering this. Two new characters are introduced into their close-knit group in this installment, Tobias and Justin, who is young and a bit of a loose cannon. There is not a lot of closure on anything in this installment, but more of a building up to the third book. I did like it, but it does still leaves you with some really "I need to know what's going to happen" type of questions. We get a glimpse of Kaeyln's brother Drew, but hopefully he will play a bigger role in the next book. The ending is a bit of a cliffhanger, though not a killer one, but more of a hopeful, rooting for the best type of situation. One of the things I found intriguing was the title itself. At face value, you would just think it centers around all who have died because of the virus. Actually, Kaelyn is pondering upon the past, about how everything has changed, and how no matter what they do, things will never be the same again. The lives they once knew that were happy, carefree, and normal, no longer exist......becoming the lives they lost. I thought that was a very creative concept. This apocalyptic novel also has a dystopian feel, along with some romance, and some intense situations. If you enjoy this type of novel, then The Fallen World series series is something you might want to check out.
    • 4/5
      I'm loving the way sequels are getting better and better. For me, there is just much more added depth to the story. The virus is spreading faster and wider than what originally thought. Diving right back into the plot, Kaelyn is running out of time. She is trying to survive as well as find a cure. The adventure of taking a possible cure to trustable scientist is great. She is faced with people who want to kill her, people who want to steal it, and people who want to help. Which is hard to know giving what is going in her present time. Not to mention, the virus is sneaking up on her loved one fast!Now, the love interest certainly had aspects I did not think would happen. Thankfully, there is not "love triangle" but really just "the one who got away." I like that Kaelyn emotions where not swept away by this hasty decisions but her loyalty never wavered. She knew who she loved and she made it clear.The ending of the book gets so intense that it actually made my hands hurt (Yes, I was gripping the book that tight). Once I read the few last lines I felt immensely sad and angry. It ended on a questionable note that makes me want more.The Lives We Lost is brilliant told story. With amazing footsteps to follow end, I can assure you that you will not get bored. Instead, your mind will be filled with action, love and the fighting to survive.