"Powerful pre-apocalypse page-turner in which morality is tested to excruciating limits"
July 2021 Debut of the Month
Opening with the arresting scene of a body being discovered, the third in a month, Chris Whitaker’s The Forevers is a thought-provoking page-turner founded on a killer concept - if you could get away with anything without consequence, if the world was about to end, what would you do?
“The dead girl lay face down, ashen hair fanned out like she’d been posed. Some kind of terrible masterpiece Mae knew she’d never forget”. This is the grim reality of Mae’s present. At seventeen, she thinks back to ten years earlier, when news of the asteroid first broke - a ticking timebomb that’s set to explode. There’s no avoiding the terrible truth - “She was seventeen years old. She would die in one month”, for the Earth was “so broken not a thing would survive.” Amidst increasing rumbles and tremors, amidst people’s preparations for death, the discovery of the body of Mae’s popular peer Abi provokes questions - Did she jump? Was she pushed?
The sense of time running out, and the brutal psychological impact of knowing that the end is nigh, is masterfully evoked in all its heart-stopping starkness, while the dynamics between the young adult characters are authentically realised. All in all, this near-dystopian thriller has thought-provoking bite.
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The Forevers is the type of book you only really have to pick up once. The plot drives along each page, so there isn't enough time to get bored- it's amazing how many secrets can be uncovered within the span of the book, and how much can take place before the significant event of the world ending. It gets you to think, was it all even worth it if they're just going to get wiped away in the end?
The Forevers is the type of book you only really have to pick up once. The plot drives along each page, so there isn't enough time to get bored- it's amazing how many secrets can be uncovered within the span of the book, and how much can take place before the significant event of the world ending. It gets you to think, was it all even worth it if they're just going to get wiped away by Selena in the end?
The depth of each discovery is also quite astonishing: each character has been thoroughly thought out.... Read Full Review
What would you do if you knew the world was going to be destroyed by a huge asteroid in one month? The mesmerising YA debut from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel 2021 and the New York Times Bestselling author of We Begin at the End.
They knew the end was coming. They saw it ten years back, when it was far enough away in space and time and meaning. The changes were gradual, and then sudden. For Mae and her friends, it means navigating a life where action and consequence are no longer related. Where the popular are both trophies and targets. And where petty grudges turn deadlier with each passing day. So, did Abi Manton jump off the cliff or was she pushed? Her death is just the beginning of the end. With teachers losing control of their students and themselves, and the end rushing toward all of them, it leaves everyone facing the answer to one, simple question...
What would you do if you could get away with anything?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Forevers and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
The Forevers features in the following genres: Crime & Mystery, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Gritty Reads, Star Books, Featured Books for Young Adults
The Forevers is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Forevers was written by Chris Whitaker and published by Hot Key Books
The Forevers has 339 pages
£8.09
