THE LAST STARS IN THE SKY

BY KATE HEWITT

I have just finished reading “The Last Stars in the Sky” by Kate Hewitt. Thanks you to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is not the type of book I would normally read. It is about a family of five who journeys to their summer cabin in Canada to start anew after the husband loses his job and they lose the house. Alex, the wife feels as though an extended trop to the cabin will be the answer to reset their lives. The son Sam, stays at college and the rest of the family travels to the cabin. A few days after they arrive…there is a nuclear strike in the USA and they are left without food water or safety. With their future in jeapordt, Daniel (The Husband) leaves the family to go find ;Sam, while Alex, and her two daughters are left at the remote cabin to survive.

And survive they do…through resilience and sheer determination they learn to hunt, fish, forage in the woods, and suvive agains the odds…sometimes doing and seeing things they would never want to do. Meanwhile Daniel struggles to find Sam…and endures his own survival in what seems like horrible consequences.

The story culminates in some feel good moments…but ultimately, the family must work together to keep surviving, but at this point, the reader is fairly confident that they will all survive.

I loved the characters in this story. They were real and honest and scared and resilient when they had to be. There were some ugly moments but moments of great triumph as well. The suthor did an excellent job of showing both the wonderful and horribly ugly side of humanity.

I wish more time had been spent describing the journey of Daniel when he went looking for Sam. We still don’t know what he did that was so awful…we can only imagine and maybe that is the whole point.

All in all…i liked this book ALOT! A welcome departure from my usual choices that tells the story of survival and sacrifice and the human spirit.

Happy Reading

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