Wake Me After the Apocalypse by Jordan Rivet

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

A clever, fast-paced YA dystopic sci-fi, perfect for fans of The 100.

An asteroid, twice as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs, is headed for Earth. Luckily, the science of cryo-sleep has been perfected and groups of 18-25 year-olds are selected to survive the coming apocalypse by sleeping for 200 years in bunkers below ground.

The book cleverly shifts between past a present as we follow our main character, Johanna, the only one in her section of over 1,000 to wake up 200 years into the future. Then we flip back to months before the asteroid is about to hit Earth when Johanna is selected to participate in the cryo-sleep program.

This book left me wondering what was going to happen next. How Johanna would survive in the future, as obstacles crash into her way both literally and figuratively. The storytelling is amazing. I was holding my breath for parts, and my heart broke at others. I'll definitely be reading #2. I need to find out what happens!

This book is best read at Apocalypse Camp, while secretly holding hands with your crush. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.