![]() ![]() Afterworlds by Darcy Patel is a complete story with a killer opening chapter and an imaginative retelling of the underworld myth. While Darcy navigates the unfamiliar adult streets of the Big Apple, readers get to read the story that put her there. Interspersed between Darcy’s story is her first publishing attempt and the reason she is in New York City. Her story is an honest coming-of-age story as she graduates from teen to adult with all of the responsibilities and pressures that come with such a role. Darcy herself is likable but naive, determined to succeed in her writing as well as her bout of independence but emotionally unprepared to do so. Darcy experiences many firsts as her life unfolds in the city – her first author event, her first love interest, her first apartment, her first job, her first understanding of the grown-up world of paying rent. It is intense and scary, heady and uncomfortable. ![]() There is Darcy’s story and her journey into the publishing world. ![]() Westerfeld uses this methodology to cross the very real publishing world with the very imaginary “Afterworld”.īy all accounts, this attempt should work. ![]()
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