Apocalypse Cow

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While O.R. Sorrel‘s awesome Apocalypse Cow debut might be dystopian YA romance at its best, it’s certainly not dystopian YA romance as you know it. The question is, might this be the end of the world as we know it?! Given what a lively page-turner this is, readers won’t have to wait long to find out. 

Narrated by the inimitable Mel — “the only out lesbian in our school, and quite possibly the surrounding thousand miles, since Year Eight” — the story begins with Mel mooning (well, lusting) over Sasha: “My best friend. The future mother of my children”.

So far, so funny, and the stage seems set for a classic “will-they-won’t-they?” YA romcom. But then comes the killer twist. Against the background of it being 30 degrees in January, Mel has an encounter with a “rabid cow” and then comes a government announcement about ”an unprecedented natural event” and an advisory to seek shelter.

With everything “fire and rain and falling trees and mutants”, Mel is forced to take shelter in the sprawling mansion of irritating posh-boy Dorian, along with Ella, her former BFF from childhood-turned-enemy. Just as it looks like they might be the last people on Earth, in the company of giant hedgehogs, mutant mice that can melt titanium doors, and talking ravens with red mohawks, her enlarged pet rabbit delivers a message to Dorian’s mansion… Laced with lust, laughs and truths of the heart, with a comic love quadrangle, Apocalypse Cow is a super-refreshing read.

Joanne Owen

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