Apocalypchix

Viral High, Book 1

By: K. A. Riley

Narrated by: Elizabeth Phillips

What happens when the first day of school is the last day of the world? For 16-year-old Virtue, navigating 11th grade is hard enough. Throw in the mass carnage of the Purple War, the brain-mangling Lemming Plague, and the overnight, post-apocalyptic breakdown of civilization, and suddenly, arguing with her parents, being picked on by bullies, and tyrannized by her teachers doesn’t seem quite so devastating.

Now, trapped on the campus of her elite, co-ed boarding school, Virtue’s new priorities are saving her best friend (and potential boyfriend?), fending off Virulents, dodging Clique Baiters and Serial Daters, and rescuing Beynac—her Golden Retriever service dog. Oh, and surviving.

It took 16 years of torment and insecurity to make Virtue a wallflower. It took a single day of classes (and an academy full of brainwashed, dog-stealing, finger-eating killers) to turn her into the school’s most feared and deadly badass.

©2022 K. A. Riley (P)2022 K. A. Riley

Not your average apocalyptic teen novel

I love the way the author wrote this book. Yes, some of the names of the virus type stuff are a little dumb, but she really approached it from a standpoint on what technology could be doing to our world today, and it’s easy for us to relate to, and not to mention the featured bad ass disable heroin with a bad ass emotional support dog and all in all, it’s a great book and all in all a truly unique read. I can’t wait for the second one to come out.!