Afterworlds Audiobook

Quotes

• “It’s a fabulous conceit and a masterful accomplishment. Unmistakably Westerfeld in full command of a prodigious talent, doing something complicated and difficult and making it look easy, even as it grabs you and drags you through its dark streets, laughing and crying along with both Darcy and Lizzie.”

  — Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author of Homeland

• “By far Westerfeld’s best since his Uglies series. YA aficionados of all subgenres should definitely snag this coming-of-age tale told in two interwoven stories, both equally engaging and remarkably spellbinding.”

  — RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)

• “During National Novel Writing Month, Darcy Patel, eighteen, pounds out a ‘Hindu paranormal romance’ that earns her an advance hefty enough to fund a college education…The back-and-forth between Darcy’s story and her thriller is dizzying, but ‘Reading Zealots’ like the kids Darcy hung with in high school will love the insider details about the YA writer’s life…An ambitious concept, well executed.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “Westerfeld masterfully creates two divergent reading experiences (YA romance and fantasy horror) with two distinct yet believable voices in Darcy and Lizzie—and, somehow, makes them mesh into one cohesive novel.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “Westerfeld offers two novels in one: the story of Lizzie Scofield, a teenager who escapes a terrorist attack by somehow crossing into the afterlife…and the story of eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel, who has just signed a contract to publish the novel Lizzie anchors…Watching Darcy’s story play off Darcy’s novel will fascinate readers as well as writers.”

  — Kirkus Reviews