The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Elena Mendoza is a miracle, literally.
The product of parthenogenesis, a virgin birth, Elena’ life has been quirky indeed.
As you can imagine, this anomaly made the headlines, making Elena low-key famous.
She does her best to just live her life, ignoring the chatter around her, but it hasn’t always been easy.
Elena has never really fit in and although she has some close relationships, she’s far from one of the popular kids.
When the girl she has been crushing on, Freddie, comes close to losing her life, right in front of Elena’s eyes, she discovers she has the ability to heal. A power she never realized she had.
However, the power comes at a price.
Every time she heals, a random number of people disappear, sucked up by a bright light; raptured, if you will.
Through Elena’s own musings, as well as her conversations with certain inanimate objects, we begin to slowly understand the reality of her situation.
Somehow, she needs to save the world. The future of humanity rests on her young shoulders, or does it?
This was so good. Wildly creative and although the content may seem over the top, there are some incredibly important topics to be found within these pages.
Examining complex relationships, as well as the power of free will and identity, this will definitely stick with me.
There’s no doubt, if you are looking for a queer story to make you think about life and the choices we make, Shaun David Hutchinson is a good way to go.
This was completely unique and stole my heart in an oddly compelling way!
I’m so happy my random number generator selected this book for me to read off of my enormous TBR list.
Who knows how long it would have actually taken me to get to it otherwise!? I really enjoyed my time reading this.