The Wastelander by E.S. Luck [REVIEW]

🔥 ARC Review for The Wastelander by E.S. Luck 🔥

The Wastelander by E.S. Luck

Release Date: June 30, 2024

Pages:  358

Format: 📱

⚠️Content Warning⚠️

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What to Expect in The Wastelander by E.S. Luck

🖤Cliffhanger

💙Dystopia

🖤Forbidden

💙Forced Proximity

🖤Friends with Benefits

💙Opposites Attract

🖤Post-Apocalyptic

💙Science-Fiction

🖤Slow-Burn

💙Survival

🖤Touch Her and D!e

The Wastelander Book Description:

Born in a secure compound amidst the ashes of a world long dead, Claire Ainsley knows her place in the world: work her assigned job, live with her assigned husband, and keep her head down and her mouth shut. She knows what every compound resident has been taught: the world outside is a Wasteland, and the only thing more terrifying than leaving the compound is being forced to confront those who live outside—the ones left behind.

But her safe, contained life is destroyed when she narrowly survives an attack conceived from within the compound itself. Only by fleeing into the terrifying Wasteland, a vast wilderness populated by bloodthirsty, cannibalistic Wastelanders, can she escape a violent end at the hands of her fellow compound dwellers.

Captured by the very savages she feared, she is saved by John Madigan, a mysterious and capable survivor—and a Wastelander. She tries to deny the instant chemistry she feels with a man that is one moment terrifying, the next patient and caring, but eventually, neither can resist the blazing passion between them. But the Wasteland is harsh, and her time with John fleeting. As his personal mission comes to an end, he must return to his homeland, leaving her with little choice but to learn to survive without the man whose protection is her only salvation in an uncompromising post-apocalyptic landscape.

The Wasteland of this world has not been kind to those unchosen.

The Wastelander Ratings:

FMC: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25

MMCs: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25

Plot: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25

The Wastelander Review: 

While they come from different worlds, Claire and John have one goal – Survive. 

This is another book that’s outside my normal subgenres and I’m very happy I picked it up! E.S. Luck does a fantastic job of building this post-apocalyptic world The Wastelander is set in. The clear and descriptive writing makes it easy for the reader to get lost in the dystopia. The story does end on the cliffhanger, but breathe easy! There’s no imminent danger for our MCs. 

The Wastelander is perfect for fans of Fallout and The Last of Us, Badass FMCs, and an MMC who would burn the world down for you. 

Thank you to E.S. Luck for the ARC.