Hearts Still Beating
by Brooke Archer
Descriptions
Gripping, romantic, and impossible to put down, this dark and immersive post-apocalyptic debut YA novel is about two teen girls who loved each other before the end of the world ? and before one of them became infected with the virus that turned her into a monster.Perfect for fans of Krystal Sutherland, Adam Silvera, and the darkly human side of the HBOMax horrordrama, The Last of Us.Seventeen-year-old Mara is dead?mostly.Infected with a virus that brought the dead back to life and the world to its knees, she wakes up in a facility to learn a treatment for the disease has been found. No longer a Tick, Mara is placed in an experimental resettlement program. But her recovery is complicated by her destination: she?s sent to live with the best friend she hasn?t seen since the world ended?and since their first and only kiss.Seventeen-year-old Rory is alive?barely.With impaired mobility from an injury and a dead sister, Rory?s nightmares are just as monstrous as the Ticks that turned her