Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose [Review]

Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose [Review]
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Date read: September 6, 2025

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Jeneva Rose
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Casey Pearson grew up with a doomsday-prepping father. At eighteen, tired of living an unconventional life, she left home, vowing never to return.

More than a decade later, a mysterious viral outbreak changes everything, including the people it infects, turning them into zombielike creatures. It’s the end of the world, and no one saw it coming—well, except for Casey’s father. With no place left to run and danger lurking around every corner, Casey is forced to return home.

Upon arrival, she’s surprised to find that her dad has hunkered down with a group of survivors, including her archnemesis, Blake Morrison, the high school bully who made Casey’s teenage years a living hell.

While struggling to live on the compound, face outside threats, and survive alongside her handsome enemy, Casey will learn that although the world has ended, hers is just beginning.

Thoughts on Dating After the End of the World: Romance when the world is trying to eat you (literally, in this case) is fun, but several of Casey's problems probably wouldn't have been problems if she'd been a better communicator. Which is a thing, I get it. Some people just don't want to share. But when people are trying to devour you, maybe take the time to listen and be honest. Just saying.

So. Casey gets to witness the end of civilization as she knows it firsthand. As a doctor, she's RIGHT THERE when things start to go down. She escapes, but staying in the city isn't viable since not only is it overrun with zombies, the living are as much a threat as the dead. That said, she's hesitant to take that first step because the world is a mess and she doesn't want to run home to the father she abandoned years before. Then the choice is taken out of her hands and soon she's on the road.

Home, however, has changed some since she left. For one, her prepper father has drawn a small community around him and they're making it work. Also, the boy who tormented her in school is right in the thick of things in their compound. Which rubs Casey in all the wrong ways. Until, you know, it doesn't. But by then there are other complications she needs to deal with.

Zombies, bad guys, harrowing supply runs, an ex who is kind of a jerk, family ties, a former bully who has changed over the years, and a lady who's just trying to figure out how to stay alive as the world burns down around her. I liked the book overall, but I'm not a huge fan of how it ended (mostly because I like a little happiness at the end at this gave that and then threw in the potential for some REALLY BAD THINGS right when things got good).