Nirvana by J. R. Stewart
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

In a world where all the bees die, so too do the plants, and the animals that depend on them. And the humans are left with little to build on. This is how the world that we know it ends in Nirvana. What a great concept. Unfortunately, that's as good as it gets. Even though we learn how it ultimately happened, by that time we just don't care.

Protagonist Larissa Kenders refuses to mourn the death of her husband Andrew, instead steadfastly choosing to believe that he is still alive and out there somewhere. He was involved in a series of secret missions that took him into danger and never returned from his final foray. Despite a prolonged search, no sign of his body was ever located. Kenders uses virtual reality as an escape and meeting Andrew there fosters her belief that he's not dead.

This could have been so interesting, but there was little to no character development. Kenders is very one-sided and she never grabbed me or reeled me in. I found it very hard to care what happened to her, or even care if her belief in Andrew was true.

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