After millions of giant, murderous butterflies hatch and descend hungrily across the world, three siblings and their two friends hunker down in their home, trying to fill the days in the hopes that their mom will find her way home, or the butterflies will die out. As the butterlfy bites start turning people rabid, the tension increases.

This is set almost entirely in one house, and it was so realistic. Unlike other post-apocalyptic style books, for a while the found family still has the internet, and TV, so many scenes of them doom scrolling and trying to find ways to pass the time were reminiscent of the COVID 19 lockdown in the UK.

I did think this was going to be on my best of 2024 list and a easy 5 stars, but the ending let me down, suddenly switching to months later and quickly telling us the information we were waiting for, and I really wanted that moment where they find out if their mom made it home, so I was disappointed I didn't get that.