Most of all, they are smart and insightful, with top-notch character development and world-building. Often times they are even shocking and thoroughly devastating. They are deeper, darker and more densely plotted than your usual YA.
You don't read her books for cheap thrills and cheesy forbidden romance, you read them for the slow-burning action, brutality, honesty and cathartic emotional load.
I find Mindi McGinni's books to be very different from the mainstream YA dystopians and post-apocalyptic thrillers. Admittedly, this isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. Filled with moments of true heartbreak, beautiful and meaningful thoughts and observations, disturbingly vivid portrayals of a world gone oh-so-very-wrong, it's a truly unique and important book. It's a book so skilfully plotted, so thought-provoking and illuminating, it's not only mesmerizing but also completely breathtaking. In A Handful of Dust, to me, is a work of utter brilliance. Together, they will journey to California, where desalinization plants are rumored to be purifying water. And so Lynn makes the decision to abandon her childhood home and leave in search of a new place to live - a new home for Lucy and herself. The water is infected and potentially lethal. But Lynn's little pond is now the source of danger, rather than hope and life. Almost all of the world's water supply is gone, and whatever little there's left is either protected by the government, or guarded by people who won't hesitate to shoot you if you come to close to their precious water source. What we have here is a world driven to the brink of extinction by its own inhabitants humans. These two books sport one amazingly gritty atmosphere. It was just as good (if not better), as Not A Drop To Drink. I didn't think Mindy would write a follow-up, but was beyond thrilled to learn about this companion novel. I loved Not A Drop To Drink - it was one of my favorite novels in 2013. Mindi McGinni's books are exactly my flavor of dark, atmospheric and incredibly intelligent. And if you put your mind to following some of them that never came about, you’ll get lost and not find your way back to the way it really is.” “That’s life, little one-lots of little maybes and what ifs all lined up in a row.
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