I read the prey series, a trilogy by Tom Isbell, before the lorien legacies (the goal was to get over the prey with lorien legacies. It didn't work and now I'm obsessed about both of them :/). It's a science fiction series set in the future a couple decades after a nuclear war. The world is in ruins, there's no internet and barely any electronics.
It's not popular, and I haven't done a lot of digging on the books or the author, but I really like it. I definitely understand why people don't like it, the writing itself could be better and the romance is SO BAD. There's not a ton of character development, but the characters are still really cool and there's some representation in there! The two main characters are both POC as well as a couple others. The nuclear war made a lot of radiation and affected future generations physically, so at least half the characters are a little 'abnormal.'
I enjoyed the plot a lot and it always kept me captivated.
This three books have a special place in my heart, as I was going through a bunch of stuff when I read them, and they made me feel a LOT. When I finished reading the books a couple months ago I was devastated to find no fandom, fanart, or fanfiction. So,,, I drew some of my favorite characters from the trilogy!
Just ignore my bad cursive in the middle. Twitch is my favorite, but he didn't really get a bunch of 'screen time.' Book is one of the main characters.
