Love in the Time of Global Warming

They call the apocalyptic event the Earth Shaker, which causes tsunamis and fires everywhere and giants swarming across Los Angeles eating people. Pen sees her family washed away. She and her friends see piles of bones on the streets everywhere "just the hair left on the heads like string." The goriest moment is when Pen punctures a giant's eye with scissors; a character later loses an eye but it's not described. She's also tied to a giant's bed and force-fed meat that's probably human. There are a couple sad deaths and one death by sword.

Main characters have a sexual relationship, with kissing, nakedness in a pool, and mutual masturbation described. One character offers sex for freedom; the sex isn't described. There's lots of drugged hooking up at the Lotus Hotel and talk of crushes and kissing a friend. The sirens are bare-breasted.

All the biggies are here, including variations of "f--k," "s--t," "bitch," and the gay slur "f-g." But te swearing isn't constant.

Hex's backstory includes drinking and taking heavy drugs from the age of 13 until his friend overdoses. Now he just likes cigarettes and mentions them more often than he can get his hands on them. Pen talks of when she smoked pot and got drunk with friends. She and Hex take the mystery drugs at the Lotus Hotel and can't remember how much time has passed. A mention of drunken little people staying at the hotel during the filming of the Wizard of Oz.