Damn - talk about a mind fuck. Left and right and back again, in circles, over and over. And literally the second you think you have anything figured out, this book turns it up-side-down AGAIN. I THINK, at the very end, we learned there are actually no aliens at all, just enhanced humans? Humans did this to their fellow humans? The extreme dystopia inherent in that plot line is horrifying. Truly. and in the middle of it all - poor Marika, or Ringer, as she has completely morphed into. The fact that she is still functioning at all, after everything her mind has been through (and body really) is a testament to the resilience of the young. And her connection with Razor, and what he did at the end to Teacup to set Ringer "free," was a stunner that I should have seen coming (since there is no holding back by Yancey on the loss in this series), but was still dumbstruck to read. And the unpredictability of love (Razor's for Ringer, Ringer's for Teacup and Razor too really, Cassie's for Sam and now Evan, Evan's for Cassie, and whatever is/was going on for poor Ben) - that that's the one thing that may save the human race as we know it, because it's impossible to guess how far someone would go for a person they love. Such a statement. Such a reality, really, if you've ever experienced love and imagined the what you would do if the worst were to happen. I can't wait to read the last one because, honestly, I just really want to know what is actually going on, what the reality is behind this mind fuck of a story. Damn.