Reviews for other books in this series: The Infinite Sea and The Last Star

Starting out this review, I'll give you a few head's up. 1. Aliens are not my thing & 2. That said, I absolutely LOVED The Infinite Sea and encourage everyone to hold on through The 5th Wave because it gets better (worse?)

We all know the premise. Extraterrestrials show up and try to wipe out the human species. They do this methodically through 5 waves of destruction. But humans find ways to survive. We always do.

Enter Cassie, who's on the run after her parents end up dead and her brother is taken by parties that claim to be a government organization designed to keep the next generations safe. Uh huh. Cassie is trying to stay alive while being hunted down by the Others and is one day shot. She's then rescued by Evan, who is pretty much everyone's book boyfriend within a few pages of being introduced.

On the flip side, her brother is being trained to take out the aliens in tandem with the guy Cassie had a thing for and a band of other orphaned kiddos. Cassie has to break in and rescue him so WHAT COULD GO WRONG?!

Here's the truth about this book: it felt heavy on the military type stuff and the portrayal of the female characters wasn't super believable. I was disappointed in it, but it gets 3 stars because the premise is good and the series is worth your investment. Catch up now before The Last Star comes out in a few weeks!