Spoilers ahead. Stop now if you haven't read both The 5th Wave & the Infinite Sea.

Phew, what an absolute mind f***. Yancey doesn't pull any punches here, from the toddlers as human bombs and the copious amounts of blood, violence, and torture. And I loved every line.

I wasn't expecting such a focus on Ringer's point of view, but after the big reveal about the nature of the alien invasion, I totally got it. I'm super scared for Cassie, Ben and gang in book three.

I must also take a moment to praise Yancey's writing. Each character's POV is entirely unique. I can tell just by reading who's head I'm in, and I love it. Cassie's especially, due to her manic snarky-ness in the craziest of moments.

My favorite quote:

“You make your whole existence dependant on another human being you’re asking for a world of trouble. Think of every tragic love story ever written. And I didn’t want to play Juliet to anybody’s Romeo, not if I could help it. Even if the only candidate available was willing to die for me and sitting right beside me holding my hand and looking deeply into my eyes with the not-so-gah-now eyes the colour of melted chocolate. Plus being practically naked under those covers and possession the body of a Hollister dude . . . but I’m not getting into all that.”