The 5th Wave (2013)

Loved this book! Looking forward to the next in the series! ( )

I really enjoyed this book. Had started it when I received "Allegiant," so HAD to put it down to start and finish that one first! I think this is technically a Teen book, but I would definitely recommend to adults. There are some more mature situations that wouldn't make it work for J only. I really like Rick's writing style. His descriptions are just enough to get the idea firmly in your brain without getting sleepy with details. He really nailed the drill sergeant-like barking. I enjoyed the characters and how with each section they changed and told their part. Good story! ( )

Not entirely predictable. ( )

At times this book was exciting and interesting but it was inconsistently so. Parts of it lagged. The romance between Cassie and Evan did not quite jibe; it just didn't seem to fit with the utter devastation of life on earth and everything Cassie had lost. ( )

Totally loved this sci-fi YA thriller by author Rick Yancey. Very clever in the way he doesn't reveal everything about the alien menace, but just keeps them far enough away that your imagination makes up something truly creepy.

This had everything I love. Fast pacing. Wonderful characters. Plotting that was in places so suspenseful I couldn't read it right before bed... loved the little romantic bits between Cassie and Evan especially, but also between Ben and Ringer. Also the twists and turns... you always knew the others were up to something sinister, but with scene, you could never quite trust who was a good guy and who was a bad guy. Just an all around great book, and I'm excited to read the rest of the series. ( )