The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancy

infinite seaWe all know that The Fifth Wave was an amazing book, but could the second book live up to those expectations? Yes and no… The plot of the book was amazing, and there was a whole entire section written from Ringer’s point of view. I have been wanting that for so long because we never really got to know Ringer that well in the first book, even though we really like her. But, I feel like throughout the whole story, the problem with the “Others” didn’t progress much. They are still waiting for the Fifth Wave to hit, and they haven’t really learned anything new.

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The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy

I knthe fifth wave.jpgow what you’re thinking, Ugh, another one of those horrible YA dystopian novels. They’re all the same. But this book isn’t another Hunger Games or another Divergent, the characters readers meet have depth and are developed extremely well and the book is also full of suspense.

Earth has been invaded by an alien species that seeks to destroy all humans in five waves. The 1st was an electromagnetic pulse that killed all the power. The 2nd was a giant earthquake that resulted in tsunamis. The 3rd was a deadly virus spread by birds, and the 4th was aliens actually invading the bodies of humans, so people couldn’t even trust each other anymore. Billions of people are dead, and the 5th wave has yet to be experienced.

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