This novel is unlike anything I have ever read. It is not your typical dystopian novel and it
keeps you on your toes until the last page.
It is a story of what the world would be like if aliens invaded, but not
in a way that you would first think.
Instead, their ship is just this ominous being in the sky and then a
series of events-waves, crash into the Earth and they destroy humanity one wave
at a time. You don’t know who to trust,
whether you will live to see the next day but you keep going because if you are
the end of the human race you will go down with a fight.
This book is amazing from the action packed plot, to the
great characters, and the twist on war, love, friendship and what it means to
be human. Yancey keeps you turning the
page because he keeps you guessing every step of the way and you have to know
what is coming next.
There is great character development and Yancey paints such
a vivid picture that you feel Cassie’s loneliness, Sammy’s fear, and Zombie’s
anger. You fight for each of them, hoping they are the good guys because you,
as the reader, don’t quite know who to trust.
The switching of narrative and perspective was confusing the first time
it switched but after you got into the flow of the new characters rhythm and
language it was easy. I normally don’t
like narrative switching because typically I am more invested in one story over
the other but Yancey did such an amazing job of showing that it was completely
necessary to see part of it from Cassie’s eyes in order to understand Sammy,
and you need Sammy’s perspective to completely grasp Zombie and Zombie brings
more to the table that you did not see coming.
Yancey also gives each character such a distinctive voice that you know
when it is Cassie talking or Zombie that the shift seems normal and makes for a
richer story.
What else can I say but that I highly recommend this book to
anyone who loves Sci-Fi, adventure, aliens, war stories and friendship. I
cannot wait to pick up the 2nd book in this series.
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