I’m going to try, but if you want all the surprises and still plan on reading this, I’d steer clear of the review. This is mostly because it’s incredibly difficult to talk about this book without including spoilers. Going into reading it, I knew a lot of others had enjoyed it, but I didn’t know what it was about other than OMG aliens. My thoughts: The 5th Wave has had a huge buzz building up to it’s release and Penguin has but a lot of money into the marketing. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother-or even saving herself. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them.

After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive.

Synopsis (Goodreads): After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. Published: May 7th 2013 by Putnam Juvenile/Penguin