This is the second book in yet another three-book post-apocalyptic series aimed at young adults. This novel picks up shortly after The Fifth Wave ends (so much so that I had to go back and re-read my review for the first book to remind me of the plot) and follows the journey of Cassie Sullivan and a band of young “soldiers”—Zombie, Teacup, Poundcake, Nugget, and Ringer. However, this book is as much Ringer’s story as Cassie’s as the book spends even more time telling the […]

This is a solid YA novel set in a dystopian but all too real future—where super storms have battered the coasts of the United States, where fossil fuels have pretty much run out, and where the gap between the haves and have nots has widened to a chasm. Our hero is Nailer, a teen who works on a crew that salvages parts from wrecked oiled tankers along the gulf coast—dangerous work that barely provides enough to keep him and his co-workers alive. However, they all dream […]