The 5th Wave

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It was recommended to me by a friend and based on her description it sounded like just another YA dystopian story along the lines of Maze Runner, Hunger Games, Divergent, etc.... I'll admit that I enjoyed those for what they were and gave this one a shot because of that.

The first thing I noticed when I started reading this was that it's not necessarily a book intended for a YA audience. Sure, it has all the elements YA fiction, but the language was an immediate tip-off that this isn't meant for kids. Also, much to my delight, I found that the story was much darker than the recent influx of YA dystopian stories.

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would and I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series.