The 5th Wave

Originally posted on bluchickenninja.com.

I was really surprised by this. It's a very good alien invasion type book. Despite being YA and having some romance in it, it doesn't focus on the romance (something that has annoyed me in other books (I'm talking about you Across The Universe grumble grumble)). Also it has a bunch of references to Star Wars and Star Trek which was nice. For example: “And there was his face against the smudged glass and his smile as he rocketed across a galaxy far, far away in his yellow X-wing starfighter, jumping to warp speed, until the dusty yellow space-ship was swallowed by dust.”