Wilder Girls

Here it is. Best damned thing I read all summer (so far!), and I really expected to be let down because I've kind of been disappointed by the last 10 YA novels I've attempted. I was also concerned because the cover is so gorgeous. Don't laugh! Sometimes they put beautiful covers on lackluster reads just to polish them up.
I'm not going to read anyone else's reviews, because I'm sure this book will have it's haters. I LOVED it and COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!! Yes the girls are a little hard to tell apart. It's mostly their personalities: Hetty, grumpy and tough, Byatt, grumpier and tough, Reece, grumpiest and tough, but it worked for me that they were friends and had closed ranks in the midst of an emergency. The world-building was above par.
I think it belongs in the environmental horror genre and it is amazing. I had some preconceptions going in and I just want to state that comparing this book to Lord of the Flies is a stretch. There are adult authority figures present. Second, someone told me this was heavy on same sex love and...no, I disagree. It's about real friendship, there is one relationship sort of highlighted, but understand that this story is almost NON-STOP action and ain't nobody got time for blossoming romances.
Love, love, loved it. I don't need a sequel or a series. It was perfect.