What is a starred review? Seriously, aren't they all "starred"? I don't know a single book review site that allows you to give a book a 0 star rating. So by definition, all the reviews are starred. The back of this book though, Rick Yancey's The Infinite Sea, features three "starred reviews" that praise the first book in this seriously awesome series, The 5th Wave. "Amazing!" "Gripping!" "A Sure Thing!"
And okay, they do not lie. This is a damned good series so far. I don't have any free time (really, I don't), but I just sat down with this book and read it in about five hours. Should I have spent five hours reading? Probably not.
Definitely not.
Could I have stopped?
Not a chance.
The Infinite Sea is the second book in an absolutely must-read YA sci-fi series. You will not be disappointed. Aliens, mind games, twists, unforgettable characters - it's all there. And you know how second books in a series tend to feel a little disappointing? Like, it's good, but it's not as good as the first book . . . wrong! The Infinite Sea is just as good as The 5th Wave. It even answers some questions we've had since the beginning, some really important questions - which second books in series rarely do. Second books often feel like watered-down bridges that are just getting you to the third book, in which the real important stuff happens. Not The Infinite Sea. There's a considerable amount of progress, many questions get answered, many things are discovered - but don't worry! There's still plenty left over for the third book. Not everything adds up yet. You still need to know what happens next.
I still need to know what happens next.
Excellent work, Mr. Yancey.
Consider this a 5-starred review.
