The Infinite Sea y Rick Yancey is the sequel to his young adult bestseller The Fifth Wave and another post-apocalyptic YA novel.
I highly recommend either grabbing a Cliff’s Notes on the first book or finding a quick summary if you’ve not read it in some time. I failed to do so and I found myself struggling to figure out who the characters in this second book were. I suppose this is the problem with getting into a series before it’s finished.
I recall enjoying this book and finishing it in just a few days. Unfortunately I don’t recall enough of the plot to really give a great summary. We find the survivors of The Fifth Wave holding up in an abandoned hotel not far from the events of the first book. This book allows you to get to know different characters better. In the first I believe we just got Evan, Cassie and Ben. This one introduces us to the inner workings of Ringer, a lonely sharpshooter with a dry sense of humor, fierce loyalty and crazy bravery. I like her even better than Cassie, our supposed heroine, if I’m being perfectly honest. I can’t get over how much time people seem to devote in YA post-apocalyptic lit to love, relationships, love triangles, etc. Ringer is all “ain’t nobody got time for that.” She is human, sure, and Yancey definitely appears to be setting her up for a nice pairing off with Ben, but it’s not her focus, and that’s refreshing.
I don’t know if Yancey plans more in the series. I would imagine so as this one ends ripe for another entry, and since that’s all the rage these days. I’ll read it though, despite sounding like a hipster naysayer just now.