While readers may not yet fully understand what the Others are up to, the title, an allusion to a speech made by Shakespeare's Juliet, is a clue to what's driving the survivors: love. I'm in a game," she says, "in which I don't know the rules or even the object." Despite the gore, inhumanity, and senseless losses, Yancey manages an ending that both shatters and uplifts. "Bluffs inside bluffs, feints within counterfeints. At one point, Ringer admits to dizziness, a sensation readers may share. With winter approaching, they squabble over how to attempt survival, with Ringer questioning whether Cassie's refusal to budge until they know what happened to Evan, who helped them escape but who may be an Other, means she's fallen in love with the enemy. Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is quirky and odd, while Finny is sweet and shy and everyone like s him. Autumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Heroine Cassie, renegade soldier Ringer, and fellow survivor Ben have led a band of military camp escapees to a decaying hotel somewhere in Ohio. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut. From an explosive start that reveals the boundless malevolence of Yancey's conquering alien Others, this gut-wrenching sequel to The 5th Wave careens on a violent course of nonstop action.
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