... 
 I don't actually know if I liked this or not. Which is a crying shame because I loved The 5th Wave. Like "5-star throw the book across the room it was so good" kind of thing. 
 But this just seemed really... disjointed? The writing was unusually unclear at times, which makes me wonder if that wasn't the author's intention. Especially given the 11th hour misdirection that gets thrown in right near the end of this. 
 I like secrets and mysteries. I enjoy puzzling my way through them as the narrative lays them out. But there's a well crafted line between that and intentionally obtuse phrasing and dangling the "I know something you don't know" in front of me. 
 And I'm still unclear on what what going on at the end of this. Yancey throws another massive plot twist at the end, but it's lost in the jumbled nonsense that's the last major section of the book. It seems like the author is taking the plot in a totally different direction for the next book and I don't know if I want to follow. 
 My disappointment here is reminiscent of how I felt about More Than This, actually. Like, you've got me. I've suspended my disbelief. But just freaking commit to your plot devices and genre would you? It's made even more frustrating by how damn good book one was. And now this has sort of soured the whole thing for me.