So, I'm pretty behind on the popular books, but I finally managed to read this. 
 I was taking a break from reading Shadowhunter Academy on my phone and I flew through this book. It was my first dystopian in a while, just because I've needed a break since my Hunger Games/Divergent/Matched dystopian binge. 
 I do want to watch the movie now and will probably review it once I get the chance to read it. 
 For those of you who don't know, The 5th Wave is about an alien invasion. Basically, a mothership appears and is just hovering over the Earth for 10 days, making no contact with humans at all to show friendly intentions or otherwise. On the tenth day, all the power cuts out. This is the beginning of the waves. 
 The second wave is flooding of all major coastline cities. The third wave is an airborne strand of Ebola. The fourth wave is the aliens coming down to Earth. There is time between these waves to allow humans to be wiped out before the next one hits. 
 Our story picks up after the fourth wave with a girl named Cassie. She's 16 and is still alive after all these attacks. That's all I'm going to leave you with because I don't want to spoil anything, but we do have more narrators than just Cassie. 
 Overall, I had a very fun time reading this book, it was the perfect blend of a lighthearted tone and seriousness. The characters are great and very real as well as a plotline that keeps developing as the story goes on. The reason I gave it 4 stars is because I found myself able to easily predict each development in the story and how it would play out. This often makes me sad in books because I want to be surprised and kept on my toes rather than just waiting for something to happen. 
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