The Last Star (The 5th Wave #3) by Rick Yancey.

"The dark but necessary conclusion to Yancey's series. It brings everything to a close but the cost is always high. Yancey handles it all in gently heart breaking way. Post-apocalyptic YA Sci-Fi at its best."

Pros: Yancey does wrap it up well with a pretty good bow, one of the times a rare ray of light shines through this overall very dark series.

Cons: Not a con per se but reading this series through now as an adult, it is dark. Like, sure, the protagonists are mostly teenagers but, it can get heavy at times, so tread lightly/Though there were some truly deep parts, the ending did go on for a bit.

Full Review:

This is one of those times where I feel obligated to say that if you haven't read the first two books in the series, then stop here. Go back and get a copy of The 5th Wave and then please, proceed...

***SPOILER ALERT***

It's been 6 weeks since Cassie and company escaped Urbana, Ringer was captured, tormented and freed and the Aliens prep for the final wave. Stashed safely away in Grace, the Silencer's safe house. Evan, Cassie, Ben, Dumbo, Sam, Megan and of course, Bear, are there. It's now 4 days until something big happens. He won't say it out loud but Cassie can tell something is up because Evan seems more doom and gloom than usual.

Meanwhile, enhanced Ringer has been wandering the wilderness for 40 days and the metaphor is not lost on her. She does the only thing she knows how. She returns to Vosch and is assigned another mission.

If I said anything more, I'd give something away, well, I kind of already did, hence the spoiler alert.

Anyway, I feel like Yancey, in his truly dark and realistic way, ties The 5th Wave series up with a nice, shiny green bow. The tale of Cassiopeia (Cassie) Sullivan, the girl who once thought she was all that was left of humanity, has come to a close and it truly is a memorable one.

Cassie is in no way perfect, none of the characters are. And that's what makes this series stand out. The characters are predictably but forgivably flawed. Yancey is great at bringing out the humanity, even in the worst of us. It got a little repetitive at times but his overall message of, love conquers all was saccharine but honestly, the world could use a lot more love right now.

Painfully dark at times it was also a good reminder that even when the worst is happening, you just have to keep going. "What do we do when we can't walk anymore soldier? We crawl."

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