New Books!

I got this new books from Barnes & Noble and am really excited to read them. As you can see the covers are beautiful and the books are gorgeous.

The Murder Complex

The Murder Complex book cover

The Murder Complex is a debut novel by Lindsay Cummings. The story was about Meadow and Zephyr, changing between their point of views. It is a dystopian novel in which you kill or be killed. Meadow is tough, she was trained by her father to survive. Zephyr is a trained assassin by the Murder Complex, an organization used for population control, although he doesn't know this. When they meet, Zephyr and Meadow start finding out the truth about what's happening inside The Perimeter and its beginnings.

I actually really liked this book. As a debut novel you can't expect it to be perfect so of course it has its flaws. A really good thing for me was that I read the book without any expectations at all. I really like dystopian novels and most people think that the genre is overused, for me this is not the case. I found this novel to be very different from other dystopian novels. To begin with, it wasn't a perfect society. The murder rate was higher than the birth rate and it is a survival of the fittest story. The writing had a good alternation between both POV's and it was action-packed and fast paced. I really liked the characters and I also shipped them a lot. I think the plot twists are great and that it has set a really interesting plot for the next books. Then again, this are my opinions. People seem to either really like the novel or not at all. I do recommend this book and I think and hope the next ones will be even better. I really can't say much about the characters without spoilers except that to me, Zephyr is kind of really cute and Meadow is such a badass. It kind of has a lot of selfishness in it but I guess you end up driven to an "every man for himself" situation when murder is done even by the government in broad daylight and any disobedience may end up with another corpse. I especially liked to see characters react to certain situations where they're forced to kill someone and how society has made it "legal" in a way.
I give this book 4.5/5 stars. 

The Infinite Sea

The Infinite Sea book cover

The Infinite Sea, a book by Rick Yancey is the second in The 5th Wave trilogy. A much shorter book than the first one, it follows Cassie Sullivan and her friends trying to survive the Others and their 5th wave. After the big explosion of Camp Haven, the group escapes and are currently staying in an abandoned hotel, waiting for Evan to appear. Ringer goes out to find some caverns that could serve as shelter for the winter and doesn't come back. That is when the story gets complicated.

I absolutely adored this book, as a sequel it was not disappointing at all and it was as mind blowing as the first book. For those of you who haven't read The Infinite Sea yet, I gave the shortest and most spoiler free summary of all. The book is simply mind blowing and full of plot-twists, the writing is perfect and you can completely tell when the POV switches (even if you don't know who's talking yet). It is so mysterious and has so many cliffhangers it is practically impossible not to get hooked. The Infinite Sea is fast paced and action packed and besides, the romance is so realistic for a post-apocalyptic story. The characters are if not relatable, extremely empathetic. You can feel their pain and how they grow both accustomed and tired of how the world is coming to an end (and how powerless they seem to prevent it). To summarize, the book is excellent and I definitely recommend it to anyone who likes science fiction.
I give this hook 5/5 stars and only because I can't give it more.