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He has no voice, or name, only a rank, Eighth. He doesn’t know the details of the mission, only the directives that hum in his mind.
Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall.
His job is to protect his Offside. Let her do the shooting.
Until a human kills her…
Sixteen year-old Raven is at summer camp when the terrifying armored Nahx invade, annihilating entire cities, ta ...more
Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall.
His job is to protect his Offside. Let her do the shooting.
Until a human kills her…
Sixteen year-old Raven is at summer camp when the terrifying armored Nahx invade, annihilating entire cities, ta ...more
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Hardcover, 496 pages
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August 29th 2017
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Oh! My! God!

I freaking loved this book! And I cried a little!

Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾 ...more

I freaking loved this book! And I cried a little!

Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾 ...more

wow. i was so not expecting the low key ‘beauty and the beast’ vibes in this. but i approve. lol.
this really surprised me. the synopsis sounds very ‘5th wave’ and i can understand the comparisons, but this focuses more on the survival and less on the alien invasion. based on how this ended, i do think the next book will have more sci-fi/alien components to it, which will be exciting.
but i appreciated the set-up this first installment provides. the pacing is a bit slow, but like i said, the ‘bea ...more
this really surprised me. the synopsis sounds very ‘5th wave’ and i can understand the comparisons, but this focuses more on the survival and less on the alien invasion. based on how this ended, i do think the next book will have more sci-fi/alien components to it, which will be exciting.
but i appreciated the set-up this first installment provides. the pacing is a bit slow, but like i said, the ‘bea ...more

Aug 20, 2017
Angelica
rated it
really liked it
Recommends it for:
People who liked The 5th Wave and aliens in general
Recommended to Angelica by:
Me, 'cause I'm awesome
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Let me start off this review by telling you all a little fact about myself. I like to begin reading new books at midnight. I don't know why, but something about inconvenient hours of night makes me want to pick up a good story and start reading. So, it was at around midnight on a Saturday, well, technically Sunday, that I decided that I was going to read this book. I lied and said I would only read a few chapters, but we know that's never how it goes. So, someway, somehow, I ended up reading thi
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Raven, her boyfriend and his twin brother were sent away to a summer camp when the teens got into some trouble at home. While at camp however the attacks from those known as the Nahx began happening around the world. With little communication those at the camp chose to stay where they were and hope for rescue but that comes to an abrupt end when Raven's boyfriend is found with a Nahx dart in his back, it seems their safe haven is no longer safe.
Eighth has no voice and no name, only his rank to ...more
Eighth has no voice and no name, only his rank to ...more

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Eighth has no voice or name, only an offside who it is his duty to protect. When a human kills her the directives that hum in his mind loose their power... Sixteen year-old Raven is away at court mandated summer camp where the outdoors life is meant to get her head on straight. Instead the armored Nahx invade and they are left with the instructions to "shelter in place." Everything changes when Raven's boyfriend is killed by a Nahx. Thrown toget ...more
Eighth has no voice or name, only an offside who it is his duty to protect. When a human kills her the directives that hum in his mind loose their power... Sixteen year-old Raven is away at court mandated summer camp where the outdoors life is meant to get her head on straight. Instead the armored Nahx invade and they are left with the instructions to "shelter in place." Everything changes when Raven's boyfriend is killed by a Nahx. Thrown toget ...more

4.5 stars
"Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall."
I'm quite taken aback by how much I loved Zero Repeat Forever. It delivers everything one would hope for in a science fiction involving an alien invasion such as:
-aliens (of course)
-weird alien suits and weapons
-lots of frightening post-apocalyptic scenarios that make you ponder the fragility of the human race
-some spunky kids who are fighting terrible odds of survival but never quit trying
But what I didn't expect at all was the beauty I wo ...more
"Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall."
I'm quite taken aback by how much I loved Zero Repeat Forever. It delivers everything one would hope for in a science fiction involving an alien invasion such as:
-aliens (of course)
-weird alien suits and weapons
-lots of frightening post-apocalyptic scenarios that make you ponder the fragility of the human race
-some spunky kids who are fighting terrible odds of survival but never quit trying
But what I didn't expect at all was the beauty I wo ...more

This was a thrilling alien invasion story with a diverse cast of characters. We get a gay couple and characters from different ethnic groups. The mysterious aliens were very captivating and I loved how they used sign language to communicate. The pace was slower than I usually like, but I didnt mind too much since it worked for the story. The way the story and the characters were written made this crazy alien story feel more real. The grief and hope gave it a lot of depth and the whole wilderness
...more

Really good. I picked this up because it was on Alex Brown's best YA SFF list for 2017 over at Tor.com and it was one of a few on there I hadn't yet read. Also the author is Canadian:)
This alien invasion book focuses on character development and lots of inner dialogue about emotion rather than action scenes, so if that's your thing, you might enjoy it. The ending was great, and has me looking forward to the sequel. ...more
This alien invasion book focuses on character development and lots of inner dialogue about emotion rather than action scenes, so if that's your thing, you might enjoy it. The ending was great, and has me looking forward to the sequel. ...more


The world is gone. It was taken from us, the way a massive heart attack takes a life. Swiftly, ruthlessly, almost as though there is nothing personal about it.
HOLY. SHIT. YOU GUYS. There are not enough words to properly describe how much I LOVED this book! And the more time that passes, the more I love it. I can't get it out of my head. I thought about it all day the following day after I finished it. I just can't stop thinking about it! It's really gotten under my skin in a way that not man ...more

I hate when I'm reading a book, thinking it's a stand-alone, only to discover that is definitively not. What I don't hate, though, is this book. It was a lot of things I wasn't expecting: the beginning of a series and a contemporary sci-fi novel set in real world Canada. For some reason, I was envisioning a futuristic world being invaded by alien forces, not present-day. But it so works. If I'm being honest, maybe even better than The 5th Wave, especially after that mind-fuck of a final book. Bu
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I loved this.
I think saying this is The Fifth Wave meets Beauty and the Beast is a fair comparison but this book is also so much more. This is Poe’s The Raven, Life As We Knew It, The Lord of the Flies...
This is a story about an alien invasion that follows a bad ass chick who is trying to survive with others as they figure out what is happening around the world. It also follows one of the aliens who is “defective” and is experiencing emotions and confusion. The pacing is slow as we learn about ...more
I think saying this is The Fifth Wave meets Beauty and the Beast is a fair comparison but this book is also so much more. This is Poe’s The Raven, Life As We Knew It, The Lord of the Flies...
This is a story about an alien invasion that follows a bad ass chick who is trying to survive with others as they figure out what is happening around the world. It also follows one of the aliens who is “defective” and is experiencing emotions and confusion. The pacing is slow as we learn about ...more

NEVER have I been this happy to have stuck by a book til the very end! This book did such a 360 & now I'm left NEEDING BOOK 2!!!!! Review to come shortly, thoughts I have a plenty! ;)
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UPDATED FULL REVIEW: 4.5 STARS!!!!
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Zero Repeat Forever is THE book that demanded patience of me in return for a nice pay-off. Slow paced yet instantly addictive, I couldn’t quit this book. The story f ...more
(Blog link is in the bio)
UPDATED FULL REVIEW: 4.5 STARS!!!!
Full review can also be found on Lair Of Books: https://lairofbooksblog.wordpress.com...
PLOT
Zero Repeat Forever is THE book that demanded patience of me in return for a nice pay-off. Slow paced yet instantly addictive, I couldn’t quit this book. The story f ...more

Aug 17, 2017
h o l l i s
rated it
it was ok
Shelves:
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heroes-to-root-for,
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"There is no age of majority after an apocalypse."
The pitch for ZERO REPEAT FOREVER is basically THE FIFTH WAVE meets BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. This is pretty damn accurate so I should be over the moon, right? Wellllll.
His bluster gives me a strong next-to-die vibe, like he's that guy in the movie who has to fly one last mission, or retires the next day. I wish I weren't sitting right across from him, in range of any potential blood splatter or flying organs.
Even though things aren't the same, the s ...more
The pitch for ZERO REPEAT FOREVER is basically THE FIFTH WAVE meets BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. This is pretty damn accurate so I should be over the moon, right? Wellllll.
His bluster gives me a strong next-to-die vibe, like he's that guy in the movie who has to fly one last mission, or retires the next day. I wish I weren't sitting right across from him, in range of any potential blood splatter or flying organs.
Even though things aren't the same, the s ...more

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Rating: 4.5 stars
I had a hard time getting into Zero Repeat Forever initially. It's slow paced in the beginning, but once it picks up, I couldn't put it down. It's definitely more character driven than plot driven, but once the characters find their motivation or destination, the action picks up a lot more. If you're having the same trouble I was starting this book, do not stop reading it. You will be so happy you kept with it!
The characters! Raven and Eig ...more
Rating: 4.5 stars
I had a hard time getting into Zero Repeat Forever initially. It's slow paced in the beginning, but once it picks up, I couldn't put it down. It's definitely more character driven than plot driven, but once the characters find their motivation or destination, the action picks up a lot more. If you're having the same trouble I was starting this book, do not stop reading it. You will be so happy you kept with it!
The characters! Raven and Eig ...more

Zero Repeat Forever is the Canadian version of The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey. Both are stories of an alien invasion that feature a young woman as she navigates the new world and eventually closely interacts with an alien. The difference between the two stories, and what I think makes Zero Repeat Forever stand ahead of The 5th Wave, is a mixed race (black/white) protagonist and the writing style.
The main character, Raven, is a mixed race young woman with a troubled past looking to redeem herself. R ...more
The main character, Raven, is a mixed race young woman with a troubled past looking to redeem herself. R ...more

Rating: 4.5
Oh.Dear.God. This was a constant whirlwind of emotions! I stared at the last page for a good five minutes after finishing it. If this does not qualify as a book hangover then I don't know what it does.
It was absolutely incredible. The writing was superb, captivating, and surprisingly addictive. I read this 500-page bad boy in a day.
A post apocalyptic/alien invasion tale narrated from two different POV -- Eighth's (Alien) and Raven's (Human). The story kickstarts right after an alien ...more
Oh.Dear.God. This was a constant whirlwind of emotions! I stared at the last page for a good five minutes after finishing it. If this does not qualify as a book hangover then I don't know what it does.
It was absolutely incredible. The writing was superb, captivating, and surprisingly addictive. I read this 500-page bad boy in a day.
A post apocalyptic/alien invasion tale narrated from two different POV -- Eighth's (Alien) and Raven's (Human). The story kickstarts right after an alien ...more

Hey all you!
I am so happy to see the response from the post about Megan. I wanted to leave all your comments there and untouched because the post isn't about me, it's about Megan and how wonderful she was. So thank you all for the outpouring of love. I hope she knew we all loved her so much.
It's a new month, and according to the lying calendar, it's supposed to be Spring. I got snow last night, and IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SPRING. But what can ya do?
I have been on a huge Backlist reading kick. But I ...more
I am so happy to see the response from the post about Megan. I wanted to leave all your comments there and untouched because the post isn't about me, it's about Megan and how wonderful she was. So thank you all for the outpouring of love. I hope she knew we all loved her so much.
It's a new month, and according to the lying calendar, it's supposed to be Spring. I got snow last night, and IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SPRING. But what can ya do?
I have been on a huge Backlist reading kick. But I ...more

Jan 15, 2020
Jenn
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
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If someone would have told me that by the end of this book I would have been crying over an alien, I would have said 'y'all trippin'. But there I was, my eyes tearing over. Gabrielle Prendergast, hats off to you my dear.
This book follows the POV's of two individuals. First we have our human counterpart, Raven, who while at training to be a summer camp adviser, finds herself trying to survive an alien invasion with only a few other humans with her. Then we have Eighth, the alien, or Nahx as they ...more
This book follows the POV's of two individuals. First we have our human counterpart, Raven, who while at training to be a summer camp adviser, finds herself trying to survive an alien invasion with only a few other humans with her. Then we have Eighth, the alien, or Nahx as they ...more

4.5 stars but i rounded it to 5 here
Oh my heart I don’t know how I will survive until book 2 come out because I will keep thinking about this book and story everyday of my life and I just want it to end happily ever after and my ship sail smoothly but I know it will be just a wishful thinking but anything can happen in a book right? right.. sigh.. so many feels ughhh… that’s how good this book is for me LOL
This book probably sounds like “The 5th Wave” but its actually completely different story
T ...more
Oh my heart I don’t know how I will survive until book 2 come out because I will keep thinking about this book and story everyday of my life and I just want it to end happily ever after and my ship sail smoothly but I know it will be just a wishful thinking but anything can happen in a book right? right.. sigh.. so many feels ughhh… that’s how good this book is for me LOL
This book probably sounds like “The 5th Wave” but its actually completely different story
T ...more

I love a good YA sci-fi every now and then and the title and cover completely drew me in when I spotted this on NetGalley. Unfortunately, like most other readers have pointed out, this reminded me a lot of the Fifth Wave, which I read not that long ago. The pace was very slow as well. Now, I don’t always mind a slow book and I was intrigued enough to finish the novel, but it was beyond sloooow. Like "main characters don't meet until 50%" slow.![]()
I found the world-building and character developm ...more

4.5 I-am-tempted-to-give-this-5-stars-but-it-started-out-so-slow-I-just-can't!! ;P So I just finished this book and....WOW. I'm a hot mess of 'when-is-the-next-book-coming-out' emotions?!
For whatever reason, I have been very into space/sci-fi/dystopian YA books lately. I liked the synopsis of Zero Repeat Forever right off the bat and thought it sounded a little Romeo and Juliet meets Lunar Chronicles maybe?? It wasn't that at all. However, it is for sure my favorite trope, which is hate to love ...more
For whatever reason, I have been very into space/sci-fi/dystopian YA books lately. I liked the synopsis of Zero Repeat Forever right off the bat and thought it sounded a little Romeo and Juliet meets Lunar Chronicles maybe?? It wasn't that at all. However, it is for sure my favorite trope, which is hate to love ...more

I'm always on the lookout for smart, well written young adult science fiction and without a doubt Zero Repeat Forever fits into that category. In fact, it rather defied my expectations. I've been finding it hard to connect with books recently, taking a few days to get through the first 100 pages. For this read, 150 pages went by as if time didn't matter. Cue this reader devouring ZRF into the wee hours full of all the emotions. I could not put it down. This book, it had me.
Raven is not your ty ...more
Raven is not your ty ...more

writing a review for this because I just changed my rating to 2.5 stars.
“zero repeat forever” failed to make me feel any ways. trying to make me feel bad for a lost love interest that turns out to be a whole asshole? good luck.
the main character was more of like... a piper maclean from HoO? we hear of her being mixed/with a crazy Afro & I just imagined her as Belle bc that’s how useless she turned out to be.
beauty and the beast is my fav , I love it to death; but August was a weird alien mach ...more
“zero repeat forever” failed to make me feel any ways. trying to make me feel bad for a lost love interest that turns out to be a whole asshole? good luck.
the main character was more of like... a piper maclean from HoO? we hear of her being mixed/with a crazy Afro & I just imagined her as Belle bc that’s how useless she turned out to be.
beauty and the beast is my fav , I love it to death; but August was a weird alien mach ...more

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For some reason, alien books have never really been my thing. I think it's because whenever I read something involving aliens it's really weird. I didn't remember enjoying The 5th Wave, even though I never ended up finishing that series, so I was intrigued by the pitch that this is that meshed with Beauty and the Beast. I'm a sucker for fairy tale retellings and especially for that specific retelling, so I knew I had to give this book a sh ...more
For some reason, alien books have never really been my thing. I think it's because whenever I read something involving aliens it's really weird. I didn't remember enjoying The 5th Wave, even though I never ended up finishing that series, so I was intrigued by the pitch that this is that meshed with Beauty and the Beast. I'm a sucker for fairy tale retellings and especially for that specific retelling, so I knew I had to give this book a sh ...more

This book was pitched to me as 'CanLit re: Alberta' and 'aftermath of Alien invasion" and all I could think about was Canadian The 5th Wave.
...so I'm okay with:
Eighth = Silencer/Evan Walker
Raven = Corvus = Cassiopeia
lalalalala I am trash. ...more
...so I'm okay with:
Eighth = Silencer/Evan Walker
Raven = Corvus = Cassiopeia
lalalalala I am trash. ...more

Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada, via Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book in exchange for an honest review.
Before I get into the review, can we just sit and appreciate the beauty that is the Zero Repeat Forever‘s cover? It’s beautiful and I love it. I loved the cover before I read the book, and now that I’ve finished the book, there is so much significance in the artwork. Even the lettering. THE COVER IS BRILLIANT.
I was initially drawn into Zero Repeat Forever by the compa ...more
Before I get into the review, can we just sit and appreciate the beauty that is the Zero Repeat Forever‘s cover? It’s beautiful and I love it. I loved the cover before I read the book, and now that I’ve finished the book, there is so much significance in the artwork. Even the lettering. THE COVER IS BRILLIANT.
I was initially drawn into Zero Repeat Forever by the compa ...more

I had never heard of this book when I randomly picked it up at the bookstore. Didn't exactly know what to expect. It turned out an interesting read and a solid 4 stars - not mind blowing, but still pretty good and I'd recommend it and will probably read the sequel one day.
Zero Repeat Forever is your good, old, ya sci-fi enemies to lovers novel - with maybe one exception: it's more enemies to friends, and that was so refreshing and beautiful. It starts out with these...let's call them aliens...in ...more
Zero Repeat Forever is your good, old, ya sci-fi enemies to lovers novel - with maybe one exception: it's more enemies to friends, and that was so refreshing and beautiful. It starts out with these...let's call them aliens...in ...more
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