I really loved the first book when I read it last year, but sadly this one didn’t blew me away. 

I do think Silvera’s language is quite easy which is something I liked last time, but now it just felt flat (?). I think the characters speech and actions feels unreal, but I do really like the plot and the thing with one of them dying. 

I just had higher expectations and they weren’t meet.

I have both books from “the infinity son” which I’m planning to read but be will see. 

Took me 9 hours and 48 minutes 

heartbreaking to read, i love Adam Silvera and how his writing connects readers to his characters.

“It’s not fair how someone can do everything right and still be hurt because someone else does one thing wrong.” He did it again. Broke my heart all over again. His writing can’t help but give me hope for the characters only for things to turn out so differently than I wanted them to. Definitely NOT a light read. This book is for more of a I wanted to cry and have my heart broken type of mood. I loved how we also see the characters from the first book and experience the parallels between them. I definitely recommend reading or rereading they both die at the end before reading this book as it’s adds a nice touch to those specific scenes. Their ending was so beautiful. I didn’t see it coming until the last moment. One last gift.

Whew. I just finished the book and that was one of the best endings I’ve ever read. Although I found myself comparing this book to They Both Die at the End pretty often, and while I probably enjoyed that one more, this book is so much more inspiring and completely changed my perspective on life (again). It’s really one of those books that makes you sad but you’re okay with it because everything really is gonna be okay. I’m so thankful I read this  

and I’m ready to live for all the Valentinos that haven’t lived enough.

After reading and loving "They Both Die at the End" years ago, I was super excited to get a new story set in this near future world.
"The First to Die at the End" follows Valentino and Orion, two young men who meet on the day Death-Cast launches, technology that alerts you if you will die within the next 24 hours. Valentino is excited to start his life over in New York City with his twin sister. He was not super interested in signing up for Death-Cast, until his sister almost dies in a car accident. Now he wants to know if his end is coming. Orion does not want to sign up for Death-Cast because he needs a heart transplant, so he already knows his death is imminent. When Death-Cast goes live at midnight, one of them gets a call, and they decide to live one more day together, even though they know how their story will end.
It was really interesting to get more of an origin story for Death-Cast because I think it opens up more discourse about whether this technology is really as great as the creators hope it is. On the one hand, knowing when you will die will definitely light a fire under you to live like it is your last day. However, it can also make your last day completely unbearable because you will inevitably keep waiting for death. I think this idea makes for a great story, but I definitely hope this technology remains as fiction.
Adam Silvera has an amazing ability to write characters that I absolutely swoon over. Both Orion and Valentino are such good-hearted people, and even though I knew the ending from the beginning, I held out so much hope that their story would be happy. Maye Death-Cast has some errors and will be inaccurate at launch.
Orion and Valentino were perfect for each other. They were the person the other needed and I loved seeing them support each other through 24 hours. Their's was a love story that I ached for.
I 1000% will read more from Adam Silvera in the future, and I hope he writes more of this Death-Cast world. 

Not often I enjoy the prequel more than the original, but for this is rings true. I found the story of how DeathCast came to be intriguing, the interconnectivity of characters interesting

including the original characters making an appearance

and how when it all winds down to be your time to go you never know how it will happen. Sad. Beautiful. Tragic.

i didn’t cry over this like i did over they both die at the end but it still hurt me

I don’t know how to express my love for this book. I already loved the first book. The writing style is amazing and while the two main characters fell in love I also fell for them. "They both die at the end" made me cry so damn much, it was in comparison a rather mild cry at the end of this book but it still ripped my heart out (👀)
mild character spoiler:

I love it so much that child Rufus and child Matheo were included in the story😩