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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Mia en Jules both arrive on Gaia, an alien planet with alien tech that supposedly can save the dying Earth.
Both set out on this journey for completely different reasons and when their paths collide, they have to figure out how to work together in a way that benefits both their goals.
I really, really enjoyed this story!
Mia and Jules where both well rounded characters and I loved the fact that they were both portrayed as smart, intellectual people, who didn't need each other to thrive, but were ultimately better together.
The world was very interesting, I particularly liked the archeology aspect and the action... oh, so so addicting!
Bring on book 2 :D
Both set out on this journey for completely different reasons and when their paths collide, they have to figure out how to work together in a way that benefits both their goals.
I really, really enjoyed this story!
Mia and Jules where both well rounded characters and I loved the fact that they were both portrayed as smart, intellectual people, who didn't need each other to thrive, but were ultimately better together.
The world was very interesting, I particularly liked the archeology aspect and the action... oh, so so addicting!
Bring on book 2 :D
Great start to the series! If you like the National Treasure movies with a sci-fi twist, this is the book for you. Also, really cute ship! Crazy Cliffhanger! Can't wait to see where it's headed in book 2.
Spoiler
Nothing survives for long in the desert of our disgrace.I really enjoyed this book because not only is it a great sci-fi read, it is also a powerful look at the destructive nature of humanity, not only to each other but the environment around us.
So many spoilers ahead. You've been warned.
I gave this four stars and that's mostly because some parts were a bit slow. Like, I really liked it but I didn't love it enough to give it five stars. Even though the last quarter was AMAZING! I just felt like so much of the book is spent getting to and through the 'temple' but most of the truly important stuff happens in that last room and through the portal. That being said, I do feel it was necessary because it meant that we got to see some great character and relationship development and let me tell ya, our two main characters are awesome!
Jules was my favourite by a tiny little margin. I can't help it. There's just something so loveable about him. He's hella smart, totally out of his comfort zone and doing everything he can to help his father. There's something so heroic and brave about that. Not in the “let's arm ourselves and fight barbarians†brave or “let's throw ourselves into the line of fire†brave. It's a more...everyday brave. Obviously, the danger he puts himself in isn't everyday but what I mean is it's the sort of bravery you want to feel you would possess if something happened to one of your loved ones and you needed to save them. It's the every day bravery that a parent would show if their child was in danger or the bravery shown by a friend who stands up for you regardless of the consequences. I've gone off at a tangent, haven't I! It makes sense to me. Jules is also the sort of character who recognises his faults and mistakes. He knows he's probably gone about things the wrong way but he was wary and who can blame him? He's been brought up in a house that hates scavengers for what they do. If he had trusted Mia from the get go that would have been weird. Jules just had something about him that really spoke to me. It might have been the whole scholar thing. It was nice to see a male mc being the brains and the hero at the same time. People can be both you know! Sometimes the male mc is all dashing, heroic and shit and yeah they're cunning and intelligent but give me some book smarts! Yes Jules! Loving the bookish intellect charging across the universe to go on a perilous adventure. I'm rambling. I just really, really like him.
I also really like Mia, don't get me wrong. She was feisty, she was resourceful, she was snarky. All things I love but there was just...something, I don't even know what, that made her grate on my at the start. But like I said, the character progression was so on point and by the end I just loved her. She is doing all this to save her secret sister. She has pretty much given up any form of peaceful life, all for her. Before he sister even got caught up with her contract, she had already left school and started to scavenge to put food on the table and look after her sister. Obviously, her sister wanted to help. She didn't think about the consequences, she just did something she thought would take the pressure off of Mia. I love this bond and I totally understand it. I would do the same for my own sister in a heartbeat. I would cross galaxies if it would save her. Mia has taken on the role of protector and she saw a chance to get her sister the hell out of there and she took it. She never could have known what was really going on and what she would be dragged into. But oh my God, just think. This random meeting is going to change her life. She may have ended up on that planet under false pretences, just like Jules, but it was never intended for their paths to cross. Mia has spent most of her life with her sister as her priority. She hasn't been able to be a teenager. She thought she would spend her life working off her sisters debt and there wasn't room for anything else. Who would have thought she would find this boy on this desolate planet and they would be unstoppable?
I love their relationship. I love how it builds, how it stumbles, how it grows into this powerful force. By the end of the book, they are so strong that they are able to convince previous enemies to stand with them, to go back for the other, to protect them. AND THE END. Ah! So, he's all ready to sacrifice himself and Mia is having none of that and YES! I love that they face it together. They both know it's probably hopeless but not one of them is going to let the other one go though it alone.
The ending of this book is probably the cruellest cliffhanger I’ve read in years! HOW CAN YOU LEAVE IT THERE!?! I'm so angry lol! Mostly because I have some theories about the Undying and I'm about 98% sure I'm right and I was all ready to get my answers and IT FINISHED AND NOW I HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANSWERS AND I CAN'T!!!!!!!!!
Apologies for the caps lock but FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P. S.
If you made it through this mess of a review I salute and thank you! Have you read Unearthed yet? If you have, drop me a comment and let me know what you thought!
Loves to all.
Bunks
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Are you kidding me!?!?!? But...that...no! No I refuse to believe that we are left with that evil cliffhanger of an ending! I have so many theories and questions!!!! Proper RTC!
EXCUSE YOU WITH THAT ENDING (which I kind sorta had in mind BUT STILL.) this was exactly like every sci-fi movie I love to watch. It was such a fun, tense book and I loved Jules and Mia, their version of Earth and being on Gaia and xenoarchaelogy. And I have so many questionssss. I also liked that they were clearly attracted to each other (hello, teenage hormones) but it was far from instalove. It's hard to ignore hot people even when your life is in peril hahah. I NEED THE SEQUEL NOW.
This was really fun! I will admit I did lose the plot a little bit in the second half but then we got to the end and I was honestly a lil bit shook lol. Excuse me while I go gobble up all the YA sci-fi that I can get my hands on for the next few weeks bc this was SO FUN
I decided to just power through and read the last half of this book in one sitting. And I'm glad I did. I got to incorrectly guess where everything was headed and how Jules and Mia were going to either get into trouble or get out of it. I'm now anxiously awaiting December and Undying to see how this story is resolved and what that cliffhanger was.
I absolutely love the Illuminae Trilogy that Amie Kaufman co-wrote with Jay Kristoff. So, it is possible I came into this book with a bit higher expectations than I should have had. I liked the premise and the book dives right away into the action. I liked the two main characters individually, but the somewhat angsty drama between them feels a little forced. Perhaps that is the only way they could make the romance part have any weight against the action, horror, and struggle for survival that takes up the rest of the book.
I want to read the next book, but it isn't high on my list....
I want to read the next book, but it isn't high on my list....
Man, I was really excited for this book when I heard about it. And it was good. But not as amazing as I was hoping.