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bluejaybooks's review
4.0
Some parts of the plot didn't entirely make sense for me. Despite this, the book did a better job portraying an alien planet than many I've read. Though I still had some qualms about the world-building, the story held my attention and developed a large cast of characters better than many books I've read.
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Most notably the part about why the aliens would pretend to want young humans for a breeding program when really they wanted help getting off the planet when they seemed to have a plan for that worked out already that they could have implemented themselves.danielled75's review
4.0
“We survive together. Shoulder to shoulder.”
Nyxia Unleased picks up right where Nyxia left off, with the crew landing on Magnia, unlike Nyxia there are three POV’s in this book. The entire book takes place on Eden and we are introduced to the Imago, or as those on Babel call them the Adamites. I honestly like the Imago better.
While on Magnia the team realizes things aren’t as clear cut as how Babel told them it would be. They all knew they were up to something, but when the crew talks more about their backgrounds, they knew that they were picked because they were “broken” be it, poor family, in need of medical care for a family member, being discarded by their family, etc. Babel took them in gave them false hopes and promises, trying to mold these kids into their ideal weapons that would be more beneficial on Magnia than on Earth.
“They made us into weapons. It will be their downfall.”
Once the crew agrees that they will stand together and go against Babel, things really start to pick up in the book. They do go ahead with the plans to mine the Nyxia, but there are plans going on in the background that I don’t think even Babel would consider.
With the help of Morning (who is just a kick ass female) the crew learns how to manipulate the Nyxia in ways that even the crew on Babel taught them, which was amazing. Poor Holly is injured in a mining accident when tying to use the Nyxia in such a way that I doubt the crew of the Babel could have even trained the crew for.
During their downtime and travels across the planet, the crew leans more about the Imago and Magnia, it has quite a history and description as to the planet itself and the two moons (Magness and Glacius) that circle around the planet. Depending on the year and which moon is predominate, the name changes along with the weather and natural disasters. They also find out that the Nyxia isn’t a natual resource on Magnia itself, but are meteors from the moon Magness.
I won’t go into much detail about the Capital (Sevenset), but by the descriptions given by Emmett, it sounds amazing, and even meeting the Daughters (the rulers of Magnia/Glacius). The performances when they arrive also just sound so amazing and “earthly”.
There is an epic battle near the end of the book. Both on Magnia and back on the Babel spaceship, and boy does it once again end on one heck of a cliffhanger…
One thing that did make me laugh was the slight nod to Dragonball, with the mention of the scouter. Thank you for that Scott!
After I read Nyxia I couldn’t shut up about it, now I get to do the same with Nyxia Unleashed, and when the 3rd book is out I will probably be the same way. Sadly there is no date for the book yet.
Nyxia Unleased picks up right where Nyxia left off, with the crew landing on Magnia, unlike Nyxia there are three POV’s in this book. The entire book takes place on Eden and we are introduced to the Imago, or as those on Babel call them the Adamites. I honestly like the Imago better.
While on Magnia the team realizes things aren’t as clear cut as how Babel told them it would be. They all knew they were up to something, but when the crew talks more about their backgrounds, they knew that they were picked because they were “broken” be it, poor family, in need of medical care for a family member, being discarded by their family, etc. Babel took them in gave them false hopes and promises, trying to mold these kids into their ideal weapons that would be more beneficial on Magnia than on Earth.
“They made us into weapons. It will be their downfall.”
Once the crew agrees that they will stand together and go against Babel, things really start to pick up in the book. They do go ahead with the plans to mine the Nyxia, but there are plans going on in the background that I don’t think even Babel would consider.
With the help of Morning (who is just a kick ass female) the crew learns how to manipulate the Nyxia in ways that even the crew on Babel taught them, which was amazing. Poor Holly is injured in a mining accident when tying to use the Nyxia in such a way that I doubt the crew of the Babel could have even trained the crew for.
During their downtime and travels across the planet, the crew leans more about the Imago and Magnia, it has quite a history and description as to the planet itself and the two moons (Magness and Glacius) that circle around the planet. Depending on the year and which moon is predominate, the name changes along with the weather and natural disasters. They also find out that the Nyxia isn’t a natual resource on Magnia itself, but are meteors from the moon Magness.
I won’t go into much detail about the Capital (Sevenset), but by the descriptions given by Emmett, it sounds amazing, and even meeting the Daughters (the rulers of Magnia/Glacius). The performances when they arrive also just sound so amazing and “earthly”.
There is an epic battle near the end of the book. Both on Magnia and back on the Babel spaceship, and boy does it once again end on one heck of a cliffhanger…
One thing that did make me laugh was the slight nod to Dragonball, with the mention of the scouter. Thank you for that Scott!
After I read Nyxia I couldn’t shut up about it, now I get to do the same with Nyxia Unleashed, and when the 3rd book is out I will probably be the same way. Sadly there is no date for the book yet.
sarkaandraskova's review
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
vandavknihach's review
5.0
Scott Reintgen totálně vyvrátil teorii vycpávkových druhých dílů. Díky bohu, už jsem totiž z toho byla lehce frustrovaná. Druhý díl Nyxie byl ne-li lepší než jednička a byl naprosto bombastický a nadupaný.
Stejně jako v jedničce, tu najdeme spoustu akce, propletených zápletek a hlavně zvratů. Já si po prvních sto stranách přišla jako na horské dráze, která jede pořád jen nekontrolovatelně dolů! Nevěřila jsem vlastním očím, kolik se toho dá nacpat do 100 stran na začátek knihy! :D To bylo opravdu neskutečný!
Následovala klidnější část, která nás naopak seznamovala s novým světem a novými obyvateli. Tato část mě neskutečně bavila, protože byla propracovaná do nejmenšího detailu a bylo to hrozně fajn poznávat, jak to funguje jinde. No a nakonec opět přišla fáze horské dráhy, která vás dovezla až do konce.
Upřímně totálně obdivuji charaktery všech postav, které tohle všechno museli prožívat ,,na živo". Protože já měla infarkt už jen z toho čtení o tom. Jakože zažívat tohle, tak mě trefí už v prvním díle. :D Autor to dokázal napsat tak bravurně, že jsem to stejně nikdy nečekala. A to i přesto, že už jsem tam přestala věřit čemukoli, tak jsem nebyla schopná se odvážit jakkoliv tipovat, co by mohlo přijít.
Když zůstaneme u těch postav, celá skupina Genesis mi zalezla pod kůži, kde si nakrásno ustlala a už tam také zůstala. Tuhle partu totiž nejde nemilovat! Nejlepší bylo sledovat, jak se spojují a snaží se si pomáhat, aby přežili.
Vypíchnout musím Morning, protože panebože děkuji za tuto postavu. Tahle holka představuje jednu z nejsilnějších hlavních hrdinek, jaké jsem kdy na stránkách knihy mohla potkat. Tuhle holku neuvidíte fňukat, neuvidíte ji v nesnázích a vlastně ji neuvidíte ani v ničem prohrát. Tím musím zmínit i Emmetta, protože je fajn po nějaké době číst nějaký příběh z pohledu kluka. Přijde mi, že je strašné množství hlavních hrdinek, ale kluků už tolik neuvidíte.
Shrnuto a podtrženo. Tohle chcete a tohle potřebujete, Vřele doporučuju, protože celá série stojí maximálně za to!
Stejně jako v jedničce, tu najdeme spoustu akce, propletených zápletek a hlavně zvratů. Já si po prvních sto stranách přišla jako na horské dráze, která jede pořád jen nekontrolovatelně dolů! Nevěřila jsem vlastním očím, kolik se toho dá nacpat do 100 stran na začátek knihy! :D To bylo opravdu neskutečný!
Následovala klidnější část, která nás naopak seznamovala s novým světem a novými obyvateli. Tato část mě neskutečně bavila, protože byla propracovaná do nejmenšího detailu a bylo to hrozně fajn poznávat, jak to funguje jinde. No a nakonec opět přišla fáze horské dráhy, která vás dovezla až do konce.
Upřímně totálně obdivuji charaktery všech postav, které tohle všechno museli prožívat ,,na živo". Protože já měla infarkt už jen z toho čtení o tom. Jakože zažívat tohle, tak mě trefí už v prvním díle. :D Autor to dokázal napsat tak bravurně, že jsem to stejně nikdy nečekala. A to i přesto, že už jsem tam přestala věřit čemukoli, tak jsem nebyla schopná se odvážit jakkoliv tipovat, co by mohlo přijít.
Když zůstaneme u těch postav, celá skupina Genesis mi zalezla pod kůži, kde si nakrásno ustlala a už tam také zůstala. Tuhle partu totiž nejde nemilovat! Nejlepší bylo sledovat, jak se spojují a snaží se si pomáhat, aby přežili.
Vypíchnout musím Morning, protože panebože děkuji za tuto postavu. Tahle holka představuje jednu z nejsilnějších hlavních hrdinek, jaké jsem kdy na stránkách knihy mohla potkat. Tuhle holku neuvidíte fňukat, neuvidíte ji v nesnázích a vlastně ji neuvidíte ani v ničem prohrát. Tím musím zmínit i Emmetta, protože je fajn po nějaké době číst nějaký příběh z pohledu kluka. Přijde mi, že je strašné množství hlavních hrdinek, ale kluků už tolik neuvidíte.
Shrnuto a podtrženo. Tohle chcete a tohle potřebujete, Vřele doporučuju, protože celá série stojí maximálně za to!
stalecrumby's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
shawniebooks's review against another edition
4.0
I wish I didn't have to wait so long for the next installment! Loving this series and feeling impatient to find out what in the world is happening to 'all' of the Genesis teams.
rkdesko's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
ctomasula's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
4saradouglas's review
3.0
It certainly suffers from the typical book 2 slump, but I did still enjoy it. The first book had everyone go from individuals to suddenly having to work together as teams... Genesis 11 and Genesis 12. Book two has them coming together as one group... the only humans on an alien planet. It is a good concept, but we barely got to know the kids from 12 in the last book, so when they're suddenly more important, I felt like they were just shells of characters. (What do I know about Noor? She wears a hijab. That's it. Reintgen just really doesn't give us enough to really get to know and care about each character.) When you find out about Morning's Quinceañera and also that Emmett is 16... it just rings as false. I knew they were "kids" because that was part of the reason they were chosen, but at no point did they act like they were 15 or 16. It was quite unbelievable. It was also too much drama and backstabbing and espionage to really be believable. I know having tons of drama and surprises is what makes a book be such a page-turner, but it's also possible to overdo it so it's just... ridiculous.