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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
The darker song stretches and grows and fills the gaping holes in my chest. It is broken bones and black eyes, dropped bombs and endless lies. A lifetime of injustices burn their way to an inferno. Anger rises from it all like smoke. There's only on truth left in my world: Babel will burn.
4.5 stars
This was a fantastic book. Like the first one, I read this pretty quickly. I would have finished earlier, but was sick and couldn't concentrate. This book picks up right where the first left off. Emmett and the other winners of the competition were sent down to Eden to mine more Nyxia for Babel. It is hard at first to become comfortable with the other winners of the competition because they were pitted against each other for so long. The majority of them agree on one thing, Babel is not to be trusted. The new family try to figure out what Babel is really up to, and how they will survive.
I really like Emmett, he's a great character who strives to do the best for the people he loves. I also love that the strongest character is Morning. Leader of their family, best with nyxia manipulation, and the best fighter may cause others to be more insecure to be with her, but Emmett doesn't care. I love their relationship! I'm really looking forward to the third book [b:Nyxia Uprising|35424766|Nyxia Uprising (The Nyxia Triad, #3)|Scott Reintgen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1531317687l/35424766._SY75_.jpg|56800774], and it will definitely be one of my preorder books!
We stand shoulder to shoulder.
4.5 stars
This was a fantastic book. Like the first one, I read this pretty quickly. I would have finished earlier, but was sick and couldn't concentrate. This book picks up right where the first left off. Emmett and the other winners of the competition were sent down to Eden to mine more Nyxia for Babel. It is hard at first to become comfortable with the other winners of the competition because they were pitted against each other for so long. The majority of them agree on one thing, Babel is not to be trusted. The new family try to figure out what Babel is really up to, and how they will survive.
I really like Emmett, he's a great character who strives to do the best for the people he loves. I also love that the strongest character is Morning. Leader of their family, best with nyxia manipulation, and the best fighter may cause others to be more insecure to be with her, but Emmett doesn't care. I love their relationship! I'm really looking forward to the third book [b:Nyxia Uprising|35424766|Nyxia Uprising (The Nyxia Triad, #3)|Scott Reintgen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1531317687l/35424766._SY75_.jpg|56800774], and it will definitely be one of my preorder books!
We stand shoulder to shoulder.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-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:
Complicated
It was really the added POV that lowered it a star, like the guy had personality but he just didn’t sound like a teenager that’s stuck in his position. It fits what we already know about him, we just don’t know him that well before getting the second POV which doesn’t even start from a semi-status quo. Plot wise, it doesn’t fall too much into the middle book ditch. It could stand on its own, just shakily in my personal opinion.
Book received free for review from publisher.
In the first book of this trilogy, we were introduced to Nyxia, a material from another planet that could be anything you could imagine. Need a universal translator? Need an iPod charger? Need a lighter? A spear? Just think it and no matter how complex, the material could become it. While reading the first book, I had big issues accepting the logic of that, and part of my willingness to read the second book was to see if we'd find out how in the world such a material could exist. Unfortunately I was left dissatisfied on that and so much more.
Plot-wise, this series is basically Hunger Games in space. A bunch of kids from Earth have to try out, and then kill each other, for a chance to go into space. Any kid who gets wins gets millions of dollars for their family, and every kid who was picked to try out was poor, so that was a big goal for them. (Again, one had to ignore the logic of a company being able to set this kind of thing up...)
Why does the company need kids to go into space? Because the aliens on the planet Nyxia comes from love children and would only celebrate them, as opposed to killing every adult that steps foot on the planet. (Yet another stretch of belief here -- why would aliens care about human kids? Would they even recognize kid vs adult?)
So in this book the kids are on the planet, and discover that Evil Company actually has worse plans for them -- the aliens like kids because the aliens are dying out, they have no women left, so they can't have anymore kids. So Evil Company was actually giving the kids to the aliens so they could have babies with them. This was the last straw. The kids could breath the air on the planet just fine. They ate and drank the food just fine. And now apparently humans could interbreed with aliens?
Even with all that belief stretching, the plot was okay. The biggest problem with this book series is that I couldn't care less about the characters. They're realistic enough, but I felt no connection with them. Most of them had no more personality than one element "the funny one", "the gay one".
I struggled even to finish this book, and in the last 10% I just started skimming. I doubt I'll accept the final book for review, even if the publisher directly emails me again to offer it.
In the first book of this trilogy, we were introduced to Nyxia, a material from another planet that could be anything you could imagine. Need a universal translator? Need an iPod charger? Need a lighter? A spear? Just think it and no matter how complex, the material could become it. While reading the first book, I had big issues accepting the logic of that, and part of my willingness to read the second book was to see if we'd find out how in the world such a material could exist. Unfortunately I was left dissatisfied on that and so much more.
Plot-wise, this series is basically Hunger Games in space. A bunch of kids from Earth have to try out, and then kill each other, for a chance to go into space. Any kid who gets wins gets millions of dollars for their family, and every kid who was picked to try out was poor, so that was a big goal for them. (Again, one had to ignore the logic of a company being able to set this kind of thing up...)
Why does the company need kids to go into space? Because the aliens on the planet Nyxia comes from love children and would only celebrate them, as opposed to killing every adult that steps foot on the planet. (Yet another stretch of belief here -- why would aliens care about human kids? Would they even recognize kid vs adult?)
So in this book the kids are on the planet, and discover that Evil Company actually has worse plans for them -- the aliens like kids because the aliens are dying out, they have no women left, so they can't have anymore kids. So Evil Company was actually giving the kids to the aliens so they could have babies with them. This was the last straw. The kids could breath the air on the planet just fine. They ate and drank the food just fine. And now apparently humans could interbreed with aliens?
Even with all that belief stretching, the plot was okay. The biggest problem with this book series is that I couldn't care less about the characters. They're realistic enough, but I felt no connection with them. Most of them had no more personality than one element "the funny one", "the gay one".
I struggled even to finish this book, and in the last 10% I just started skimming. I doubt I'll accept the final book for review, even if the publisher directly emails me again to offer it.
This book was lots of action and a great continuation of the series! It took me a long time to read it because it had been so long since I’d read the first one that I forgot the characters, and I think I should’ve read a recap and it would’ve helped. Fav character is obv Ava Rahili 😂
QUICK BITS
-Book 2 in series
-Unpredictable plot
-A whole new world
REVIEW
I book two we find the Genesis crew finally undertaking the mission they were prepared for after a year of competition in space.
As the crew descends on this new world, I also found my enjoyment descend a bit (compared to book one).
What I really enjoyed were continuing this journey with the characters from book one, learning about a new alien planet, and seeing where this twisty plot went.
I was left wanting a little bit more insight on nyxia and a tad bit more description of the world.
All in all it was a solid second book in the series and I am eager to see how it wraps up in the final book of the trilogy.
RATING
3.00/5.00 SOS Rating (scale of surprise)
TBD/5.00 Avg Book Club Rating
3.75/5.00 Overall Rating
-Book 2 in series
-Unpredictable plot
-A whole new world
REVIEW
I book two we find the Genesis crew finally undertaking the mission they were prepared for after a year of competition in space.
As the crew descends on this new world, I also found my enjoyment descend a bit (compared to book one).
What I really enjoyed were continuing this journey with the characters from book one, learning about a new alien planet, and seeing where this twisty plot went.
I was left wanting a little bit more insight on nyxia and a tad bit more description of the world.
All in all it was a solid second book in the series and I am eager to see how it wraps up in the final book of the trilogy.
RATING
3.00/5.00 SOS Rating (scale of surprise)
TBD/5.00 Avg Book Club Rating
3.75/5.00 Overall Rating
Absolutely incredible continuation of the series. Loved the story, loved the audio production, loved that there were twists I didn't see coming, loved the twists I DID see coming because it's all just so well done. My library doesn't have the third book which is a sin and I'm currently on the hunt for it so I can continue ASAP!
After being thoroughly surprised at how much I loved Nyxia, I decided that I needed to read the rest of the trilogy. While there were some great moments, for example, the rich descriptions of Sevenset, this book felt to me like most other middle books in a trilogy - a bridge between the exposition and the climax. There were subplots and characters added that seemed to serve to simply stretch out the book. (Did this need to be a trilogy, or could it have been a two-book series?) Still, I love the characters in this series and will undoubtedly finish the trilogy.
adventurous
dark
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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism