A review by booksnarks
Mass Effect: Ascension by Drew Karpyshyn

4.0

Buddy read with Layla at Buddies Books and Baubles!

Perhaps, objectively look at it, it's not really a four star book, but given that it's based on a video game and given that I liked it as much as I liked the first book, four stars it is!!!

As always, I found interesting all the background info that we got in the book, especially the bits on Omega, which is my favourite location in Mass Effect, second only to the Citadel. I mean check this out, it just feel like a place that is set in space:




And what the heck, I'll throw in a picture of the Citadel just for fun!




Getting a deeper look into the Quarians was also interesting. In fact, I wished we could have spend more time with Lemm and the other Quarians. Lemm turned out to be my favourite, even from limited time he was on the page. I thought Gillian, the powerful biotic girl, was great as a character, if only we'd have gotten a more in dept look at her. Especially at the end when really starts to come into her own person. I loved how morally ambiguous her father Grayson was and how you were left still conflicted about him at the end. Did he truly love his daughter? Did he have a right to? Did his love for her excuse his behaviour with Cerberus? Great questions to think on. Kahlee Sanders was ok, can't say I ever found her super interesting to begin with though.

If you liked the game I think you will still enjoy the book.