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A review by lawbooks600
Aurora Burning by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
adventurous
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
4.0
Representation: Biracial main character
Score: Seven points out of ten.
I wanted to read this for a while after enthralling myself in Aurora Rising and liking the author's other book I read recently, The Isles of the Gods so I finally picked it up and read it. When I finished it I thought it was enjoyable but a step down from the preceding instalment (which I thought was better) and I hope the final part of the series, Aurora's End will be as good if not better than the first. It starts (more like continues) with the characters from the previous novel returning like Tyler, Aurora, Zila, Kal and Scarlett (except Cat) and immediately it picks up where it left off with Aurora still being the most wanted criminal (after breaking an interstellar law by landing on a forbidden planet) so all the characters are still on the run from the Terran Defence Force (space police I suppose.) The first hundred pages had action but the middle three hundred were slower (which didn't ruin the narrative. That let me explore more character dynamics.) For a while Aurora and another person distanced themselves so Aurora could practice the Trigger which becomes useful later. At least the last hundred pages quickens the pace again when The Unbroken (I can best describe them as a galactic terrorist group who rebelled from their race) threatened to destroy Earth but that didn't go to plan and instead Squad 312 comes in, saves the day (as usual) and all that's left is a cliffhanger. Book #3 sounds promising.
Score: Seven points out of ten.
I wanted to read this for a while after enthralling myself in Aurora Rising and liking the author's other book I read recently, The Isles of the Gods so I finally picked it up and read it. When I finished it I thought it was enjoyable but a step down from the preceding instalment (which I thought was better) and I hope the final part of the series, Aurora's End will be as good if not better than the first. It starts (more like continues) with the characters from the previous novel returning like Tyler, Aurora, Zila, Kal and Scarlett (except Cat) and immediately it picks up where it left off with Aurora still being the most wanted criminal (after breaking an interstellar law by landing on a forbidden planet) so all the characters are still on the run from the Terran Defence Force (space police I suppose.) The first hundred pages had action but the middle three hundred were slower (which didn't ruin the narrative. That let me explore more character dynamics.) For a while Aurora and another person distanced themselves so Aurora could practice the Trigger which becomes useful later. At least the last hundred pages quickens the pace again when The Unbroken (I can best describe them as a galactic terrorist group who rebelled from their race) threatened to destroy Earth but that didn't go to plan and instead Squad 312 comes in, saves the day (as usual) and all that's left is a cliffhanger. Book #3 sounds promising.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Full trigger warnings: Physical assault and injury, military violence and war themes, blood depiction, death of people in the past, near-death experience, explosions