A review by thebookberrie
Unearthed by Meagan Spooner, Amie Kaufman

3.0

Unearthed takes place on an alien planet, Gaia, where a long-exist race seems like the solution Earth has been waiting for. For Jules, the culture and technology offers a unique opportunity for study- if the scavengers like Mia don't loot everything for money first. When Jules and Mia get into trouble with other scavengers, they form an alliance to both get what they want.

When we allow ourselves to explore, we discover destinations that were never on our map.

This book was pretty fun. While it didn't wow me, I still had a good time. It really does have Indiana Jones in space vibes, and weirdly felt like Breath of the Wild. There was so much temple puzzles and running around, climbing stuff, trying not to die from traps and bad guys.

I really liked Jules and Mia, and I'm surprised that I didn't hate their romance, even though it was kind of fast? They meet each other, have one conversation and suddenly they were off on their adventure but I loved their teamwork and still thought they were great together. *shrug*

As for the plot, I felt like it kind of dragged a bit, and I got a little lost in the last half. It seemed like they were just running around for a long time. I did really like the ending though, it was SO good. Apparently the sequel sucks which is really too bad. This book was super entertaining, wasn't awful, and was pretty much all I wanted from it.