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A review by chughes120
Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
4.0
Space competition for teens featuring magic sentient space goo.
This felt familiar to so many other sci fi YA novels, yet still completely new. It is what I wish Red Rising was and what I felt the first Hunger Games was, and for once I don’t know exactly where it’s going, although I feel like it’s turning into Avatar (the aliens one, not the airbender one)?
Don’t get me wrong, there’s some tropey elements I don’t love - lead character who is an instinctively powerful fighter, child romance trying to be more adult than it is, randomly homicidal teens, evil dystopian corporation that no one questions, etc - but it also didn’t fall into many of the pitfalls that typical YA fantasy/sci fi series fall into. I only hope the next two books can keep up the momentum.
This felt familiar to so many other sci fi YA novels, yet still completely new. It is what I wish Red Rising was and what I felt the first Hunger Games was, and for once I don’t know exactly where it’s going, although I feel like it’s turning into Avatar (the aliens one, not the airbender one)?
Don’t get me wrong, there’s some tropey elements I don’t love - lead character who is an instinctively powerful fighter, child romance trying to be more adult than it is, randomly homicidal teens, evil dystopian corporation that no one questions, etc - but it also didn’t fall into many of the pitfalls that typical YA fantasy/sci fi series fall into. I only hope the next two books can keep up the momentum.