A review by c1aud55n
Gemina by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

5.0

Something I was really concerned with going into Illuminae was that I wouldn’t be able to connect with the characters because of the way the book was formarred. After actually reading Illuminae I realized I was wrong. But going into Gemina I realized just HOW wrong I was.

Nik Malikov is literal perfection? Hannah Donnelly is such a kick-ass character. Although at first she seemed like a stuck-up spoiled girl. But as you read she loses so much dear to her and she grows so much as a person. And in general she was just SO badass.

This book introduced so many amazing new characters, and even if I didn’t love all of them they were all so complex. Also some characters from the first book where in this one too- like Kady, Ezra, and AIDAN. I think that’s all I need to say on that topic.

And can we talk about the illustrations? More specifically Hanna’s diary entries. They were gorgeous. I loved the format of the first book, but the added drawings from Hanna’s journal added so much to this story.

The amount of emotional truama this book caused is honestly just kind of embarrassing at this point. Can’t wait to read the next one!!