With an ending like that there’s no way I can skip book 2. There’s tons of representation in this book and it was pretty awesome. The protagonist is African American from Detroit, his bestie on board the ship is from the Middle East. This book is as about diverse as one can imagine.They got a little repetitive at times, but overall I did enjoy them. The challenges the kids underwent were also very creative and unique.There’s more to the substance than we know as well, it’s already been alluded to, and I look forward to finding out more. Just the concept of Nyxia (this alien material that can be controlled by your thoughts) is fascinating as all get out. Okay, all that said, there were a lot of things I DID like. I’m hoping they will evolve when it comes to book 2. The villains were a little one dimensional.Had I been really given a chance to connect with that character I might have gotten bent out of shape.
Not even the one involved with the first big plot twist around 30%.
By about 15% things were looking up and I was enjoying it a little more. I think part of the problem was that they dumped SO many characters on us at once. This book had a little bit of a Divergent feel to it, but I didn’t really feel any emotion or connection to the characters. They need the kids because the native peoples on this planet hate humans, but they have a deep affection for children and won’t hurt them. I started reading soon after… and it took me a long time to get through his one.īrief summary: a big corporation in the not-so-distant future has gathered a group of poor teenagers, offered them enough money to keep them and their families comfortable for life, and taken them aboard their space ship en-route to a new planet called Eden. I heard good things about this book, so when I saw it on Penguin First To Read I took a chance and guaranteed a copy for myself. I received a copy of this book from the Penguin First Reads in exchange for an honest review.
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