NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES • From the internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Filescomes a new science fiction epic . . .
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch . . .
A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates
A smart-ass tech whiz with the galaxy's biggest chip on his shoulder
An alien warrior with anger-management issues
A tomboy pilot who's totally not into him, in case you were wondering
And Ty's squad isn't even his biggest problem--that'd be Aurora Jie-Lin O'Malley, the girl he's just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler's squad of losers, discipline cases, and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.
I have weird feelings about this book. On the one hand, I enjoyed it. I read it QUICKLY, which for me means I was hooked/interested. And I was. So there are three reasons for my 3-star rating:
1) The ending got a little weird for me. It just took a direction I didn't really love. This was purely a "me" thing. Just not really for me. Like.. some weird psychotic plant taking over the universe? Weird.
2) Certain parts of the book were a bit bland or silly. All of the characters had super exaggerated personalities. They were so stereotypical. That made the whole book feel a little childish. I did enjoy some of the characters, but at the same time I also knew they were kind of ridiculous and over the top.
3) There were multiple romances happening and I wasn't keen on any of them. I just felt nothing.
So although I enjoyed the book, it ended up being more on the "ehh" side for me overall. I'm not sure I'll continue with it.
