Reviewed by inlibrisveritas on
Insignia was one of my favorite reads for the year so I was super excited to read Vortex when I won it…of course life and review books happen so it kept getting pushed back. Until I recommend Insignia to my boyfriend and he blazed through it and forced begged me to read Vortex with him. I want to touch on the fact that my boyfriend doesn’t like reading…in fact if he reads 1 book in a year it’s something worth noting, so the fact that he’s read both of these books back to back says something about it. It’s just that good.
I have no clue where to even start with Vortex, because it’s one those books where I just want to squeal and thrust the book at your face until you decide to read it…just to shut me up. Vortex is just as much fun as Insignia was, in fact it may be more fun. We get to see more of the Spire and more of the awesome technology everyone has access to, and we get to see more simulated battles…which I think might be my favorite techy aspect. Just the thought of being able to pop into a simulated situation and ‘live’ it like it’s truly real makes me want to tell scientists they need to hurry up. Of course there are downsides to technology and while we got to see some of it in Insignia we really get to see it in Vortex. We also get to see more of the Camolet Company combatants at work and we are introduced to a whole new host of people.
Tom is just as stubborn, reckless, and hilarious as before but I’m happy to say he experiences a lot of growth in this one. Tom is the kind of character that gives you a headache because you get hitting your forehead over the stupid stuff he says and does. I can’t even remember how many times I yelled, “Tom just shut up!” Needless to say he ‘kind of’ learned to shut up before I gave myself a concussion. Vik, Wyatt, and Yuri are also back! These four go through some tough situations together and I really love the strength of their friendships, even with all the name calling and crazy problems. Then there is Medusa. God I love this girl! She’s such a tough character with a vulnerablity that she tries to hid underneath all of that cool badassery. We do get to learn a bit more about her and even with her flaws displayed she never becomes a puddle of goo.
There is just so much I want to tell you guys about, but there would be so many spoilers that the review would be pointless. Needless to say I’ll be buying the third book when it comes out, even though we have quite the wait. If you haven’t read Insignia and you enjoy sci-fi books with awesome tech then I really recommend it!
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 20 September, 2013: Finished reading
- 20 September, 2013: Reviewed