Gemina (Illuminae Files, #2)

by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

[Chelsea]

What I Loved

Gosh. This book was just as good, if not better, than the first book. I can’t even explain to you why. There were problematic parts but I was just SO entertained the whole way through that I couldn’t help but give this book five stars. There wasn’t a single chapter that wasn’t filled with action. I found that this book even had a few horror elements (the gross worms if you’ve read it) which I actually liked even though I was terrified. It was nothing too horrible this is a YA book after all.

I feel like the format of this book was less exciting this time. We’ve seen it already in Illuminae so it was just something I was expecting in this book. I can tell you that’s it’s easy to read. I’ve heard some people express some concerns about how it must be hard to read something that’s not your typical book format. I personally found it really easy to read and I really enjoyed reading it because it was so much quicker. Those tiny little details that you don’t often care about aren’t there so it’s much quicker to get to the juicy parts.

Basically the entertainment value in this book beat out everything else about it.

What I Didn't Like

I think this book was a teeny bit predictable at some points. Other times the logic behind some things were way over my head. I still enjoyed reading it though and the ending itself wasn’t predictable which I was happy for.

Also I was NOT a fan of the creepy worm things. They were terrifying and I could have done without them.

This book also lacks in the character development a little bit but that’s because of the format it’s written in so I didn’t really mind. Plus there’s so much action happening in such a short period of time that I don’t think much character development is even possible.

Who I'd Recommend To

I’d recommend this to any young adult sci fi lovers. There’s so many sci fi elements packed in there with that action that you won’t be able to put it down!