Toxic by Lydia Kang

Toxic

by Lydia Kang

She's an illegally created girl abandoned in deep space. He's a boy on a death mission.
Created by her geneticist mother in secret, Hana’s grown up alone, cared for by the biological spaceship Cyclo. She’s never even left her room. When the entire crew flees overnight and Hana is abandoned, she realizes something is terribly, violently wrong with Cyclo.
Cyclo is the first of its kind to die, and Fenn is a young mercenary tasked with recording the dying process—but exposure to the toxic ship will kill him. The money for the death mission is the only way his sister will survive. And then he discovers Hana—a girl who’s never really had the chance to live. She’s hell-bent on saving Cyclo and her own life, but if Fenn and the ship don’t die, he can’t save his sister. They only have two weeks before Cyclo implodes—but two weeks isn't nearly enough for Hana or for the life Fenn is finally wishing he could have.

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Toxic is definitely a type of Sci-Fi that I absolutely love. Where it has a little horror and suspense mixed into the story. The kind you can’t stop reading.

So Cyclo is a spaceship that is alive but dying. I found the whole concept of the ship absolutely fascinating and what a great idea. After the main crew evacuated an additional crew is sent to the ship in order to record Cyclo’s last moments. There are so many cool features about the ship and how it worked. I loved reading about it and picture it in my mind. Honestly I think I always picture the Enterprise and just change details but you know. It was pretty cool.

I don’t want to give anything away on the plot but it was definitely fascinating. I had my suspicions early on but it didn’t make the story any less enjoyable. I loved the suspense of what was going to happen next.

As far as the romance is concerned. I didn’t feel like I really needed it. I think the story would have been perfectly fine without out but I also think it makes sense. Especially for someone who has never lived outside a room and someone who thinks this the end of the line for them.

I think as each of the characters back stories come to light. I felt they were really interesting. It’s just a small piece of a giant universe so even though they are different races. I think you kind the main idea of everyone’s cultures.

I really enjoyed Toxic. I thought it was that perfect Sci-Fi thriller story that is fun to read.

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