Title: GeminaSeries: Illuminae Files #2
Author: Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published Date: October 18th, 2016
Genre: YA, science-fiction, space
Page Count:608
Format: Library Binding
My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ .5
Goodreads Summary:
The highly-anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that critics are calling “out-of-this-world awesome.”
Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.
The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.
Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.
When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station’s wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands.
But relax. They’ve totally got this. They hope.
Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling readers into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.
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My Review:
Read my review for Illuminae the first book in this trilogy first.
I listened to this book on audio while following along with the physical book. Still highly recommend doing it this way, so you can get the full effect and truly feel like you are a part of the story.
When we first meet Hanna Donnely it seems like she's just going to be like any other military brat. But once the action starts happening we see her true colors underneath the life she has made for herself. We see the training her father has given her since she was little actually proving to be useful and we see her make tough/scary decisions that will affect everyone on multiple ships.
Nik seems like he is going to be your typical badboy just in space. But he's got secrets of his own, and his bad-boy act is just that for the most part. Yes, he's done some questionable things, but nothing as bad as everyone thinks. He's done things to protect his family and continues to do so when it comes to Hanna and his cousin Ella who is also on board.
My favorite out of all the new character is Ella. She is a computer hacking genius who is paralyzed but doesn't let that stop her from helping Hanna and Nik save the ship.
For most of this book, I wasn't really sure how it and the first one we're going to connect, but towards the end we see how. Katy is still using the information she found out at the end of the first, and it appears that the third and final book will be where she is able to show everything she has found out and use it take down BeiTech.
I'm still loving this series, and how it incorporates so many different things and truly feels like a movie. I can't wait to see what ends up happening next and I hope some of my theories are correct!
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