If blood is thicker than water, Scar and I are practically concrete.
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Aurora Rising
Amie Kaufman (Website)
Jay Kristoff (Website)
Kindle Edition, 480 pages
Audiobook, 14+ hours
Published May 7th 2019 by Knopf Books for Young Readers
ASIN B07FS1K4WL
From the internationally bestselling authors of THE ILLUMINAE FILES comes an epic new science fiction adventure.
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 wiz 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.
They're not the heroes we deserve. They're just the ones we could find. Nobody panic.
Before I get into this I must say: That cover is perfection.
Now, where the book itself is concerned... it was fun! I did this read as an audiobook which offered not just one narrator, but an entire cast of voices lending their various accents and personalities to this diverse group of young, intelligent cadets. Each character possesses their own quirks and laugh out loud personas weaved into a refreshing and highly entertaining story.
Tyler Jones is in the right place at the right time when the life of Aurora, still subdued by cryo-sleep, ends up in jeopardy. He manages to save her, but sadly no one else, and it only costs him the draft. Returning to base, he's left with the leftovers of squad choices but still manages to score his friend, Cat, and his twin sister, Scarlet, on his team. He gains Kal (the warrior), Finian (the geek), and Zila (the brain) as well.
Aurora is a girl from a past of which has no record. She has powers of no explanation. And soon, she manages to, oh so innocently, get Ty and his team looking at a court marshal, labeled fugitives, and all kinds of compounding troubles.
I'm going to link the cast list here, provided by the author and depicted below, because there wasn't a single character I didn't like. And I'm going to spare another moment to applaud this book for absolutely being a tale anyone could enjoy, regardless of gender.
As far as *this* reader is concerned... it checks all kinds of boxes. ☑ SciFi setting. ☑ A clear Alpha. ☑ His dependable, gonna-make-you-smile Beta. ☑ A friend meant to be a lover. ☑ A geek yearning to be noticed. ☑ Matebonding! OMG, Kal!! I swore if this turned into a triangle I was going to throw my airpods across the room.
5 out of 5 stars. Highly recommend. Especially in audiobook. (FREE with an Audible trial, but oh so worth the money if you buy it on its own.)
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