Review: The Last Star

The Last Star by Rick Yancey
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I'm really upset because I loved the first two books of this series! Maybe it was the writing style, maybe the audiobook readers? Whatever it was, this book fell flat for me.

The writing style seemed awkward and "young." I know this is a YA book, but I've seen so much better writing for YA books than this. The characters fell flat and I didn't end up caring for any of them this time around??

Also the ending was stupid.

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Review: Nyxia Unleashed

Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Thank you, NetGalley, for an ARC of this book. My thoughts in this review are all my own and are not influenced in any way.

Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen is the second book of The Nyxia Triad. I have a review of the first book, Nyxia. This review has spoilers from the first book. There will be no spoilers for this book, though.

The characters you know and love from Nyxia are back and pushed to their limits. They make it onto Eden to mine the foreign substance nyxia, but slowly find out that things aren't what they seem. Babel's true intentions are slowly revealed as the two Genesis crews form an alliance with Adamites, the residents of Eden. In a war between Babel and the Adamites, the Genesis crew must work together and choose a side, both of which may have dire consequences.

Emmett, the main character, is as delightful as ever. This book has you rooting for him the whole time and agreeing with every decision he makes. We learn more about the rest of the crew through their growing relationships with Emmett.

The writing was difficult to get through at first, but I adapted pretty quickly to the writing style. Reintgen is very straightforward in his writing. There weren't many poetic quotes that had me swooning and grabbing the nearest highlighter (let's ignore the fact that I read this on an e-reader), but the writing still stuck with me.

This sequel introduced so many new things (animals, traditions, characters/development), but it still left me feeling lacking. So much could have been explained more or introduced again later on, but the ending fell flat. Perhaps the next book will cover more.

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