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Book: Gemina
Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Age Rating: young adult (12+)
Page Count: 672 pages
Star Review: 4.5/5 stars
Summary: Hanna is the station captain's pampered daughter; Nik, the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But when 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 heading right toward the 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 residants 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.
Memorable Quote: "And blood and screams and tears did not matter anymore, because at least they are together."
I was thoroughly impressed with this book. It's probably not new that I tend to really like second books in trilogies because you need a strong middle to end a series well and this series supplied the strong middle I needed. It was a perfect setup for the finale that I'm reading now. And as there was in the first book, plenty of beautiful quotes and I just really really liked this book.
Starting with the characters, I loved Hanna. Her character, while the rich, pampered daughter of a commander was still an incredibly strong female character. She was smart and fought and was honestly everything I love seeing in a character in a novel. And let's not forget the incredibly perfect Nik Malikov. People who personally know me know I love criminal/heist-ish characters (KAZ BREKKER) and Nik was the Kaz Brekker of Gemina for sure. Except kinder and less traumatized, but I still adored Nik. Then there was Ella Malikova, Nik's cousin and her whole situation made me happy. She was disabled, unable to use her legs due to a crippling illness and was still some computer genius the House of Knives (criminal group) used her for hacking and a ton of other smart, computer related things. I'm just gonna say, I haven't read about too many disabled characters (especially in sci-fi) so this was refreshing.
And the way the plot was somewhat related to that of the first book, still somewhat about Ezra and Kady but mostly focusing on Nik and Hanna. I also loved the brief sections from random side characters point of view that ended up being very important to the plot. It was very similar to the POV set up of Adam Silvera's They Both Die At The End and if you read my review, you'll know I loved that part of the book. I hope to read that in more books since it is always something I really enjoy getting. And the whole addition of the whole space time continuum being potentially ripped open was a very interesting plot-point for me and I can't wait to see how the trilogy closes up. But I will for sure be sad to say goodbye to these incredible characters.
Would I recommend? YES!! It IS worth reading the second book!!
Starting with the characters, I loved Hanna. Her character, while the rich, pampered daughter of a commander was still an incredibly strong female character. She was smart and fought and was honestly everything I love seeing in a character in a novel. And let's not forget the incredibly perfect Nik Malikov. People who personally know me know I love criminal/heist-ish characters (KAZ BREKKER) and Nik was the Kaz Brekker of Gemina for sure. Except kinder and less traumatized, but I still adored Nik. Then there was Ella Malikova, Nik's cousin and her whole situation made me happy. She was disabled, unable to use her legs due to a crippling illness and was still some computer genius the House of Knives (criminal group) used her for hacking and a ton of other smart, computer related things. I'm just gonna say, I haven't read about too many disabled characters (especially in sci-fi) so this was refreshing.
And the way the plot was somewhat related to that of the first book, still somewhat about Ezra and Kady but mostly focusing on Nik and Hanna. I also loved the brief sections from random side characters point of view that ended up being very important to the plot. It was very similar to the POV set up of Adam Silvera's They Both Die At The End and if you read my review, you'll know I loved that part of the book. I hope to read that in more books since it is always something I really enjoy getting. And the whole addition of the whole space time continuum being potentially ripped open was a very interesting plot-point for me and I can't wait to see how the trilogy closes up. But I will for sure be sad to say goodbye to these incredible characters.
Would I recommend? YES!! It IS worth reading the second book!!
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