e-Audio, 14:04:51
Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest & Various OthersRelease Date: May 7, 2019Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Read from: June 9-15, 2019The Aurora Cycle, #1Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)TW:For fans of: Science Fiction, Fantasy, YA
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 techwiz 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.
*MY THOUGHTS*
After the Illuminae series I was so excited to see that they had something else in store for us. I knew it would be great, so I waited until I could get my hands on the audio because I knew it was going to be awesome. And I was so right.
I loved the characters in this. There were so many different personalities and species and it was awesome. I loved that they hated each other but made up for it by being there for each other and having everyone's back. I loved their sarcastic nature and the way they were all so different, but also the same. I know this sounds super confusing, but it was cool to see this intergalactic example of The Breakfast Club lol
What I didn't like though was the plot. I was listening to the audio and at some points I was way into it and at other points it felt like it was dragging. I'm not sure why it felt so up and down, but it didn't feel like their other books. And when it finally picked up at the end, it got really weird. (Yeah that ending wasn't cool with me...)
As for the audio, this one was also a production and I loved it. This one also has an entire collection of people along with the narrators and it makes the whole thing so much more of a production. I always loved that they have all of these things to make the book so different than others. And to finish listening to this in the same day I finished listening to another audio of this caliber was pretty awesome. I hope Penguin Random House Audio continues to give these authors amazing people to do their audios with!
This wasn't exactly what I was expecting with the weird ass ending, but overall it turned out ok. I still can't wait to see what else these two have in mind for the rest of the series because it can't really get more crazy can it???
I loved the characters in this. There were so many different personalities and species and it was awesome. I loved that they hated each other but made up for it by being there for each other and having everyone's back. I loved their sarcastic nature and the way they were all so different, but also the same. I know this sounds super confusing, but it was cool to see this intergalactic example of The Breakfast Club lol
What I didn't like though was the plot. I was listening to the audio and at some points I was way into it and at other points it felt like it was dragging. I'm not sure why it felt so up and down, but it didn't feel like their other books. And when it finally picked up at the end, it got really weird. (Yeah that ending wasn't cool with me...)
As for the audio, this one was also a production and I loved it. This one also has an entire collection of people along with the narrators and it makes the whole thing so much more of a production. I always loved that they have all of these things to make the book so different than others. And to finish listening to this in the same day I finished listening to another audio of this caliber was pretty awesome. I hope Penguin Random House Audio continues to give these authors amazing people to do their audios with!
This wasn't exactly what I was expecting with the weird ass ending, but overall it turned out ok. I still can't wait to see what else these two have in mind for the rest of the series because it can't really get more crazy can it???
Overall, I give this
