I read the paperback edition of this and holy hell am I blown away.
For anyone who is unaware, this is written brilliantly via the use of third party I read the paperback edition of this and holy hell am I blown away.
For anyone who is unaware, this is written brilliantly via the use of third party surveillance, internal memos, email, IM, data recordings, interviews etc, etc. Not in 1 000 000 years would I have ever thought it would work as a novel. But, my God, it SO works!
Illumine begins with the transcripts of separate interviews conducted on Kady Grant (our heroine) and Ezra Mason (babe our hero) regarding their experience of the hostile invasion of the illegal mining colony they call home by a rival corporation and their subsequent escape of the planet. Recent exes, they are refugees aboard different crippled ships on the run from the last remaining invading vessel, The Lincoln.
The story continues to explore their lives abroad the Alexander and the Hypatia - Ezra becoming a conscripted civilian and flying Cyclones (short range fighters) and Kady proving herself to be a bit of a hacker prodigy under the tutelage of one of the Hypatia's ChipHeads - both wondering why the hell they broke up since they totally love each other still. Awwwww.
So why the hacking? Some shit happened since the fleet left the colony. Some shit that at least one Captain is trying to cover up, that cost the lives of thousands and may or may not have been initiated by the Alexander's AI, AIDAN, in response to a biological threat which no one really knows the full extent of.
And what about the Lincoln? Yeah, it's still out there.
It definitely had faults, I spent a long time wishing I had a bit more of Kady and Ezra's backstory, like where did Kady learn her computer skills? Just something she picked up on the Hypatia? or something she had been working on for a while? But, after sleeping on it, I wonder if too much back story would have ruined the impact of the story going forward.
There were also a couple of times where the avant-garde presentation of Illuminae did my head in. but I was pretty tired and cranky by that point, so.....
I'm getting to be such a Jay Kristoff fan girl, and illuminate did not disappoint. On to the next one. ...more
I've got to tell you, I'm really enjoying this series. It's pretty serious, all planning and conspiring and technical stuff. A boatload of death. No sI've got to tell you, I'm really enjoying this series. It's pretty serious, all planning and conspiring and technical stuff. A boatload of death. No sexy times. Not even a love interest (unless I've completely missed something) But, I likey.
My only real complaint is Ky's cousin. Who is a selfish bitch.
I unashamedly love Sherrilyn Kenyon's books. Yes, even while I read them I am well aware that they are a bit stupid, a bit trite, but I still love theI unashamedly love Sherrilyn Kenyon's books. Yes, even while I read them I am well aware that they are a bit stupid, a bit trite, but I still love them.
Born of Night is no different.
In fact, I think from memory that Born of Night was the first Sherrilyn Kenyon book I ever tried. I pretty much read all of her (then) available books back to back to back over a series of months and had a newfound love of all things vampire, gods and monsters.
Born of Night is the story of how a deadly assassin falls for a ballerina princess, whilst zooming all over the Ichidian galaxy on the run from other assassins and The League. It certainly starts off great, but I will admit to some skimming over the middle sections where there was a lot of denying of feelings, painful groins and finally sexy times.
There is a great secondary cast, all of whom get their own books throughout the series. (Darling's is the best IMO).
I would be lying if I said I was satisfied with that ending. I've been back to re-read it about 5 times in the last 24 hourAlright, alright, alright.
I would be lying if I said I was satisfied with that ending. I've been back to re-read it about 5 times in the last 24 hours, and nope. It doesn't work for me.
I need to think on this for forever a wee minute. I wrote about five pages of notes, and still can't wrap my head around anything well enough to write a coherent review.
JAIME LOUISE
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