Sunday 6 December 2020

Review of Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

 


The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Acadmey are being assigned their first missions. Srat pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, however his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs who nobody else in the Acadmey wants.

He has the following in his team:

      A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
      A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her banknotes
      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's be Auror Jie-Lin O'Malley, the girl he's just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for over two centuries, Auri is a girl who has been thrust out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, Tyler's squad fo losers, discipline-cases and misfits might be the last hope for the entire galaxy.

I love this pairing of authors, and i knew that this was going to be an instant hit for me. I always try to go into a book with a clear mind however this was a different story. I was grabbed from page one and i knew that i was not going to be able to put this down and i read it in 2 sittings. I found that this was the right amount of balance between sci-fi and adventure which kept me guessing what was going to happen next. It also helped that we have a buddy relationship which also pulls the story along, I can not wait to see what the next one does for the storyline.

Please click the following link to get your copy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aurora-Rising