#GeminaReview

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Gemina Review

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Title: Gemina

Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Series: The Illuminae Files Book 2

Pages: 659

Genre: YA Science Fiction

Rating Out Of 5 Stars: 4.5

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            “Apparently she’s got revenge on her mind, and it’s really annoying when people try to talk at you while you’re feeling murderish"

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Goodreads/General Synopsis:

 The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault. Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while 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 headed right toward 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 residents 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.

*****My Thoughts*****

               Kaufman and Kristoff deliver another awesome installment with Gemina. The one major issue I had in Illuminae was that the hyper-stylized pages were on the hard side to follow. This is an issue that I was happy to see fixed in book two. Even the general emails and chats were much cleaner in their layouts. One of my favorite aspects about the series is the hidden bits you can find in the coding. The song lyrics on page 68 were quite fitting.

      The banter is another thing that these authors pull off well I find myself giggling quite often while reading interactions between some characters. Ella, Hannah and Nik especially.

               One issue I did have was the choice of coloring in some of the BeiTech briefings. The white was fine but the gray more often then not completely disappeared into the dark background. At several points I had to get my UV flashlight out in order to read the texts. I don’t know if this is an issue in all the books or if it just happen to be a printing error in the run that my copy came from.

               The secondary antagonists, the Lanima, at times felt like an unnecessary addition. While the peak into the minds of these creatures was interesting, I don’t feel it really added anything to the overall story.

               While Gemina I feel didn’t have the same intensity level that Illuminae did, it was still a damned good read and I can’t wait to get my hands on Obsidio.