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Review: Gemina

Gemina Gemina by Amie Kaufman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the sequel to the book Illuminae released last year, and written jointly by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff.

This story runs along the same time line of the Illuminae book however, is based on the location of a space station called Heimdell which creates worm holes to enable transport between different locations in space.

Very much like Illuminae this book is based around a strong female protagonist in Hannah Donnelly, don't be mistaking upon first meeting her she is neither vane or boy obsessed and vacuous but transpires to be a strong female protagonist with a selfless nature and the need to rectify the Heimdell's current situation.

The love triangle which becomes apparent early on is very "YA" but if you can grin and overlook it the plot is quick paced and enjoyable. Some of the formatting is reminiscent of the previous book however, there are some artistic diary entries and sketches which I loved and wished there was more of.

I also liked the introduction of another life form into this story line however, felt that it was not given enough due or development as this could of added a comical element to this story to make it stand out from the first book.

All in all I really enjoyed this book it wasn't a trilogy filler, but it didn't grip me enough to read in one sitting either.

Despite all this it is a 3.5 star read and I am hoping the finale will be an explosive fast paced conclusion to our kick ass female protagonist's stories, just a shame it has to be due in late 2017.



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