Aurora Burning

This is going to be a wild ride so...
SPOILERS AHEAAAD!

First off; I LOVED Aurora Rising. In fact I can't stop thinking about it (or this sequel) and I think it might be a new time favorite. I loved the writint, the characters, the pacing, the plot.
(The only thing I didn't like were the amount of genitalia related jokes m throughout the book/books, like seriously what? Tho the characters are teens and it can be excused)

And I absolutely loved Aurora Burning too, but here comes the but...
BUT....
What the fuck was that one chapter?
I'm gonna spoil it because I tagged it and you should look away right now if you haven't read this one yet.
Kal's father is revealed to BE the Starslayer. Yes that one who destroyed a star. Who murdered billions of his own people. And yes Kal lied to his squad by saying his father died. But he LOVES AND DEFENDED HIS SQUADMATES FOR TWO ENTIRE BOOKS.
Just for them to be incredibly angry with him and call him a ‘betrayer' and after they dump him on some star they call it a ‘betrayal' whilst Kal literally didn't do anything.
Yes he lied and yes you can be hurt about it, but Kaliis is literally not evil and they are all pretending he is and it REALLY threw me off.
There was no reason for this big of a reaction and I guessed its just for plot reasons and drama and I was right.
Because almost literally the next chapter SAEDII (you know the DAUGHTER of the Starslayer, someone who had been actively TRYING TO KILL squad 312) is suddenly friends with Tyler.
Tyler Jones who actively kills Kal a ‘betrayer' for not telling the squad his father is a massmurder decides it's totally okay for him to become ‘friends' with his sister Saedii without calling himself a hypocrite.


In the last 200/100 pages it is revealed to us the Starslayer is a Trigger too, like Aurora, which (once again) makes me question the Eshvaren and their well ‘goodness'
Why did they allow him to use a weapon like that? Why is there no safety question in use? But alas, it's interesting and brings up new information:
- the Eshvaren have created every race to find a solution for the Ra'haam.

Oh and then everyone is about to die in the last chapter and the book ends so whoops.
I loved the book and I will love every ounce of the third book (please give us a release date) but the chapter with “Kal's betrayal” made me SO mad.
So that's why its a 4/5.