Aurora Rising

I wanted to like this but unfortunately, I ended up being bored most of the time.

The plot... well, its very cliche and mediocre and nothing happened. Its divided into three parts but Part 2, is so unnecessary if you ask me. I was so bored the entire time that I've had multiple thoughts of DNF-ing it.

The characters... they're all bland and one-dimentional. They try too hard to be these “cool and smartass misfits” in space. I was rolling my eyes non-stop for the frequent mentions of Tyler's dimples, Kal's braids and purple eyes, as well as, the constant weird curse phrases in Auri's perspective. Speaking of which, she reminded me so much of Eleven from Stranger Things and she's supposed to be the “hero” or the “chosen one” in the story but I don't see that in her? Also, she's so annoying.

The POVs... didn't concern me that much. I listened to this on audiobook and I highly recommend it. It has a complete cast for each character and it helped me a lot to not be confused.

Overall, I'm disappointed and I will not be continuing with this series anymore. But the book also received a lot of good reviews and praise so my opinion doesn't really matter. This took me so long to finish and I'm glad that I'm finally over it.