Author: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Published: 1 Nov 2016
Series: The Illuminae Files #2
Rating: 5 stars
Synopsis:
The saga that began with breakout bestseller Illuminae continues aboard Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of BeiTech’s assault. Hanna is the station commander'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 crew 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.
But relax. They’ve totally got this. They hope.
Told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling readers into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.
For full effect, read everything Merrick says in a loin-stirringly deep, upper-crust accent while listening to smooth jazz.
I listened to this one as an audiobook and followed along in my physical copy. The pictures in the book were absolutely amazing and the sound effects in the audiobook draws you in. I love the pictures that Hanna has drawn in her journal too.
One of my favourite parts was when Ella said "poor cow cows :( ". It was very cute and it made me smile.
"I know one sixth of three tenths of absolutely f*** all."
Nik's 'bedtime story' about his grandma was a good one. It was an amusing message to pass along to people through the book too - don't hurt a woman, or she will hurt you back just as bad but you won't know when.
"Food, Highness. FOOOOOODDDD."
Question: Why does AIDAN explain footage sometimes and not 7123? Will we find this out in the last book in the trilogy? By now, I'm also wondering who it is.
Question: Is Zoe dead? Why doesn't she answer Ella's video messages? Will we find this out in the last book too?
I'm going to cntinue to believe that the 'amorphous slick of cold coffee' is the same one that overloaded the Heimdall systems, even if it actually isn't.
Why must Amie and Jay make me feel this way about fictional characters?!
Hanna: "You're not helping, AIDAN!"
AIDAN: "It is not as if I can get out and push."
Spoilers!
When we find out that Jackson Merrick is Rapier, and that Rapier pretended to be Sam Wheaton... My head nearly exploded.
When Hanna blew up Mess Hall 3, I knew what was going to happen as soon as we found out she was getting sugar out of the cupboard and going back to the main area of the mess hall. They explained what happens in a Criminal Minds episode I watched one day.
When Hanna finally kissed Nik, I may or may not have shed a few tears with happiness.
My jaw just about hit the floor when Ella got attacked by that Licker. Luckily her father gave her that pistol though or else she may have actually died that day.
When Nik dies in Hanna's universe, I cried big, fat, ugly tears. More big, fat tears as Hanna dies in Nik's universe too. By now, Amie and Jay have me wrapped around the little finger of their main characters.
When Merrick shot Ella in his report? Nope, I was gone. Same as when Merrick shot Nik and then Hanna in his report too.
End Spoilers!
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All books in this series:
0.5 | Memento
1 | Illuminae
2 | Gemina
3 | Obsidio
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