Thomas E. Trask

I received this book via Goodreads First Reads program.

I would describe this book as new adult sci fi. The main characters are in their lower-to-mid 20s, have a good level of independence, but there's still a lot of that freshness/innocence that you can get from a YA book (but with less angst).

As this takes place on another world--a moon to be specific--Trask had to set up the framework and build us a unique interesting world and populate it with interesting people, technology, and ideas. I show more liked how he had the colonists name the newly encountered flora and fauna with familiar names, then described these new species as not really like their namesakes.

As can sometimes be with easy reads/YA/NA novels, sometimes the characters end up being one or two dimensional (the derpy scientist at the beginning, the governor, the enforcer, etc.). There was also some fat hate going on that I didn't really appreciate and didn't think was necessary.

Our main character, Clay, is an enigma, and his specialness wasn't really explained to my satisfaction, but perhaps there will be more books in this universe and his origins can be explored.

Clay has a really great group of friends that get him through the crisis of finding out what happened at a site where his mom was working.

There was only one other thing I didn't appreciate about this book, but it's spoilery so I can't really share it. Like the fat hate thing I mentioned above, I didn't think what happened was necessary to move the plot forward and all it did was leave me sad, despite the happily-ever-after ending. show less

This was a fast and entertaining read. The characters were mostly likeable - I got kind of annoyed with Emily. I felt she was a bit one-sided. But since she wasn't a huge focus I can live with that. The story was interesting and kept me enthralled until the end. There were a few things that I felt should have been resolved a bit better- the duality with the wraith and I also was mystified with a "why" regarding the station towards the end.

It was a good read - fast paced and draws you in. I show more would recommend for sci-fi fans.

Edited to revise an error - I reread the passage and realized I had indeed misread a passage. show less