Goodreads Synopsis:
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…
A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates
A smart-ass techwiz with the galaxy’s biggest chip on his shoulder
An alien warrior with anger management issues
A tomboy pilot who’s totally not into him, in case you were wondering
And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.
They’re not the heroes we deserve. They’re just the ones we could find. Nobody panic.
My Review:
I don’t usually like sci-fi, but this book is so popular that I had to give it a chance. I wasn’t really surprised by what I thought of it, but I was still disappointed. Of the seven main characters (Tyler, Scarlett, Cat, Finian, Zila, Kal and Aurora) I liked two: mainly Finian, but also Scarlett. I didn’t think this book was exceptional, but I did enjoy reading it, mainly due to Finian. The other characters just seemed unlikeable to me and it made an impact on how I perceived the story.
I have to give points for getting me invested in the plot, though. Even if I couldn’t stand anyone but Finian and Scarlett, I did care about what happened to the others, which was more than I would’ve expected. I can certainly see why people might like this book, but for me it didn’t really get to that. In my opinion, Finian really carried the story. I was really just waiting to see what he said and thought of everything.
I don’t think I would recommend this book to any of my friends with similar tastes to mine, but I could see a lot of people liking it. This is good for people who like sci-fi, specifically franchises like Star Wars or Star Trek, and also has the found family trope. I did enjoy reading the book but I didn’t like it enough to recommend or reread. I don’t think I’ll be reading the sequel.
I would rate this book…
⭐️⭐️.5/5.
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