<— BREAKING NEWS UPDATE!! This one isΒ SUPER-BARGAIN PRICED TODAY & book #2 will be out in just a few days. And guess what else? Our reading crew LOVED THIS BOOK LIKE CRAZY! I mean, best book ever, 5-star PLUS BIG love for this book. You bring upΒ IlluminaeΒ and the squeeing starts. LOL!!! π
Just to give you an idea ;):
Michelle: Whereβs Fabi?β¦FABI! I have to share my utter excitement over Illuminae! About a third of the way done and I already know itβs in my top 10 for the year and will likely climb if the pace keeps upβ¦just OMG Iβve never read anything like it! To put it in terms you will understand, Iβm Red Rising excitedΒ
Β Back to readingβ¦I canβt see myself stopping unless I fall asleep by accident!
Fabi: Michelle!!! WOW Iβm psyched about it now.
Michelle: Fabiβ¦Maryseβ¦someone read Illuminae! Iβm still thinking about it and the hardcover is crazy crazy amazing β truly a literary work of art!
Fabi:Β Michelle, I finally started reading Illuminae last night. Iβm only on page 25 and I donβt even have words for how much I love this book. The characters are so real and the delivery ingenious. Iβm fangirling big time!
Rebecca: Iβm so excited youβre reading Illuminae!! Itβs so good! Youβre thrown right into the action straight up, and itβs soooo angsty!! Loving the romance between Kady and Ezra. Iβm 47%.
Fabi: I realize I canβt come here and squeee over every page I read. (Although, thatβs what Iβm doing IRL β squeeing over every new page I read.) The apology rose β omg the rose!). So, Iβm going to make this comment count.
Illuminae is beyond a five star read for me. It is BY FAR my favorite book of 2015. There is not another that can compare, much less come close to the originality and precision storytelling of Illuminae. …I would recommend it (a screaming recommendation) to anyone and everyone who enjoys apocalyptic or YA or sci-fi. Donβt miss out on this experience! I think youβll love Kady and Ezra as much as I do. …Illuminae is not only my favorite of the year, itβs going in my all-time favorites category. Itβll be #25 in there β out of the thousands of books Iβve read in my life.
Lisa:Β β¦I started Illuminae and OMG OMG OMG this has to be the best book of the yearβ¦such an original concept and its sucked me right into the midst of this dystopian space oddessy.
About book #1:
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing sheβd have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.
The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet thatβs little more than a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezraβwho are barely even talking to each otherβare forced to evacuate with a hostile warship in hot pursuit.
But their problems are just getting started. A plague has broken out and is mutating with terrifying results; the fleetβs AI may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say whatβs really going on. As Kady hacks into a web of data to find the truth, itβs clear the only person who can help her is the ex-boyfriend sheΒ sworeΒ sheβd never speak to again.
Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documentsβincluding emails, maps, files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and moreβIlluminaeΒ is the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.
READING ORDER:
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files)
- Gemina (The Illuminae Files)Β – October 18th 2016
- Untitled (The Illuminae Files, #3) – Title and release dateΒ TBA (2017)
I loved the unique and exiciting way this story was presented……it sits somewhere between a traditional print book, cartoon and a dossier. The reader is instantly draw into this story as an active participant….scanning through files and documents to try to unravel its mystery.
But there is more to this plot than a space odyssey. Gradually unfolding is a gentle and bittersweet relationship between the protagonists. I just loved it.
I cant wait for the next book.