Review: Nyxia Uprising by Scott Reintgen

Nyxia Uprising by Scott Reintgen
Narrated by : Sullivan Jones (Narrator), Kyla Garcia (Narrator), Alex Romashov (Narrator), Keong Sim (Narrator)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I feel like this was the perfect ending to the series.  I'm sad to see it end, but I'm so satisfied with the ending.  I wasn't sure what to expect because in Reintgen's own "review" he said "You are not ready" and he pointed out that your favorites aren't safe and people die.  It isn't often that authors really go there, but he did and it was really well done.  This series needs so much more recognition in the YA Sci-fi community.

The audiobook cast was A+! I wasn't sure how I'd feel about finishing up the series on audio since I previously read ARCs of the series, but the cast was perfect!  They did an amazing job bringing the story to life and their personification of the Imago and the Genesis crew was spot on!  I'm going to check out other things they've narrated because all four of them were very talented.

This follows Emmett and Morning and the rest of the Genesis crew as they try to escape Babel and the impending end of the world. Babel didn't plan on the moon's colliding when they came to take over the Imago's planet to mine Nyxia. The Genesis team has made a pact with the Imago to fight against Babel and return to Earth to expose Babel. The story is told from several perspectives, Emmet and Morning which I expected, but we also get Longwei's perspective, and Anton's perspective as they have both left the crew and infiltrated Babel's domain in different ways. This basically picks up right where the last book leaves off. The crew and the Imago are recovering from Babel's last attack, Anton and Longwei have taken their respective places within the Babel network in an attempt to help their friends get home safely. As Emmett and Morning lead the crew on the ground toward the ships that will take them off planet, things do not go smoothly and they decide to split up. As is typical nothing goes to plan and the group finds themselves not only fighting for their lives against Babel but fighting the clock as the moons collide and the world ends. Meanwhile Defoe isn't giving up so easily and he is determined to win at any cost.

The world building, creativity of all of the creatures that Reintgen creates on the planet, the character development are all fantastic. I also appreciated that the author wasn't afraid to put the characters in danger. You weren't sure if your darlings were going to come out alright until the end. There were some plot points that kind of wrapped up a bit too quickly or could have been explored or explained in a bit more detail. Overall, I really don't have much to criticize. I just really liked the whole series.

This is a great YA sci-fi series and I highly recommend it. It has action, it is a bit on the violent side, great friendships, good humor, and it just overall a good story. I look forward to reading more of Scott Reintgen’s work in the future.


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Review: Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen

Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.  This released on June 17th, 2018.  I know this review is up late, but life has been a bit hectic lately.  Anyway...here is my review and I highly recommend this series.

I loved this sequel to Nyxia. This follows our main character Emmett a he lands on an alien planet after a Hunger Games style competition in space. Emmett and the other members that won their spots to land on Eden must work together to mine Nyxia, a rare but spectacular substance that really has no bounds in its application. Babel, the corporation that funded the mission and has contracts with the locals, is up to something and Emmett and his comrades know it. The Genisis crew doen’t know who to trust, they just know that Babel has betrayed them, and the Adamites aka the Imago are keeping something as well. The Imago, will only work with children as they are sacred to their culture, so Babel has sent teenagers to the planet to mine nyxia and forge relationships. The story shifts from a play to win game to that of an Avatar style game of political intrigue where the big corporation wants something from the planet, but the locals want something too. The Genesis crew is stuck in the middle not knowing who to trust.

Once on the planet the crew of teenagers keep up their end of the bargain, they mine the nyxia, make nice with the locals, and stay friendly with Babel. They also trying to figure out what is going on with Babel and the Imago. They know that there are holes on both sides of the story, they just don’t know which side is the worse ally. On top of the secrets being kept, within the ranks of the Imago, there is a rebel faction that wants to use the teenagers to get to Earth to start over. This causes the Imago to speed up the timeline for Emmett and his friends. They quickly come to learn about the Imago, their culture, and eventually their real plans. They also learn more about the promises Babel made on their behalf. In the meantime the Genesis crew has made some plans of their own in an attempt to get more information about what Babel is doing and what they have planned. We are left on kind of a cliffhanger, but there was a ton of action and quite few twists that I didn’t see coming. I’m anxious to read the next book in the trilogy to see what happens next and how everything play out.

I really like all of the characters and their development so far. We know the Genesis crew from book 1 already, but many of them continue to develop here in book 2. Relationships both romantic and platonic develop, and there are some characters that completely change their tune. The Imago are well described and each of them have a personality. The world building is great too. The creatures on the alien planet were described well as well as the surroundings and activities of the Imago culture.


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