My Review of: Under Nameless Stars (Zenn Scarlett #2) by Christian Schoon

Under Nameless Stars by Christian Schoon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: Zenn Scarlett’s novice year of exoveterinarian training on Mars isn’t quite going to plan…

After barely surviving a plot to destroy her school and its menagerie of alien patients, could things at the Ciscan cloister get any worse? Yes. Yes they could: Zenn’s absent father Warra Scarlett has suddenly ceased all communication with her. Desperate to learn what’s become of him, Zenn stows away aboard the Helen of Troy, a starliner powered by one of the immense, dimension-jumping beasts known as Indra.

With her is Liam Tucker, a towner boy who is either very fond of her, very dangerous to her, or both. On the verge of learning the truth about her dad, Zenn’s quest suddenly catapults her and Liam thousands of light years beyond known space, and into the dark heart of a monstrous conspiracy. Braving a gauntlet of lethal environments and unearthly life forms, her courage and exovet skills will now be tested as never before.

With the fate of entire worlds hanging in the balance, Zenn is racing headlong into trouble… again.

My Review: An exciting adventure through a spaceship, with a novice vet from mars, Zenn Scarlett, and her friends through a race against the clock to save everyone, everywhere. Sounds good, right? It was great, but honestly I think it would have been better if I would have found out that it was the second book in the series Zenn Scarlett, before I started reading it. That’s my own fault though. It’s a great story, I love all the alien and new earth life forms the author has come up with, they’re really interesting, and I haven’t read anything like it before. I’ve really been into books about space and aliens lately, and this was a great fit with that. I never would have been able to come up with the creatures in this book, and that’s just awesome. It was written well enough that even though I started in the second I didn’t feel too left out, aside from wondering what happened in the first book to lead the characters there. I got confused a few times while I was reading it, however, both from the words I couldn’t pronounce, and because I didn’t read the first book, but aside from that it was a great read and I’d recommend it. Thanks for reading!

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My Review of: Alienated (Alienated #1) by Melissa Landers

Alienated by Melissa Landers
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one of them.

Handpicked to host the first-ever L’eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future is set. Not only does she get a free ride to her dream college, she’ll have inside information about the mysterious L’eihrs that every journalist would kill for. Cara’s blog following is about to skyrocket.

Still, Cara isn’t sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L’eihrs have nearly identical DNA, but cold, infuriatingly brilliant Aelyx couldn’t seem more alien. She’s certain about one thing, though: no human boy is this good-looking.

But when Cara’s classmates get swept up by anti-L’eihr paranoia, Midtown High School suddenly isn’t safe anymore. Threatening notes appear in Cara’s locker, and a police officer has to escort her and Aelyx to class.

Cara finds support in the last person she expected. She realizes that Aelyx isn’t just her only friend; she’s fallen hard for him. But Aelyx has been hiding the truth about the purpose of his exchange, and its potentially deadly consequences. Soon Cara will be in for the fight of her life—not just for herself and the boy she loves, but for the future of her planet.

My Review: This is a fast paced novel filled with aliens and debates. And in the middle of it all, Cara Sweeny is pushed into a life that although she accepts, not everyone does. Aelyx is an alien exchange student that has moved into Cara’s house for the year, and who could be better coverage for it that Cara, the blog running journalist herself? It’s an exciting novel that kept me hooked from the beginning, and I can’t wait to read the next instalment. As you know, I love aliens, and this book was a great fit for me. Although, I do have some questions that weren’t answered by the end of the book. If the planet is across the universe, how can they see it in the horizon? And if it’s so close, how did it get there? It couldn’t have just appeared, could it? A whole planet? Where is the planet exactly, like how far is it? And if they’re still learning about light speed, how are they traveling back and forth like it’s nothing? How are the two species DNA virtually the same, and how did that happen? If it’s a planet not unlike earth, but it’s still different, how are they the same? And last but not least, why is it socially acceptable to be romantically involved with another species from another planet, but not to have them live peacefully on earth with them? Those are all of my questions. Anyways, I liked that there really are people protesting aliens, because I’m sure there would be tons of people doing that in real life if that happened. The story seemed pretty well thought out, although the planet thing still doesn’t make any sense. The characters developed and changed throughout the story, and that’s always a good thing. Overall, I liked the book. It was exciting, and it was a new take on aliens. Definitely check it out if you have the chance, it was a good read. Thanks for reading!

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My Review of: The Murder of Adam and Eve by William Dietrich

The Murder of Adam and Eve by William Dietrich
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: In this fast-paced and though-provoking thriller, two teens time-travel to prehistoric Africa to judge whether to save our ancestors: the genetic “Adam” and “Eve” whose descendants will go on to populate the world. When 16-year-old Nick Brynner explores an old fort on a forbidden island for a school history project, he stumbles onto a time wormhole. What follows is a mysteriously deserted village with a prowling sentry that looks like a gargoyle, and narrow escape with the help of fellow teen Eleanor Terrell. The two are hurtled into a grim series of challenges by an alien race called the Xu, which are considering a Reset of human history because of our poor planetary stewardship. If Adam and Eve are murdered, will another couple, or another species, do better? Nick and Ellie are ruthlessly deposited onto the African savanna of fifty thousand years ago, and the hunt is on. The Murder of Adam and Eve is a coming of age story, a love story, a war story, and an environmental fable with a deliberately provocative ending, inspired by such books as “Walkabout,” “Ishmael,” “Lord of the Flies,” and the author’s own “Getting Back.”

My Review: I have torn feelings about this book. I liked it at first, but the more I thought about it, the more I started doubting my feelings. It’s such an interesting topic, and there’s Aliens, Angels, Cavemen, creatures no one has even heard of, and even time travel. Who doesn’t like that? It’s an eclectic mix of adventure, action, romance, and mystery. Although those things wouldn’t usually fit together, this book was amazing. Everything just worked. So at the beginning of the book, Nick is on an adventure into an underground tunnel that’s been blocked off, and what does he find in there? Another world. Isn’t that crazy? So the book keeps going and he meets a few people, an angel named Gabe, and a girl name Ellie. Ellie turns out to be his partner in something bigger than all of them. Thus starts an epic adventure of time traveling back to pre human Africa, on a journey to save Adam and Eve before the aliens reset the planet by killing them off. I can honestly say that cavemen really could have acted the way they did in the book, and that’s just great. This book really is awesome, full of everything you could hope for. The characters might be average, but the story is not. I was hooked from the very beginning, and loved every minute I read this book. It’s like nothing I’ve read before, and I definitely recommend you check it out! You won’t regret it. I got my copy from netgalley in exchange for a review. Thanks for reading!

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My Review of: Earth Girl (Earth Girl #1) by Janet Edwards

Earth Girl by Janet Edwards
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: A sensational YA science fiction debut from an exciting new British author. Jarra is stuck on Earth while the rest of humanity portals around the universe. But can she prove to the norms that she’s more than just an Earth Girl?

2788. Only the handicapped live on Earth. While everyone else portals between worlds, 18-year-old Jarra is among the one in a thousand people born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Sent to Earth at birth to save her life, she has been abandoned by her parents. She can’t travel to other worlds, but she can watch their vids, and she knows all the jokes they make. She’s an ‘ape’, a ‘throwback’, but this is one ape girl who won’t give in.

Jarra invents a fake background for herself – as a normal child of Military parents – and joins a class of norms that is on Earth to excavate the ruins of the old cities. When an ancient skyscraper collapses, burying another research team, Jarra’s role in their rescue puts her in the spotlight. No hiding at back of class now. To make life more complicated, she finds herself falling in love with one of her classmates – a norm from another planet. Somehow, she has to keep the deception going.

A freak solar storm strikes the atmosphere, and the class is ordered to portal off-world for safety – no problem for a real child of military parents, but fatal for Jarra. The storm is so bad that the crews of the orbiting solar arrays have to escape to planet below: the first landing from space in 600 years. And one is on collision course with their shelter.

My Review: Imagine what the earth would be like in almost 800 years. Although I didn’t expect it to be like this book, I love how it turned out. Humans have populated other planets, and now the only people on earth are what they call “apes”, which means people who are “handicapped” and can’t portal off world. They have an extreme allergic reaction, and usually have to be hospitalized after. Sure, it sucks, but for Jarra, it’s the best thing she could think of. After turning 18 and starting university, Jarra’s life changes drastically. Although she’s done this all before, she joins a team and starts her classes and goes out to dig sites to uncover pieces of history that no one has seen before. Doesn’t that sound exciting? All the time, though, she’s keeping her secret hidden, and everything’s working out great for her. She’s got a boyfriend, she’s making friends, and her old friends are keeping in touch. She’s going to meet her real parents for the first time, and life is good. And then it happens. Everything changes. Suddenly, the world as she knows it, is in chaos. Ships are crash landing, and lives need to be saved. There’s a Carrington Event happening, the sky is lit up with auroras, and one of the teams is missing a tag leader and a tag support. Who better to help than Jarra and Fian? It’s hard work, and the book moves a lot faster at this point, but I really liked the end, aside from the last paragraph or so. It wasn’t written like a diary throughout the whole book, so why start at the very ending? That’s about it for what I didn’t like about this book, aside from what happened to her parents. There just wasn’t really a point for that. The world seemed really thought out, the characters were interesting and kept the story interesting with their back stories, I loved the concept that humans had spread to other planets and thrived, because I really hope that happens in the near future, and that the stories had changed throughout generations. It’s really cool that the characters were digging up pieces of history, I mean, wouldn’t that be exciting? Fian and Jarra are adorable together, and they seem good together. They work through their problems. I like how everyone on the team was becoming like a little family. Although it was just a class, they seemed really close at some points. I also liked that the places from now still exist, just as ruins. That’s really cool. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Definitely check it out if you get the chance, I’m sure you won’t regret it. Thanks for reading.

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