Synopsis: The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.
Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.
When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station’s wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands.
But relax. They’ve totally got this. They hope.
Review: Gemina is the second book in the Illuminae files, and it was a re-read for me. Hanna is a fun character because she is what I wish more females would be in YA fiction. She is the daughter of a captain, so she has to look good and stay on her toes socially, but she is also smart. She is strategic and knows how to use people to her advantage. Nik is your standard bad boy love interest. He comes from a crime family, so he has a past. We do learn why he is the way that he is but, if you don't like the bad boy stereotype, you probably won't like Nik.
As far as story goes, I feel like Gemina has a heavier science element than Illuminae, mostly because there is talk about wormholes. I wish I could remember how I felt the first time I read Gemina because there were some plot twists that I just wasn't surprised by. So far, Illuminae and Gemina have both been books where it feels like Amie and Jay are afraid to kill their main characters. There were so many chances for one of these characters to get killed, and they didn't. I know the relationship between the characters are important, but it made the stakes seem pretty low. There's a very specific instance I'm thinking of, but talking about it would be a spoiler. They basically *almost* went there, and then backed out. With science.
Gemina is a fun second book in the Illuminae files series.
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