Godspeed was once fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos. It’s been three months. In that time, Amy has learned to hide who she is. Elder is tryi...
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Jan 22, 2012
I can't wait to read about Elder taking the role of The Eldest,
and ohhh man! I don't think they should relax with Orion still alive,
and that Luthe guy has to be watched closely.
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“Will you stay with me?” I whisper.
“Always.”
Elder & Amy ♥
and ohhh man! I don't think they should relax with Orion still alive,
and that Luthe guy has to be watched closely.
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“Will you stay with me?” I whisper.
“Always.”
Elder & Amy ♥
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Jan 30, 2012
Luthe and Orion here they come!!!
From http://www.bethrevis.com/
Q: Can you tell us anything about the sequels?
Beth Revis: I can say this much about Book 2:
It’s called A MILLION SUNS
It takes place soon after ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
It does still focus on Amy & Elder -END
Nice detail about the book isn't it? lol
I LOVE THE TITLE thought!
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Dec 27, 2011
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With Across the Universe by Beth Revis, I had a serious case of judging a book by it's genre. Sci-fi? Who was I kidding? I HATED Sci-fi. There was no way I would ever love Sci-fi...right? WRONG. What happened? I turned out to really love Across the Universe. In fact, I loved it so much I couldn't help passing along the word to my fellow co-workers who all purchased the novel and literally freaked out over it. It was More...
With Across the Universe by Beth Revis, I had a serious case of judging a book by it's genre. Sci-fi? Who was I kidding? I HATED Sci-fi. There was no way I would ever love Sci-fi...right? WRONG. What happened? I turned out to really love Across the Universe. In fact, I loved it so much I couldn't help passing along the word to my fellow co-workers who all purchased the novel and literally freaked out over it. It was More...
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Jan 19, 2012
Jennifer
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Oh FREX that was amazing! I just love the way they say frex throughout the book!
Elder has been trying so hard to lead the ship. The people are off phydus and finally know the truth. They are rebelling, not working, suicidal, and fighting him every decision he makes. They are learning about war and rebellions and want a chance to elect a leader. Then some people start showing up dead, with the words follow the leader written on them. Elder must find a way to fix the engines, control t More...
Elder has been trying so hard to lead the ship. The people are off phydus and finally know the truth. They are rebelling, not working, suicidal, and fighting him every decision he makes. They are learning about war and rebellions and want a chance to elect a leader. Then some people start showing up dead, with the words follow the leader written on them. Elder must find a way to fix the engines, control t More...
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Jan 21, 2012
Isamlq
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3.5/5
It kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat. I definitely enjoyed it more than I did Across the Universe. That the first book was one of my first reads into what would be YA sci fi slanted toward space, might explain my lukewarm reception of it. And while I did like the idea of a world prior to something like A Knife of Never Letting Go, (which is what I thought it would be,) perhaps I was underwhelmed by the Elder-Amy connection that was thrown in. Except, I must admit I was More...
It kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat. I definitely enjoyed it more than I did Across the Universe. That the first book was one of my first reads into what would be YA sci fi slanted toward space, might explain my lukewarm reception of it. And while I did like the idea of a world prior to something like A Knife of Never Letting Go, (which is what I thought it would be,) perhaps I was underwhelmed by the Elder-Amy connection that was thrown in. Except, I must admit I was More...
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Jul 18, 2011
It has a title! It didn't have one before! How I look forward to A Million Suns! I love how it says:
“The plot of this book is currently a secret...”And now it's not a secret and I adore the cover--even if it doesn't match the first, ohmygoodness. I am excited for this release just about as much as I am for Cynthia Hand's Hallowed.
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Jan 15, 2012
Julianna
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Goodness, this book, I-
I mean, I-
Well, I-
The thing is, this-
I CAN'T DO THIS. THIS IS TOO HARD. I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH I WANT TO HUG THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE RIGHT NOW. I CANNOT TALK COHERENTLY.
A masterpiece.
There.
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Feb 13, 2012
◕ ◡ ◕ Arooj
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Pre-Review: Eh...slightly disappointed by the cover. It doesn't have that "BAM" effect as the cover for Across The Universe.
(Update) OHMYGOSH. It has a synopsis. "It all boils down to one mind-bending conclusion: They have to get off this ship." *jaw drops*
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Across the Universe was about CONTROL.
A Million Suns is about CHOICES.
The Good
- Just like the first book, I LOOOOOOVED the mystery! I don't like mystery novels and shows because I'm a very impatient person and can' More...
(Update) OHMYGOSH. It has a synopsis. "It all boils down to one mind-bending conclusion: They have to get off this ship." *jaw drops*
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Across the Universe was about CONTROL.
A Million Suns is about CHOICES.
The Good
- Just like the first book, I LOOOOOOVED the mystery! I don't like mystery novels and shows because I'm a very impatient person and can' More...
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Jan 18, 2012
Ferdy
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2.5 stars
Amy and Elder are adjusting to their new lives onboard Godspeed. With the death of Eldest, Elder has now taken the reigns and assumed leadership. Elder's decision to stop using Phydus - the drug that calms people down and makes them subservient - has awoken the people onborad on Godspeed. People have stopped working, resources are running low, there's violence, death and chaos. Elder spends much of his time trying to maintain order, keep the peace and diminish the flames of rebelli More...
Amy and Elder are adjusting to their new lives onboard Godspeed. With the death of Eldest, Elder has now taken the reigns and assumed leadership. Elder's decision to stop using Phydus - the drug that calms people down and makes them subservient - has awoken the people onborad on Godspeed. People have stopped working, resources are running low, there's violence, death and chaos. Elder spends much of his time trying to maintain order, keep the peace and diminish the flames of rebelli More...
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Feb 17, 2012
Rosina
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A year until the next book? Whyyyyyyy?
Wow. This book kind of blew me away. I read Across the Universe not too long ago, and though I enjoyed it, I didn't love it like a lot of people. I felt some moments of the book were a little slow and the romance wasn't as developed as I'd hoped. Well, there were none of those problems in this book. Beth Revis totally stepped up and took this book to a whole other level. I was gripped from the very first page. The story was so exciting, filled wi More...
Wow. This book kind of blew me away. I read Across the Universe not too long ago, and though I enjoyed it, I didn't love it like a lot of people. I felt some moments of the book were a little slow and the romance wasn't as developed as I'd hoped. Well, there were none of those problems in this book. Beth Revis totally stepped up and took this book to a whole other level. I was gripped from the very first page. The story was so exciting, filled wi More...
Jan 30, 2012
Sarah (saz101)
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From the very first chapter of Across The Universe, I was hooked, and months later I was still haunted by the gorgeous writing, eerie stillness and quiet menace onboard Godspeed. So to say I had high expectations for A Million Suns would be a tiny bit of an understatement. As if I expected anything else from the brilliant Beth Revis--A Million Suns delivers without missing a beat.
While the first chapter of A Million Suns lacks the abject horror Across The Universe inspired in me, it's equally as More...
While the first chapter of A Million Suns lacks the abject horror Across The Universe inspired in me, it's equally as More...
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Jan 12, 2012
Brenna
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If you didn't already know that Beth Revis is a genius, you should realize this after reading A Million Suns. I'm always worried with sequels that they won't live up to the crazy expectations I have for them, since I loved the first book so much. But in my (not so humble) opinion, AMS is better than Across the Universe... SO MUCH BETTER. Every little thing that left me feeling unsatisfied with in AtU is dealt with in AMS. LOVED IT.
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Feb 20, 2012
Savannah (Books With Bite)
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Okay, I admit. I was a bit skeptical picking up this book seeing as the first book was good but didn't really catch my attention as much as I wanted it to. Still, I wanted to read the next book just to see what happens. Ms. Revis, I tip my hat to you.You have not only single-handingly blew me away, but you totally caught me off guard with your amazing plot pacing!
What amazed me about this book is the great plot. Not only was I intrigued and drawn immediately to such an amazing wo More...
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Nov 23, 2011
Lindsay
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OH...MY...GOSH. This book...you guys... I am over the top excited to be able to review this book. I had no idea it would be heading to me in the mail, and when I got a package from Razorbill, I made myself SWEAR not to get too excited as I opened up the envelope. But there it was. A shiny, brand new copy of Across the Universe's sequel, for me, who probably tormented Beth Revis by sending her so many pictures and "holy crap Beth you're amazing" tweets. This was absolutely one of my mos
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Jan 29, 2012
Braiden
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And here we are, in the middle, surrounded by a sea of stars.
A million suns.
Any of them could hold a planet. Any of them could hold a home.
But all of them are out of reach. [p.218]
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There’s no denying that I am insanely jealous of Beth Revis’s writing ability, and the fact that she can write such a great science-fiction novel. Not many authors can also conjure up a sequel that is equally if not better than the first: A Millio More...
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Jan 29, 2012
Alyssa
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I don’t regret reading this book this early but I am a little sad that now I have to wait a year and a half for the next one. I loved Across the Universe and I loved A million Suns, I have a feeling the next one is going to be even better!
There were parts of this book that were just amazing and some that I thought were a little slow but the slow parts were what led up to the amazing parts. I felt like there could have been more parts with Elde More...
I don’t regret reading this book this early but I am a little sad that now I have to wait a year and a half for the next one. I loved Across the Universe and I loved A million Suns, I have a feeling the next one is going to be even better!
There were parts of this book that were just amazing and some that I thought were a little slow but the slow parts were what led up to the amazing parts. I felt like there could have been more parts with Elde More...
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Jan 30, 2012
Lea (YA Book Queen)
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Fabulous mystery, intriguing revelations, and a killer ending. I so want book #3 now!!
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"Follow the leader."*
Some secrets are not meant to be shared. Three months after the end of Across the Universe, Elder has become the leader of Godspeed, and each of his subsequent choices as its newest ruler have come with consequences. While Elder struggles with being the lea More...
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"Follow the leader."*
Some secrets are not meant to be shared. Three months after the end of Across the Universe, Elder has become the leader of Godspeed, and each of his subsequent choices as its newest ruler have come with consequences. While Elder struggles with being the lea More...
Jan 15, 2012
Jaime (Two Chicks on Books)
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Last week I decided to take time off from review books to read books that I hadn’t had a chance to read in 2011 and Across The Universe was one o those books. I immediately got sucked into this world on Godspeed I loved the idea of this whole world on a ship and someone being woken up after being cryogenically frozen for over 200 and some years. I will admit I didn’t really get attached to the MC or even the love interest like I do in some stories instead I was attached to the story and the ship
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Feb 21, 2012
A Million Suns begins three months after the end of Across the Universe, and life aboard the spaceship Godspeed is full of tension. The ship’s inhabitants, no longer drugged into submission, have begun to question Elder’s role as leader. As Elder deals with mechanical issues as well as civil unrest, Amy discovers a series of clues that appear to lead to a great secret, and a decision she must make about the ship’s future.
Like Across the Universe, this was another excellent read. Amy an More...
Like Across the Universe, this was another excellent read. Amy an More...
Feb 14, 2012
Kelly
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As with most series, I didn't enjoy this one as much as Across the Universe. The beginning was so fast paced and I couldn't put it down but about one hundred pages in it was hard to keep reading. Don't get me wrong, I fully give this book five stars, but like some stories it seemed to get repetitive and slow down in the center before building up to the ultimate cliffhanger ending. There were a lot of plot twists that I didn't see coming and I enjoyed the character development of Elder as he d
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Feb 12, 2012
Lisa
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Amy awoke from a cryogenically frozen state en route to colonize a new planet too soon. Faced with the horrifying knowledge that she may never see her family again (still frozen) or make it to the new planet alive, she must find a way to make sense of the new world she finds herself in even as she shunned by most of the inhabitants. Elder, the reluctant young leader of the Godspeed, is faltering in his role as leader despite his best intentions. And the situation seems to be going from bad to
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Feb 11, 2012
Stacey
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This review was completed by Michael Cummings, one of our staff reviewers.
In this sequel to Across the Universe, author Beth Revis takes us back aboard the colony ship Godspeed just three months after Amy was revived from cryogenic storage. The inhabitants of the Godspeed are struggling to deal with life without the calming effects of Phydrus, and at the same time with the shift in leadership paradigms that Elder is attempting to introduce. But not everyone is happy with the new free More...
In this sequel to Across the Universe, author Beth Revis takes us back aboard the colony ship Godspeed just three months after Amy was revived from cryogenic storage. The inhabitants of the Godspeed are struggling to deal with life without the calming effects of Phydrus, and at the same time with the shift in leadership paradigms that Elder is attempting to introduce. But not everyone is happy with the new free More...
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Feb 03, 2012
Cindy
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This is the second book in a trilogy, and in many ways shares the good/bad of many other middle books. Since the final book isn't out yet, so it feels a little early to decide how much I like the book because I don't know yet how much I will like the trilogy.
However, based just on what is here, it's a good story that picks up three months after the end of Across the Universe. While there's lots of action in this book and both the story and characters move forward, there's not as mu More...
However, based just on what is here, it's a good story that picks up three months after the end of Across the Universe. While there's lots of action in this book and both the story and characters move forward, there's not as mu More...
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Feb 02, 2012
Shannon
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The story basically picks up where Across the Universe left off. Again, the chapters alternated between being narrated by Amy and Elder, which was nice because the reader could see their different perspectives. Elder is faced with the challenge of leading the ship without using drugs to control people, discovering that it's very difficult to lead people who have ideas of their own and have realized that they can do whatever they want. It causes no end of trouble for him. Amy also has some proble
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Jan 31, 2012
Between the Covers
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It is rare that the middle book in a trilogy can be equally as captivating as the fist book, but A Million Suns by Beth Revis is just as grand and riveting as its predecessor Across the Universe. This fast paced, full speed ahead novel was one of my most anticipated books of 2012 and it did not disappoint.
Three months have gone by since Amy awoke aboard the Godspeed. Three months since the lies and betrayals that kept this shi More...
It is rare that the middle book in a trilogy can be equally as captivating as the fist book, but A Million Suns by Beth Revis is just as grand and riveting as its predecessor Across the Universe. This fast paced, full speed ahead novel was one of my most anticipated books of 2012 and it did not disappoint.
Three months have gone by since Amy awoke aboard the Godspeed. Three months since the lies and betrayals that kept this shi More...
Jan 29, 2012
Sara
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A Million Suns by Beth Revis is the sequel to Across The Universe. In this book Amy and Elder have to deal with the consequences of taking the ship off their mood altering medication. Not only is their discord in the population but they find out a truth about the ship left through a puzzle that only Amy can solve. Will the Godspeed ever reach it's destination or will things dissolve into chaos before then?
I liked this book and found it as enjoyable as the first in the series. It ma More...
I liked this book and found it as enjoyable as the first in the series. It ma More...
Jan 22, 2012
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Following Eldest’s death and Orion’s capture in Across the Universe, Elder and Amy are now left with a ship full of people no longer under the sedating influence of Phydus. Although Elder has enlisted the help of the Godspeed’s population in solving the problem of the perpetually slowing engines, the people who before were content with working all day to sustain life onboard are now be More...
Following Eldest’s death and Orion’s capture in Across the Universe, Elder and Amy are now left with a ship full of people no longer under the sedating influence of Phydus. Although Elder has enlisted the help of the Godspeed’s population in solving the problem of the perpetually slowing engines, the people who before were content with working all day to sustain life onboard are now be More...
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Jan 22, 2012
Rachel
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Godspeed was fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos.
It's been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. And everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship Godspeed. But there may just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He's finally free to enact his vision - no more Phydus, no more lies.
But when Elder discovers shocking news about the ship, he and Amy race to discover the truth behind life on Godspeed. They must wor More...
It's been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. And everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship Godspeed. But there may just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He's finally free to enact his vision - no more Phydus, no more lies.
But when Elder discovers shocking news about the ship, he and Amy race to discover the truth behind life on Godspeed. They must wor More...
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Jan 18, 2012
Rayann
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I thoroughly enjoyed Across the Universe and so was excited for this book to come out. Believe me when I say that A Million Suns did not disappoint!
Here, we are again introduced to Amy and Elder, our two protagonists. The book kicks off from where the last one left off, with Godspeed now being free of Phydus and Elder assuming leadership. Chaos ensues and things aren't looking too good for either of them.
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Here, we are again introduced to Amy and Elder, our two protagonists. The book kicks off from where the last one left off, with Godspeed now being free of Phydus and Elder assuming leadership. Chaos ensues and things aren't looking too good for either of them.
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Jan 18, 2012
Jackie
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Love it! The cover is lovely and i like it better than the first book, Across the Universe. I really do admire this sci-fiction book. I'm not a fan of sci-fiction but this book is just an exception!
A Million Suns is the second book to Across the Universe. This story continues of Elder and Amy on the ship, Godspeed travelling to their final destination. After the discovers in the first book, things has changed a lot since the leadership of Godspeed has been altered. People are now fre More...
A Million Suns is the second book to Across the Universe. This story continues of Elder and Amy on the ship, Godspeed travelling to their final destination. After the discovers in the first book, things has changed a lot since the leadership of Godspeed has been altered. People are now fre More...
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