A Review of Akemi Dawn Bowman’s The Genesis Wars (Simon & Schuster for YR, 2022).
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Written by Stephen Hong Sohn
Edited by Lina Jiang
Well, I read this book sometime over the summer, and unfortunately, I have not gotten around to writing this review until now. It’s been BUSY! Major apologies, but Akemi Dawn Bowman’s The Genesis Wars (Simon & Schuster for YR, 2022) is the second in the “Infinity Courts” trilogy. Secretly, I was hoping that this novel would be part of a duology, just so I could get some sense of finality, but hey, it’s such an engrossing series that I’m not too disappointed. Let’s let the official marketing description give us some key information: “It’s been ten months since Nami narrowly escaped the Four Courts and Ophelia’s wrath. Ten months since she was betrayed by someone she once considered a friend. Someone she poured her heart out to. And now her family here in the afterlife are gone, captured, and Nami is utterly alone. On the run, only steps ahead of the AI forces pursuing her, and desperate to free her friends, Nami must take the allies she can find, even if she doesn’t fully trust them. And as she tests the limits of her own power, she must also reckon with the responsibility that entails. Stakes are high as Nami navigates old enemies, unexpected allies, and an ever-changing landscape filled with dangers and twists at every turn. Along the way, she’ll learn powerful truths about who she can trust and the sacrifices that must be made in order to fight for a better, freer world for all.”
This pithy description doesn’t do much to detail the other major characters. Of particular note is Prince Caelan, whom Nami does not see as an ally. Though the first in the series suggested that the two might find a way to move forward, so that humans and artificial intelligences might find some way to coexist, this possible rapprochement is violently dashed. Nami spends much of this installment trying to find her purpose in the world of the Four Courts. Once she must tangle again with Prince Caelan, the narrative momentum really takes off. Part of what makes Bowman’s work so intriguing is that we don’t really know what’s behind Prince Caelan’s actions, and it increasingly seems that there is an alliance he is trying to form. Ophelia remains the so-called Big Bad of this fictional universe, and the novel leaves us with a very intriguing time jump that sets up what will be sure to be a riveting finish. Bowman’s second installment avoids the dragginess that can befall the middle of a trilogy, as the mix of action, character development, and world building continue to impress. YA readers of paranormal fantasy will surely find much to enjoy!
Buy the Book Here
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ljiang28
Written by Stephen Hong Sohn
Edited by Lina Jiang
Well, I read this book sometime over the summer, and unfortunately, I have not gotten around to writing this review until now. It’s been BUSY! Major apologies, but Akemi Dawn Bowman’s The Genesis Wars (Simon & Schuster for YR, 2022) is the second in the “Infinity Courts” trilogy. Secretly, I was hoping that this novel would be part of a duology, just so I could get some sense of finality, but hey, it’s such an engrossing series that I’m not too disappointed. Let’s let the official marketing description give us some key information: “It’s been ten months since Nami narrowly escaped the Four Courts and Ophelia’s wrath. Ten months since she was betrayed by someone she once considered a friend. Someone she poured her heart out to. And now her family here in the afterlife are gone, captured, and Nami is utterly alone. On the run, only steps ahead of the AI forces pursuing her, and desperate to free her friends, Nami must take the allies she can find, even if she doesn’t fully trust them. And as she tests the limits of her own power, she must also reckon with the responsibility that entails. Stakes are high as Nami navigates old enemies, unexpected allies, and an ever-changing landscape filled with dangers and twists at every turn. Along the way, she’ll learn powerful truths about who she can trust and the sacrifices that must be made in order to fight for a better, freer world for all.”
This pithy description doesn’t do much to detail the other major characters. Of particular note is Prince Caelan, whom Nami does not see as an ally. Though the first in the series suggested that the two might find a way to move forward, so that humans and artificial intelligences might find some way to coexist, this possible rapprochement is violently dashed. Nami spends much of this installment trying to find her purpose in the world of the Four Courts. Once she must tangle again with Prince Caelan, the narrative momentum really takes off. Part of what makes Bowman’s work so intriguing is that we don’t really know what’s behind Prince Caelan’s actions, and it increasingly seems that there is an alliance he is trying to form. Ophelia remains the so-called Big Bad of this fictional universe, and the novel leaves us with a very intriguing time jump that sets up what will be sure to be a riveting finish. Bowman’s second installment avoids the dragginess that can befall the middle of a trilogy, as the mix of action, character development, and world building continue to impress. YA readers of paranormal fantasy will surely find much to enjoy!
Buy the Book Here
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