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What would you be willing to risk for a lifetime of fortune?
Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family.
Forever.
Before long, Emmett discovers that h ...more
Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family.
Forever.
Before long, Emmett discovers that h ...more
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September 12th 2017
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A high-octane thriller with a fully realized, complex cast and twists at every turn. Scott Reintgen knows exactly how to hook you into a story from the first line and keep you flying through the pages until you've reached the wild ending!
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Wow! This book was pretty freaking awesome!
Since it doesn't come out until Sept. 2017, I'm going to keep it short and no spoilers.
Emmett is one of 10 teens picked to go to the planet Eden. They are going to meet a new species there and try to set up a good life on Eden. They have some work to do there. They have to mine a substance called, Nyxia. It's pretty cool stuff too.
The kids are put through some rigorous training like fighting, terrain issues, work they h ...more
Wow! This book was pretty freaking awesome!
Since it doesn't come out until Sept. 2017, I'm going to keep it short and no spoilers.
Emmett is one of 10 teens picked to go to the planet Eden. They are going to meet a new species there and try to set up a good life on Eden. They have some work to do there. They have to mine a substance called, Nyxia. It's pretty cool stuff too.
The kids are put through some rigorous training like fighting, terrain issues, work they h ...more
ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Buddy Read with Solomon & Elise ❤
This is easily one of the best books I've read all year. I can't wait for everyone to be able to read this in September when it releases. This book is the YA Sci-Fi book I've been waiting for my entire life.
Growing up, you guys might have learned about the story of Tow ...more
Buddy Read with Solomon & Elise ❤
“But they don’t tell you the pain comes with you. They don’t tell you that hurt travels at light-speed too.”
This is easily one of the best books I've read all year. I can't wait for everyone to be able to read this in September when it releases. This book is the YA Sci-Fi book I've been waiting for my entire life.
Growing up, you guys might have learned about the story of Tow ...more
Jul 26, 2017
Chelsea Humphrey
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That cover. All the heart eyes. Honestly, I didn't even read the description before hitting that request button faster than I could blink; I had seen some fantastic early reviews for Nyxia and I'm a bonafide, card carrying member of the "judge a book by it's cover" club. I know, that's terrible for a book blogger to admit but it's the truth and there you go. I've been finding the young adult space exploration novels a bit hit or miss lately; I'm really drawn to the idea of them but sometimes the
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UNDERRATED TRILOGY ALERT
Where my scifi fans at?
You need to be picking up The Nyxia Triad!!!
In a not too distant future, Babel, one of the most powerful corporations in the universe, decides to select 10-teenagers to compete for the opportunity to embark on a space mission.
More specifically, they are fighting for a chance to be sent to the planet of Eden to mine a new miracle substance called, nyxia.
Babel has promised great wealth to the kids selected and that means a lot in the unstable world ...more
Where my scifi fans at?
You need to be picking up The Nyxia Triad!!!
In a not too distant future, Babel, one of the most powerful corporations in the universe, decides to select 10-teenagers to compete for the opportunity to embark on a space mission.
More specifically, they are fighting for a chance to be sent to the planet of Eden to mine a new miracle substance called, nyxia.
Babel has promised great wealth to the kids selected and that means a lot in the unstable world ...more
Jun 13, 2017
emi
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if you've already read Illuminae you should read this, if not go read Illuminae
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$1.99 Kindle sale, Jan. 10, 2020. It's a "Hunger Games in space" type of read, except with more attention to diversity. (This is the first book in a trilogy, and the second and third books hold up fairly well, if not perfectly.) Review first posted on Fantasy Literature:
A group of teenagers, engaged in a deadly serious game-like competition. Life-changing fortunes are at stake, if not life itself. An ominously secretive corporation pulling the strings.
Many of the elements in Nyxia are familiar, ...more
A group of teenagers, engaged in a deadly serious game-like competition. Life-changing fortunes are at stake, if not life itself. An ominously secretive corporation pulling the strings.
Many of the elements in Nyxia are familiar, ...more
Emmett Atwater gets the opportunity of a life time when along with nine other teenagers he is recruited by Babel Corporation. Yet Emmett knows better than anyone that everything comes at a cost, especially when he sees that all the other recruits are poor too. Soon they're all told that they will be competing against one another and that only eight of them will be able to go through to Eden, the Planet where they will be working, in the end. Emmett know's he has to win, this opportunity will imp
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3.75 stars.
Well, wow. This book was pretty amazing. If you're a huge fan of SciFi, add this to your tbr because it's literally so fucking awesome. I mean, The Hunger Games, but in space!!!! And god that ending??? I need the next book now, please.
This book is about 10 teens chosen to mine a mysterious substance, nyxia, on a newly discovered planet. Throughout the book, they are trained to fight and survive for the life on Eden. In exchange for helping Babel, their families are cared for, given t ...more
Well, wow. This book was pretty amazing. If you're a huge fan of SciFi, add this to your tbr because it's literally so fucking awesome. I mean, The Hunger Games, but in space!!!! And god that ending??? I need the next book now, please.
This book is about 10 teens chosen to mine a mysterious substance, nyxia, on a newly discovered planet. Throughout the book, they are trained to fight and survive for the life on Eden. In exchange for helping Babel, their families are cared for, given t ...more
4.5 Stars
Overview:
Taking place in a near-future where mankind discovered a habitable planet, a corporation creates a challenge to send young-adults who will mine a mysterious new element known as Nyxia. Ten teenagers are recruited into the program, though only eight will make it through.
Scott Reintgen’s debut is a wonderfully introspective story that puts great twists on tropes made popular by the Hunger-Games-esque dystopians that surg ...more
Overview:
“When you look back, it won’t be mercy you regret.”
Taking place in a near-future where mankind discovered a habitable planet, a corporation creates a challenge to send young-adults who will mine a mysterious new element known as Nyxia. Ten teenagers are recruited into the program, though only eight will make it through.
Scott Reintgen’s debut is a wonderfully introspective story that puts great twists on tropes made popular by the Hunger-Games-esque dystopians that surg ...more
2.5 stars
I file this book under M for meh.
This book was fun, to say the least. It could be easily read in one sitting. Competition –at least for me- is always entertaining to read about and I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of this trope. However, fun isn’t enough.
I file this book under M for meh.
This book was fun, to say the least. It could be easily read in one sitting. Competition –at least for me- is always entertaining to read about and I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of this trope. However, fun isn’t enough.
When the Babel Corporation chooses Emmet to go to a new planet, he doesn’t think twice about accepting their offer. After all, the 50 000$ each month for the rest of his life isn’t something he can refuse, especially that he’s famil
Wow. Where do I start!
I really did enjoy this book. At first, I was REALLY confused as what to expect but wow. I didn't expect this.
I loved the writing. I loved the dialogue, internal and external. I found the main character detailed, deep and interesting.
I really enjoyed the idea of this 'training' and 'scoring' sections of the book. I think it added something a lover of The Hunger Games or Harry Potter house points would love as an adult.
I did have an issue with the NUMBER of characters. F ...more
I really did enjoy this book. At first, I was REALLY confused as what to expect but wow. I didn't expect this.
I loved the writing. I loved the dialogue, internal and external. I found the main character detailed, deep and interesting.
I really enjoyed the idea of this 'training' and 'scoring' sections of the book. I think it added something a lover of The Hunger Games or Harry Potter house points would love as an adult.
I did have an issue with the NUMBER of characters. F ...more
Updated Review:
Thanks to Random House Children's/Crown Books for providing this ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
"We can be kings and queens, sure, but only if we bow first."
How far would you go for a chance at financial freedom and the perks associated with a secured lifestyle? What lines would you cross if it meant free health care and access to the best and most advanced treatments -- in perpetuity -- for you and your family? That's the question our MC, Emmett Atwa ...more
Thanks to Random House Children's/Crown Books for providing this ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
"We can be kings and queens, sure, but only if we bow first."
How far would you go for a chance at financial freedom and the perks associated with a secured lifestyle? What lines would you cross if it meant free health care and access to the best and most advanced treatments -- in perpetuity -- for you and your family? That's the question our MC, Emmett Atwa ...more
[4.5 stars] Red Rising Fans: I have a YA recommendation for you.
As someone who has admitted to having trouble with young adult books lately, it should come with some extra weight that I loved Nyxia. It had a fun concept, fantastic competitions, and a page-turning story that promises even more in the books to come. So, personal endorsements aside, I think it’s important to know what you’re signing up for with Nyxia. All the advertising I’ve seen for it describes a gritty Hunger Games in space rea ...more
As someone who has admitted to having trouble with young adult books lately, it should come with some extra weight that I loved Nyxia. It had a fun concept, fantastic competitions, and a page-turning story that promises even more in the books to come. So, personal endorsements aside, I think it’s important to know what you’re signing up for with Nyxia. All the advertising I’ve seen for it describes a gritty Hunger Games in space rea ...more
Emmett Atwater had no clue why he'd been recruited by the Babel Corporation but now that he has heard their proposal he knows there is no way he could pass the opportunity by. Babel has recruited ten teens from around the world and offered them a contract with so many promises and opportunities involved Emmett knows it would help his family tremendously.
The contract is offered to get the recruits to leave Earth and travel to a distant planet called Eden in order to mine for Nyxia. The inhabitan ...more
The contract is offered to get the recruits to leave Earth and travel to a distant planet called Eden in order to mine for Nyxia. The inhabitan ...more
DNF at 37%. There's legitimately nothing wrong with this, it is is just so not a "me" book. It's the kind of book I would have obsessed over in grade six. In fact, it reminds me most of Gone by Michael Grant, a series I was obsessed with for years - same compelling plot, same fairly interesting but slightly-too-large cast of characters, same towards-the-lower-end-of-YA writing style. I feel like I'm going to finish it and give it a solid three. That might be fine with a standalone novel, but thi
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File this under F for fantastic! This is like the Hunger Games in space. Those who know me, know that I often 'don't do' sci fi unless it's very character driven. This book ticks all the right boxes for me.
The main characters ( competitors) are all underdogs, minorities from impoverished backgrounds. Emmett, our young protagonist is very cool while the others are well drawn too. Babel, the corporation behind the trip, clearly can't be trusted and I'm pretty sure the chosen teams are going to be ...more
The main characters ( competitors) are all underdogs, minorities from impoverished backgrounds. Emmett, our young protagonist is very cool while the others are well drawn too. Babel, the corporation behind the trip, clearly can't be trusted and I'm pretty sure the chosen teams are going to be ...more
In a word: Wow.
This is by far the most ethnically inclusive mainstream YA sci-fi book I've ever read. It tells the story of an African American young man named Emmett who is recruited by a mysterious corporation and promised a LOT of money for completing a top secret mission on a distant planet. The fine print: while en route, he'll have to compete against nine other recruits--all from different countries--in a series of physically and mentally excruciating tasks to secure one of eight spots on ...more
This is by far the most ethnically inclusive mainstream YA sci-fi book I've ever read. It tells the story of an African American young man named Emmett who is recruited by a mysterious corporation and promised a LOT of money for completing a top secret mission on a distant planet. The fine print: while en route, he'll have to compete against nine other recruits--all from different countries--in a series of physically and mentally excruciating tasks to secure one of eight spots on ...more
I opened this ARC yesterday to glance at it (I have other books going) and absolutely fell into it. And a debut? What a stunning book!
I was going to avoid it, as I am tired of teenage gladiatorial books with sloppy worldbuilding that only exists to throw the teens into a pit to fight themselves bloody (between swooning and angsting over their Lurve Triangle) but I stumbled on a reference to there being only one white character in this book, and I had to read it.
I am so glad I did. Make no mistak ...more
I was going to avoid it, as I am tired of teenage gladiatorial books with sloppy worldbuilding that only exists to throw the teens into a pit to fight themselves bloody (between swooning and angsting over their Lurve Triangle) but I stumbled on a reference to there being only one white character in this book, and I had to read it.
I am so glad I did. Make no mistak ...more
Aug 23, 2017
☙ nemo ❧ (pagesandprozac)
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(2.5 stars)
Call me old-fashioned, but when I read a book about space, I tend to expect it to be... space-y.
This kind of felt like Hunger Games or Divergent in space, except from the fact that a lot of the time you could completely forget that they even were in space and they could easily have been just training on Earth, in the desert, or in the Slytherin common room. Contrast this with space books such as Illuminae or Defy the Stars, where there was no doubt that the action was taking place In ...more
Call me old-fashioned, but when I read a book about space, I tend to expect it to be... space-y.
This kind of felt like Hunger Games or Divergent in space, except from the fact that a lot of the time you could completely forget that they even were in space and they could easily have been just training on Earth, in the desert, or in the Slytherin common room. Contrast this with space books such as Illuminae or Defy the Stars, where there was no doubt that the action was taking place In ...more
I am having a hard time rating this one because I think it would be a great book for young kids, but it didn't work for me personally. I admit that I'm not the target audience, but some YA novels can be just as entertaining to adults as non-YA. This just isn't one of those, IMO. I think the audience for this one is Middle School. In that age-group, this book would be amazing.
It is very much like Red Rising Jr..
The being-in-space thing isn't that important in this first book because the entire s ...more
It is very much like Red Rising Jr..
The being-in-space thing isn't that important in this first book because the entire s ...more
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A black hole: a region of space from which nothing, including light, can escape. It absorbs all your light and reflects nothing. What are you then?
An extraordinary opportunity presents itself to a teenager, hungry to discover and work on the planet Eden. After all, the compensation would set his struggling family for life. Emmett is one of the ten selected by the conglomerate Babel Communications to embark on a mining exp ...more
A black hole: a region of space from which nothing, including light, can escape. It absorbs all your light and reflects nothing. What are you then?
An extraordinary opportunity presents itself to a teenager, hungry to discover and work on the planet Eden. After all, the compensation would set his struggling family for life. Emmett is one of the ten selected by the conglomerate Babel Communications to embark on a mining exp ...more
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Neither of us are enjoying this, so we decided to set it aside and possibly try it again at a later date. Personally, I'm not sure if I'm just not in the mood for it, or if it just isn't the right book for me, because I am bored as hell and do not care about anything that is happening.
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Buddy read with one of my faves, Kaleena <3 ...more
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Buddy read with one of my faves, Kaleena <3 ...more
Oh, I'm so mad at Amazon, as I'd written a hour long review to peruse and fix at my leisure. What happened? I'd done so many of these reviews in the Amazon window erroneously assuming they would transfer to GRs. Anyway, here is a quick review to satiate my troubled mind this evening, so bear with me please. Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightshi
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GOD DAMN IT I NEED BOOK TWO RIGHT NOW!!!
This was hella entertaining. Look okay, it didn't exactly push the boundaries of science fiction, plot twists weren't exactly that twisty and at times felt a little too Hunger Games-esque. It also didn't really feel that space-y... Like it could basically have taken place on a cruise ship instead of a space ship.... BUT I LOVED IT!!!!
Emmett our MC... I liked him a whole lot. (view spoiler) ...more
This was hella entertaining. Look okay, it didn't exactly push the boundaries of science fiction, plot twists weren't exactly that twisty and at times felt a little too Hunger Games-esque. It also didn't really feel that space-y... Like it could basically have taken place on a cruise ship instead of a space ship.... BUT I LOVED IT!!!!
Emmett our MC... I liked him a whole lot. (view spoiler) ...more
Well, what a wild ride through space this book was!
Emmett Atwater is one of ten teens chosen by the Babel Corporation, for a three-year journey through space, with the hidden planet of Eden as their end destination. Each of these teens has something in common, something they need, and something that Babel has in abundance - money. Only eight of them can prevail to win this promised money, that will help save their families from poverty, famine, war, or illness. As earth becomes all but a distant ...more
Emmett Atwater is one of ten teens chosen by the Babel Corporation, for a three-year journey through space, with the hidden planet of Eden as their end destination. Each of these teens has something in common, something they need, and something that Babel has in abundance - money. Only eight of them can prevail to win this promised money, that will help save their families from poverty, famine, war, or illness. As earth becomes all but a distant ...more
This was such a good book , once I was hooked into up I couldn't stop. This is a mixture between sci fi and dystopian world. the reason I liked this one was because I could personally relate to Emmet (it is nice to have a main character who is not white or has an amazing ability already), and I liked watching him grow through the book, Imagine this, there is a planet and new life forms and you get to investigate it if you are chosen to go there. Emmet is in the running but along the way he will
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Fast and fun!
I just found my new favorite sci-fi!
NYXIA was on my radar almost two years before it came out because I was so intrigued by the premise. I was saving it as my reward read and I’m so glad I did because it’s an awesome adventure. I read this ~400 page book in two sittings and I loved it. Sometimes with sci-fi I have trouble picturing things, but I never felt that way with this novel. It was like watching an awesome movie in my head with characters from all over the world that I really got invested ...more
NYXIA was on my radar almost two years before it came out because I was so intrigued by the premise. I was saving it as my reward read and I’m so glad I did because it’s an awesome adventure. I read this ~400 page book in two sittings and I loved it. Sometimes with sci-fi I have trouble picturing things, but I never felt that way with this novel. It was like watching an awesome movie in my head with characters from all over the world that I really got invested ...more
I seriously was not expecting to love this book as much as I did! Within a few chapters I was completely invested. The setting and the characters are so well drawn and the plot is amazingly paced. I would have easily have read this in one sitting because of the interests level but I am battling a sinus infection so had to cut reading time short last night.
Pick this up and check it out! I really enjoyed this book to the moon and back!
Pick this up and check it out! I really enjoyed this book to the moon and back!
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