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Zenith Part 1

Sasha Alsberg (Goodreads Author),

Lindsay Cummings (Goodreads Author)

3.51 · Rating details · 2,699 ratings · 835 reviews

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

There is darkness sweeping across the stars.

Most know Androma Racella as the Bloody Baroness: a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy. To those aboard her fearsome glass starship the Maurader, she’s just Andi, their captain and protector.

When a routine mission goes awry, the all-girl crew’s resilience is ...more

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Published June 21st 2016 by Mirabel Inc.

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Mar 21, 2016 Sasha Alsberg rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author)

Shelves: favorites

EDIT: A lot of you already know this but if not, ZENITH has been picked up by a publisher! HarlequinTeen is going to be publishing the full novel in Fall 2017. This first part is what got it all started but I am happy that we get to go through part one again with an editor to make it the best it can be! Thank you for all your love and support, it truly means the world to Lindsay and I. Writing the rest of the novel has been amazing and really helped expand our world building and characters in a ...more

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Jun 29, 2016 Tikaa rated it did not like it

If Zenith is considered an NYT Bestseller, then fuck it I'm running for president.
#Tikaforprez20whatever #bettertovoteformethanTrump

Shame On You Sugar Plum Fairies For Sugarcoating Everything. I don't believe in writing disclaimers. (Disclaimer: This does not include mature content, triggers, etc.) So you'll probably see why I don't understand the point of readers and reviewers writing a long heartfelt message about how they like Sasha's personality, how her hair reminds them of strawbe ...more

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Mar 21, 2016 Lindsay Cummings rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

Since I only wrote 50% of this book (sasha wrote the other 50%), I can rate her writing 5 stars ;) ;) ;)

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Apr 06, 2016 Caitlin Gutilla rated it it was ok

Shelves: ugh

Update: I just learned that this got picked up by HarperCollins and is going to be published hardcover Fall 2017. I'm flabbergasted. Who made that decision? There are thousands of better writers who deserve to have their drafts be picked up, but Sasha and Lindsay get theirs chosen because of Sasha's YouTube notoriety? I'm sorry, but that just isn't right. And for the record, how does 62 pages of a lackluster novel become a NYT bestseller? I'm incredibly disappointed with HarperCollins and I pers Update: I just learned that this got picked up by HarperCollins and is going to be published hardcover Fall 2017. I'm flabbergasted. Who made that decision? There are thousands of better writers who deserve to have their drafts be picked up, but Sasha and Lindsay get theirs chosen because of Sasha's YouTube notoriety? I'm sorry, but that just isn't right. And for the record, how does 62 pages of a lackluster novel become a NYT bestseller? I'm incredibly disappointed with HarperCollins and I personally want to apologize to all the better, more creative writers who got their drafts turned down by this publisher. Maybe if you become a popular Youtuber and copy characters from other peoples' novels, you'll get published one day.

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I'm going to go easy on this because I know the book is being released in parts and this is only the first 62 pages. However, I cannot turn a blind eye to some of the faults I saw.

The main character (Androma) is very much Celaena Sardothien in space. You can argue against me on this, but I swear her appearance, badass vibe, backstory, and occupation just scream "Celaena." I'm not saying they're exact clones but that is what I felt while reading this.

There was a lot of telling rather than showing in these 60 pages with a lot of word dropping to give the idea of world building. Here's an actual paragraph from the book: "Five days ago, the girls had taken on a job to steal a star load of sealed BioDrugs from the planet Solera in the Tavina System, and deliver them to a satellite station just outside the planet Tenebris in the neighboring system of Prime."

... WHAT?

I'm sorry, but that's way too info dumpy for me. I mean, the paragraph includes 5 proper nouns dealing with the story and yet I have no idea what any of that is. That's not it, though - we also have Xen Ptera, Arcardius, Gollanta, Big Bang, Calamity, etc etc.

Now listen. I am a heavy fantasy/scifi reader - my favorite author is Brandon Sanderson, for goodness sake! And I understand how you need to create complete worlds with different planets and moons and all that jazz... But you can't info dump like that and expect readers to understand all the words. Brandon Sanderson writes 1000+ page long novels with intricate politics, a huge cast of characters, a heavy plot, unique magic systems, and still manages to explain the world building in an understandable and non-info dumpy way.

Now, I know many people will argue that this is Sasha's first book, and I'm proud of that. Writing a book is a dream of mine, too. But let's not forget the fact that she is working with an experienced author and there are many other debut authors that had to fight bigger battles to get their book published. Sasha is not immune to criticism because this is her first work and I will not listen to any keyboard warriors fighting that every review of this should be 5 stars.

With all that being said, I will continue to read the sections as they are released. The story does have me intrigued and I'm curious to see where the plot goes. Andi's crew is filled with what appear to be some enjoyable characters (60 pages isn't enough for me to fall in love with characters) and I would like to see how they develop. I also support Sasha and everyone in the book tube community, so of course I will pick up Zenith: Part Two. ...more

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Jun 23, 2016 Jules ♈ (witchyrover) rated it did not like it

Important note before review: I really enjoy Sasha’s videos (I LOVE THEM; abookutopia is one of my favorite channels), but that will not change the way I feel about a book. (I really shouldn’t even mention this. I mean, I love Cassandra Clare but I didn’t feel guilty about rating 3 stars to some of her books. But there are Sasha’s fangirls over here that insult people who give bad ratings to her book. So in order to avoid that, I had to say that unnecessary yet important note. Happy, crazy brats Important note before review: I really enjoy Sasha’s videos (I LOVE THEM; abookutopia is one of my favorite channels), but that will not change the way I feel about a book. (I really shouldn’t even mention this. I mean, I love Cassandra Clare but I didn’t feel guilty about rating 3 stars to some of her books. But there are Sasha’s fangirls over here that insult people who give bad ratings to her book. So in order to avoid that, I had to say that unnecessary yet important note. Happy, crazy brats? Good.)

Okay… wtf was this?! My expectations were so high considering this is the first book with a booktuber & a real author (I think. I mean I haven’t read one so far but…) and I really thought that at least the book was going to be…. Polished?

I know that there were only 62 pages but it really says a lot in a book. (Can we just talk for a moment about the fact that I spent U$S 2 which I could’ve spent in a 500 page book? Proportion! And I’m supposed to buy 4 more of these?! Nope)

Let’s talk about the story:

Description overload! Too much info and there was too much “complexity” in the words which were unnecessary. I actually felt like I was reading an E.L James book (without the erotica part; but it’s when James uses words that look so complex but actually doesn’t make sense).

Then we go from complex words that make no sense to: “said” “said” “said” “said” and “fike” (seriously?). Guys I felt like I was in a bad story of wattpad.

What I did like about this book was that I couldn’t tell who was writing which part; which actually makes me wonder if I actually will like reading one of Lindsay’s books. (Too bad, cause I have two on my shelf and I don’t feel like I should read them now…)

The plot was good ish? The characters were different from each other… (Some people told me that Andi was a bad copy of the main character of the Throne of Glass but I can’t tell cause I haven’t read it yet)

I believe that Sasha hasn’t found her “voice” yet (I know this is a book, but you know what I mean). She was too rushed in releasing a book: she should’ve thought about it more, she should’ve finished the book instead of being impractical and release five parts of it, and she should’ve at least graduated from college to have better skills.

I’m so sorry! But stick to booktube for now (or write in wattpad/fanfiction.net)

Will I read the other parts? I don’t know… I will think about it though!

...more

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Jul 12, 2016 Angela rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1-star-reads

There's something I need to say first before putting my review for Zenith out into the world... I've read a ton of reviews where people were bashing this book because one of the authors is a Youtube book reviewer. I want everyone to know that I never once took that into account when reading or reviewing this book. I actually really enjoy Sasha's reviews, and I loved The Murder Complex by Lindsey Cummings, so when it came to reading this book I put everything aside and just went into it like I w ...more

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May 18, 2016 Lindsay Cummings added it · (Review from the author)

5 stars for the best writing partner ever! WE DID A BOOK THING AHHH

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Jun 27, 2016 Salma rated it did not like it

UPDATE: Congratulations to HarperCollins for choosing to publish a guaranteed flop. I'm so angry at this because there are millions of drafts that are far better than this half-assed attempt at a book and all those books' authors get is a metaphorical slap in the face.

I swear to God if Sasha wasn't as big a booktuber as she is, whoever made the initial decision to publish this as an ebook wouldn't have even finished whatever draft was sent to him/her, let alone publish it.

It's like when Kendall ...more

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Mar 21, 2016 ambsreads rated it did not like it

Shelves: science-fiction, fantasy, best-covers, young-adult, books-i-own, novella

EDIT 29/04/17: the more I think about it, this is definitely a one star. Don't waste your $2. I also no longer watch Sasha's YouTube channel, so my comments on her have also changed. I do like Lindsay and her channel still, so maybe switch them.

EDIT 30/11/16: I decided to lower my rating from 4 stars to 2. This book isn't a book it's basically a chapter sampler. I will probably read the completed book but for now this is my rating. My thoughts in review have also changed.

EDIT 10/09/16: I keep t ...more

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May 05, 2016 JAMIE rated it did not like it

I'm torn about this book. Sasha and a huge number of other bloggers have really been responsible for why a lot of bad writing and books with just pretty covers continue to sell. And the reason why a lot of plagiarised pots continue to circulate. They just hop on YouTube with a tone of makeup on and gush about how beautiful a boook is; notice how they're never really detaied. Plus she's pretty biased in her reviews because she reviews a lot of the books her agent (Joanna Volpe, New Leaf Literary, ...more

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Mar 21, 2016 Ella rated it it was ok

**First off I just wanted to say that I really enjoy Sasha's videos but that hasn't at all effected my opinion of ZENITH PART ONE.**

Actual rating 2 1/2 stars.

LIKED:

- I enjoyed the fact that I couldn't tell who was writing what. Sasha's and Lindsey's voices flowed seamlessly (although there were a few times where it felt a little jilted).

- The characters were all different with their varying talents and personalities. I really liked Nor's character as well as Gilly's. Nor actually felt brutal ...more

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Jun 22, 2016 Natalie Marie rated it did not like it

I feel like people only rate this good because of who the author is...
The main character is a carbon copy of celaena from the throne of glass series and is supposedly a "merciless killer" but there is nothing to really back that up and she is constantly regretting things and doubting herself, being emotional etc. and way too much info dump in the first 50 pages (the whole first part) which brings me to my next point, this book will be told in parts for 2 dollars each which I think is too much mo ...more

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Jun 24, 2016 tina rated it did not like it

Shelves: no, 2016

I will admit that I read this just to see how bad it was and unfortunately I wasn't disappointed. The dialogue feels off and there's such a bombardment of information that I got bored and didn't care about the characters or the plot. This whole section of the series was just one long chase scene! Sasha has potential to be a good writer, definitely better than myself, but she needed way more experience (and editing) before she released something. Hopefully if she sends this to publishers and it g ...more

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Jun 21, 2016 Katherine rated it it was ok

Shelves: sci-fi

When it comes to reviewing, I like to be short and not go into detail. However, I have been a subscriber to Sasha's youtube channel for a few years now, and I want to be honest about my thoughts on her debut novel. (Side note: I've never read any of Lindsay's books)

PLOT:
The beginning was rough. Part One reads like one very long scene, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. We are given a 'prologue' (377 scene), one very long scene of action that lasts for 7 chapters, then ends with chapters 8 ...more

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Jun 21, 2016 Melanie rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, novellas-and-short-stories, sci-fi, read-in-2016

I'm actually pretty impressed with this. This book is co-written and, I'll be honest with you, the only reason I even preordered this was because one of the authors, Sasha, is big in the BookTube world. She always seems so genuine and sweet; I couldn't help but want to support her. I also think Sasha's knowledge of reviewing books to the masses really paid off, because she wrote a book that I think a lot of YA readers will actually really appreciate.

This first installment of the Androma Saga is ...more

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Jun 21, 2016 Aya rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, ya, sci-fi

The purest shock spiked in Andi’s veins.
Then it melted into fury.
“You,” she hissed.
“Me,” Dex said with a shrug.
“You’re dead,” Andi whispered. “I left you…”
“Left me to die?” Dex lifted a brow.

OMG, I tried so hard with this book. The synopsis seemed so interesting and intense to me, but when I started reading the book, I felt so confused. I think my problem is the writing-style. To about 50% I was so confused and annoyed with the writing, but it got better and better after that.
And the plot w ...more

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May 23, 2016 Neil (or bleed) marked it as will-not-read

"I know the book isn't even out yet but it seems like a book I've read before. Not gonna judge it right away but just an observation I had when reading the summary. Not trying to be rude, just putting my observation out there. I bet they are great writers!"

(view spoiler) ...more

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Jul 11, 2016 Trina (Between Chapters) rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, 2016, sci-fi

This was packed full of action and twists and turns. I have nothing negative to say about it, I just can't rate it any higher because it's not the completed story so I don't have all the info for a real rating yet. It's a promising start though! ...more

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Apr 18, 2016 Norah Una Sumner rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2-star-read, fantasy, short-story, boooooring, series, 2016, pull-a-barney-stinson

Well this was boring and weird AF. ONE BIG MEH.

In theory this book sounded quite interesting, however the execution of the idea these two authors had wasn't exactly 'on point'. The main character is too contradictory for my taste and... well, nothing was ever explained the way it should have been. Just names and names, and even more names that mean nothing to the readers without a decent explanation. I may give the sequel a shot, since I would like to see if the authors' writing will get better ...more

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Mar 25, 2016 Ashley marked it as to-read

SASHA BABY MAKING HER DREAMS COME TRUE. Can't wait to read this and see the world Lindsay and Sasha have created! ...more

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Jun 22, 2016 Xil rated it did not like it

Zenith, The Androma Saga, is a Young Adult Fantasy/Sci-fi serialisation that was co-authored by Lindsay Cummings and Sasha Alsberg. This serialisation will be released part by part, Part One released in June 2016. Additional releases are TBA.

This is not a vindictive review. This review is not designed to incite rage or petty irritation, as it most likely will to fans. This review is unbiased. If you do not agree, that is your choice. If you feel you're better off releasing anger, try releasing ...more

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Mar 21, 2016 Kristina rated it it was amazing

Oh my God! <3

If I have to be completely honest, I did not expect much from this book. I even thought it would be just mediocre - just like all the other books written by you tubers.

But, oh boy, was I wrong!!!

This was such an epic and phenomenal start of an amazing book series! Kick ass female characters on an intergalactic epic adventure! Hell yeah!

The writing style is just so easy and comfortable to follow. It's like Sasha and Lindsay just blended in the most perfect narration ever!

Just go! G ...more

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Mar 23, 2016 S61 rated it it was amazing

Pre-reading thoughts-Can this be anymore exciting!? I love Lindsay's writing style and know that the fabulous Sasha Alsberg will add a great amount to the story! I love you guys!

Post-reading thoughts-This book was honestly so much fun to read! It was so enjoyable and I can't wait to continue the series! ...more

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Jun 21, 2016 Paige (Enchantology) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-releases

3.5 stars

A solid introduction to a serial! Definitely reads like the first episode of a TV show, which is what I was hoping for. Appreciated that the writing style was very visual and painted the scenes in my mind. Hoping to learn more about the characters (especially the girl gang) in the next installment.

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May 12, 2016 Teeh Ryan rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2016, ebooks, high-rating

Zenith is about Androma (Andi) a ruthless female pirate and her crew of women. On board the ship Maurader, they are captured by someone of her past and offered a job that could free them forever. A clean slate of their crimes.

I didn't find this book to be original, it reminded me of Throne of Glass by SJMaas but set in space. The last thing I needed was to compare between the books when the story should completely capture me.

*Throne of Glass Spoliers*

Some things that reminded me of TOG:
- And Zenith is about Androma (Andi) a ruthless female pirate and her crew of women. On board the ship Maurader, they are captured by someone of her past and offered a job that could free them forever. A clean slate of their crimes.

I didn't find this book to be original, it reminded me of Throne of Glass by SJMaas but set in space. The last thing I needed was to compare between the books when the story should completely capture me.

*Throne of Glass Spoliers*

Some things that reminded me of TOG:
- Andi is described ruthless and terrifying, killing anyone without a second thought.
- Andi has a "master" who trained her to fight and kill.
- The "master" found Andi's younger self shivering and alone in the dark and decided to put her under his wing.
- The "King" striking a deal for his benefit in return for her freedom. Sound familiar? The only drastic difference is that it's set in space and Andi has friends.

The flow of the story wasn't executed the way I would have liked, starting with the writing. I wasn't a huge fan, I saw different writing styles and it bugged me.

I felt like the story was happening too quickly, chapters fell short and lacked the description and information I needed to better understand the world.

Andi & her crew didn't meet the expectations of "ruthless" characters. That really lacked for me and it didn't help that I disliked Andi's fighting scene. I found it unnecessary to the point where it felt like the authors put the scene in to show her "ruthless" side. I thought it was amateur and unrealistic. If a bunch of men are surrounding you with guns and you have a sword, who do you think will win? Men won't stand and wait to be killed, they will shoot. It was mentioned a few pages later that the men were capable of shooting if she took one step, yet the men earlier just stood there?

We don't know anything about Andi and how it all began. It could be mentioned in next part of the book, who knows, but as of now we are in the dark. Hopefully we'll get more info as the parts a released.

Overall, I don't think I'll be racing to get my hands on the next part. I do think this story has potential, I'm a Sci-fi fan and maybe the story will take a different route (hopefully) the last thing I want is to read a book and think of another. I don't want to stray anyone from reading this, so I do hope you give it ago. I'm happy that I was able to support both authors and I wish them the best of luck! :) ...more

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Jun 06, 2016 Dannii Elle rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction-sagacity

So short but so good! I have heard mixed opinions about this first installment in the Zenith series but I am firmly in the 'love' club with this one!

The scene opens in deep space, on board the Maurader spaceship with its all girl crew (#galpower). Captain Andi and her teammates are attempting to outmaneuver their bounty hunter convoy as they careen through space and onto their next mission.

There was so much action packed into this short package! Little backstory was given and no explanation was ...more

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Jul 02, 2016 C.R. rated it it was ok

Shelves: adventure, punjab-lasso-these-books-2-death, a-whole-new-world

Darling I think you made a typo... It's "fuck" not "fike."

Okay... so here we go. I was greatly debating on if I was going to publish a review or not because I was afraid of the great uproar/backlash I would receive from the community (which is horrific guys. Come On. Respect the opinion of your fellow readers. And if you're going to judge then I expect you to have read every single book in the world. Then you can truly judge all of us. And if you want to critique someone then please have at lea Darling I think you made a typo... It's "fuck" not "fike."

Okay... so here we go. I was greatly debating on if I was going to publish a review or not because I was afraid of the great uproar/backlash I would receive from the community (which is horrific guys. Come On. Respect the opinion of your fellow readers. And if you're going to judge then I expect you to have read every single book in the world. Then you can truly judge all of us. And if you want to critique someone then please have at least read more than just YA. If we don't like the book then we don't like it. Not everyone likes Harry Potter. Not everyone like Sarah J Maas. Not everyone likes JRR Tolkien. Not everyone like John Green. Respect. Because if you don't respect the opinions of others than no one is going to respect yours.)

Before I begin I want to say that yes I have read Lindsay Cummings' books (The Murder Complex and the Fire of Calderon). In fact I bought both of them because I wanted to support Cummings and give her writing a chance. I have mixed opinions about her writing. I have also watched Sasha Alsberg's videos and for a while I enjoyed them. So yes. I have seen them.

However I tried to go into this book with a completely open mind. I'll admit I was suspicion by the fact that there were already many five star reviews WEEKS before the book was even released (don't do that guys. Seriously. Don't do it. Just mark it as "Want to Read" and then rate it when you're done. It's bad for two reason: It sets up unrealistic expectations and if the book is actually terrible, you will be incredibly disappointed and also it's not helpful at all to the writer. The writer needs honesty and if the book is awful, they need to know that. Your teacher doesn't give you a 100% before you even turn the project in. YOU HAVE TO EARN IT.) but I figured it's normal whatever. People get excited about new books.

On to the review:

It was okay. However, it was too similar to Throne of Glass for my liking. And knowing about Sasha's "love" of SJMaas books I can't help but wonder how much those books influenced the writing. And not necessarily that she did it on purpose. We imitate the writers we love (I know I do so with Lewis and Tolkien). However, recognizing how much we are doing it is the sign of a great writer. And the similarities between the two are too great to dismiss. I'm sorry guys. They just are. You have a heroine with near white hair who is a total "badass"... um... RED ALERT RED ALERT.

The writing was decent. Sometimes it felt like one of those AP Language essays you read in class where you just feel like the writers were trying a little TOO hard. However it is clear that these authors work well together as their writing flows well together. (For those of you wondering, they wrote it together... as in at the same time... as in no they did not trade off on chapters.) So that is what boosted it to a two star review. However, there were parts which needed to be edited... just little things here or there that need to be polished up. I can't help but wonder if there was any editing except between the authors while writing since it is self published.

So I work at a movie theater where we make caramel popcorn. When you make caramel popcorn you pour in the seeds and then pour in the caramel after it into the kettle. One day an employee forgot to pour in the caramel. We still had popcorn but it was the blandess thing I have ever had in my life. We had to throw it out and start all over. The characters were bland like the popcorn without caramel (except the villain does have great potential). Speaking of potential... man the "concept" had potential (like the Jim Henson "Labyrinth" film. Can we just talk about the freaking potential that concept had!) Space is unexplored in YA fiction. An all girls crew? Neat! But the execution was greatly flawed and the writers slipped into fulfilling the cliches of YA literature instead of doing something NEW and WILD. Just look at Joss Whedon's Firefly. The man took the concept of Space and turned it inside out and upside down. You don't have to settle to be like everyone else. If you do something new you become memorable. You become legendary. You don't become legendary by writing the same bullshit as everyone else. DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT! Break the mold. In fact don't just break it, shatter it! Get rid of the bland popcorn and make some caramel!

Honestly it felt like midgrade fanfiction. As in one you'll read but not one that's AMAZING. I've read fanfiction better than this which make me cry and laugh and feel vulnerable and make me question who I am as a person. I've read fanfiction with writing so beautiful you can't help but wonder why the writer is not published. And it kills me that this 62 page piece of blandness is a NY Times Bestseller. There are fanfiction writers better than Cummings and Alsberg (as of now. I think they're both so young, especially Alsberg and they need some work. I thought the same thing with Cummings' books as well). There are people who slave over their craft, who agonize over ever word, who pour their souls into their characters and they never gain the title of "NY Times Bestselling Author." And that's what I can't stand. How did this happen? How did these two authors earn that title for a fanfiction of Throne of Glass? (Also $2 for it? Come on Sasha and Lindsay. No offense but 62 pages isn't worth it. If it's 62 pages then I at least expect creativity and every word better be deliberate and agonized over. I could use $2 at the thrift store and buy two books!)

This has nothing to do with my opinion of Sasha and Lindsay. It's just the truth. The story is fine. Not amazing. Not perfect. Not incredible. Anyone who says it is has a bias. If you like it that's great! I'm glad you like it. I on the other hand did not. It needs work. Lots of work. But I will admit there were a couple good things about it but not enough to outweigh the blandness of it. But I just feel that the novel is overhyped and not as amazing as people are making it out to be. ...more

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May 31, 2016 tessa rated it it was ok

I'd like to say for the record that I really like Sasha Alsberg as both a person and a book tuber. I just don't really like her writing/story AS FOR NOW. I think there is a lot of potential, but she was not ready for a book release yet. //

This Part of the Review was written before it was released. scroll down for a short review:

I am definitely going to check this book out, but I am pretty critical of the whole idea. Till recently Sasha has always said that she could never see herself as a writer ...more

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Sep 07, 2016 JohnnyBoy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

DNF pretty sure I'd still rated 2 stars.

*eye rolling* ...more

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Mar 28, 2017 sumi rated it did not like it

Shelves: trash

*0.25 stars*
Can someone explain to me how the hell this got published AND became a #1 NYT Bestseller? I am disappointed in y'all.

~~RTC when I can process how awful this shit was.~~
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So here is my ~~wonderless~~ wonderful review!
As I said above, I can never get how this got published. And I wasted my 2 dollars on this. The description says 60 pages, but bitch it is 42 pages. Also, there are acknowledgements and like the cover, first page, and the copyright page, so I just don't ge *0.25 stars*
Can someone explain to me how the hell this got published AND became a #1 NYT Bestseller? I am disappointed in y'all.

~~RTC when I can process how awful this shit was.~~
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So here is my ~~wonderless~~ wonderful review!
As I said above, I can never get how this got published. And I wasted my 2 dollars on this. The description says 60 pages, but bitch it is 42 pages. Also, there are acknowledgements and like the cover, first page, and the copyright page, so I just don't get it? Plus they were going to make this 5 parts, and 5 into 2 is 10 dollars. I can get TWO PHYSICAL books in that amount of money. (three if Amazon is being generous *cough*)
Apparently, after this became a #1 NYT Bestseller (I cannot believe this shit either) the authors contacted the publishers and it got picked by Harlequin Teen. Yes. They picked up a fucking book of 42 pages. I have #legit lost faith in humanity.
You don't even get agented by writing 42 pages! I! Have! Lost! Faith! In! Humanity!
Let's be real, this only became a NYT bestseller cuz of Sasha's fanbase. The writing was extremely choppy, and it felt like it had not been edited and gone through a beta reader. Andi was like, a Celaena Sardothian wannabe with her 'unusual' eyes and white hair with a purple streak. (WHICH apparently made her badass) Excuse me, but I got a blue streak in my hair last year in Summer Vacations (do you honestly think I would go to school with a BLUE STREAK? YOU BE WRONG, PERSON) but that unfortunately did not make me badass.
And who was the girl in the last? Oh, a Queen Levana wannabe. As much as I hate Levana, she is atleast a good villain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was bored throughout. There was apparently action but I was busy yawning. Sue me.
Again ,the writing was horrible! Sasha was a debut author, I can get that, but Lindsay has 6 books published!! I can't.
It also had a fucking THIRTEEN YEAR OLD in space, bitch puh leez. No one ain't that badass.
The authors wanted to make Dex lovable, but he was just the same ol' YA cliché love interest. #juststop
It had racism, and you can read some reviews. because I did not take notes, I can't talk on that, but it had like honey coloured skin? Y U B RACIST? I can't stand when white authors want to bring 'diversity' just for the sake of it, but it ends up getting offensive and racist. Puh-leez do your research!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway you can read this if you want to waste your 2 dollars. Just saying.
again, I have lost faith in humanity. ...more

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About Sasha Alsberg

Sasha Alsberg

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Sasha Alsberg is the #1 NYT Bestselling Co-Author of ZENITH: The Androma Saga.

When Sasha is not writing or obsessing over Scotland she is making YouTube videos on her channel Abookutopia. She lives in Massachusetts with her dogs, Fraser and Fiona

For her writing, she is represented by Joanna Volpe at New Leaf Literary.