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Infinity Son
(Infinity Cycle #1)
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Growing up in New York, brothers Emil and Brighton always idolized the Spell Walkers—a vigilante group sworn to rid the world of specters. While the Spell Walkers and other celestials are born with powers, specters take them, violently stealing the essence of endangered magical creatures.
Brighton wishes he had a power so he could join the fray. Emil just wants the fighting ...more
Brighton wishes he had a power so he could join the fray. Emil just wants the fighting ...more
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Hardcover, 353 pages
Published
January 14th 2020
by HarperTeen
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That age is fine. I would consider it in the same age group as Marissa Meyer’s Renegades.
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A phoenix might live forever but my hopes just died with this book.
You might be shaking your head, thinking One star, for real? Bit of a dramatic move. Well, that makes two of us. I didn’t have high expectations when I started this book – both What If It's Us and They Both Die at the End were disappointing – and I thought I’d rate this with two stars, maybe three. The first few chapters were rocky but then I started to enjoy myself. And around the 100-page mark, it all went downhill again. So mu ...more
You might be shaking your head, thinking One star, for real? Bit of a dramatic move. Well, that makes two of us. I didn’t have high expectations when I started this book – both What If It's Us and They Both Die at the End were disappointing – and I thought I’d rate this with two stars, maybe three. The first few chapters were rocky but then I started to enjoy myself. And around the 100-page mark, it all went downhill again. So mu ...more

Adam Silvera + fantasy + gay is a combination that can defeat Thanos

I still need to sit on this one for a bit to know how I really feel. There were parts of it that I really enjoyed. I loved Emil's storyline, I loved all the celestials that we got to know, & I love all the twists this story brought on. On the other hand I found issue in the world building and the pacing. This felt like a very in and out book for me when it comes to enjoyment. I do think it sets up nicely for the sequel & I'm looking forward to seeing where book two takes us. (especially because
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"Times passes, and the agony doesn’t go away. The faintest phoenix song begs me to survive, but I’m tired of the music and wish someone would put out my fire for good."

Adam Silvera is keeping his crown on making people cry with his books. This book definitely made me want to cry.

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Having all the ingredients and not following any recipe.
I'm going to start everything by saying if this is your first AS book (or if it will be and you end up sharing my feelings about it) then ...more



Adam Silvera is keeping his crown on making people cry with his books. This book definitely made me want to cry.

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Having all the ingredients and not following any recipe.
I'm going to start everything by saying if this is your first AS book (or if it will be and you end up sharing my feelings about it) then ...more

OH NO! WHY, ADAM!? WHYYYYYY?? WHAT HAPPENED?!?
can we please make a pact and just agree that we are all suffering from collective amnesia and this book never happened? because i love adam silvera, hes a sweetheart, and i really dont want to drag him and his new book, but its really the only thing i can do.
many reviews do a great job with going in depth as to why this book is such disappointment, so let me just leave this brief list:
can we please make a pact and just agree that we are all suffering from collective amnesia and this book never happened? because i love adam silvera, hes a sweetheart, and i really dont want to drag him and his new book, but its really the only thing i can do.
many reviews do a great job with going in depth as to why this book is such disappointment, so let me just leave this brief list:
- no world building. none. zilch. zero. nil. nada. its a contem...more

May 15, 2020
Miranda Reads
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
Shelves:
audiobook,
published2020
The Written Review
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20 pgs: THIS BOOK ROCKS MY SOCKS.![]()
50 pgs: Let me get my rainbow flag and shout it from the rooftops.
100 pgs: I don't know why everyone is hating on this glorious superhero book.
150 pgs: Ohhhh...now I get it.
The Full Review :
The strongest power above all is a living heart. Humanity is what makes heroes, not powers. The strongest power is human...more

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“I didn’t grow up with powers, but I’ve been a brother for eighteen years. No fire burns brighter than that.”
🌟 I am going to be the villain in this story and say that maybe Adam should stick to writing contemporary novels and I am going to explain why. I initially gave the book 3 stars as I felt pressured to do so in support of Adam but that would not be honest. I think 2 stars is a rating I feel more comfortable with.
🌟You see, there is an idea and ...more
“I didn’t grow up with powers, but I’ve been a brother for eighteen years. No fire burns brighter than that.”
🌟 I am going to be the villain in this story and say that maybe Adam should stick to writing contemporary novels and I am going to explain why. I initially gave the book 3 stars as I felt pressured to do so in support of Adam but that would not be honest. I think 2 stars is a rating I feel more comfortable with.
🌟You see, there is an idea and ...more

New York. Magic. Phoenixes. Gay. Adam Silvera.
An indestructible combination right?
Wrong.
L I K E S
- The idea
I will expand on this later, but I really thought I would love this book for a variety of reasons. The summary intrigued me, and my excitement was only increased because it was by one of my favourite authors. The bare bones idea of this book was amazing, but unfortunately the execution didn't do it justice. I think it could make a good movie if adapted right!
- Ness
A character only introd ...more
An indestructible combination right?
Wrong.
L I K E S
- The idea
I will expand on this later, but I really thought I would love this book for a variety of reasons. The summary intrigued me, and my excitement was only increased because it was by one of my favourite authors. The bare bones idea of this book was amazing, but unfortunately the execution didn't do it justice. I think it could make a good movie if adapted right!
- Ness
A character only introd ...more

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NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! Did you hear me say NOPE! This is not my cup of latte, any kind of heavy liquor!
I was so excited as soon as I saw this amazing cover and reading a blurb introduces us a gay main character on the board! But I finally found out only thing I could enjoy about this book is LGBTQ representation with lots of queer characters! Unfortunately that’s the one and only thing I loved!
World-building-Nope! It collapses on your body in the middle of the book. You just jump into an ocean full ...more
I was so excited as soon as I saw this amazing cover and reading a blurb introduces us a gay main character on the board! But I finally found out only thing I could enjoy about this book is LGBTQ representation with lots of queer characters! Unfortunately that’s the one and only thing I loved!
World-building-Nope! It collapses on your body in the middle of the book. You just jump into an ocean full ...more

An amateurish first draft of a book, INFINITY SON drags itself through juvenile writing and lifeless characters in a poorly-built world.
Yikes. I had never read an Adam Silvera book before INFINITY SON... and safe to say I'll probably not read anything else by him again.
His contemporaries, the premises of which don't interest me, are praised to the moon and back, so naturally when I heard he was writing a fantasy I was immediately piqued. INFINITY SON is about sixteen-year-old Emil, a regular wal ...more
Yikes. I had never read an Adam Silvera book before INFINITY SON... and safe to say I'll probably not read anything else by him again.
His contemporaries, the premises of which don't interest me, are praised to the moon and back, so naturally when I heard he was writing a fantasy I was immediately piqued. INFINITY SON is about sixteen-year-old Emil, a regular wal ...more

Ok, so this wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. But it wasn’t great either 🤷♀️
I really enjoyed They Both Die at the End and More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera, i was excited to give this a go but I went in with trepidation as the reviews are pretty bad.
Emil and Brighton are twin brothers, and they have always dreamed that when they turn 18 they will gain the powers to become ‘celestials.’
But when Emil gets powers and Brighton doesn’t it tests their brotherhood to the max.
Main gripes were - I ...more
I really enjoyed They Both Die at the End and More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera, i was excited to give this a go but I went in with trepidation as the reviews are pretty bad.
Emil and Brighton are twin brothers, and they have always dreamed that when they turn 18 they will gain the powers to become ‘celestials.’
But when Emil gets powers and Brighton doesn’t it tests their brotherhood to the max.
Main gripes were - I ...more

I can't believe we are to be #blessed with an Adam Silvera fantasy book.
We don't deserve this.
I may or may not be stalking his social media everyday in hopes of just a sneak peak at this book. Love you Adam.
...more
We don't deserve this.

I have a deep love for both (a) urban fantasy books, (b) books about complicated messy brothers...so this delivered on BOTH those fronts and I'm so so glad I got a chance to read it early. I've been sort of obsessing over Infinity Son, because I freaking adore Silvera's contemporaries (History Is All You Left Me basically is one I think about all the time) so I'm really grateful I got to read an early eARC!
highlights definitely are
→ more of an emphasis on magical creatures than most fantasises I ...more
highlights definitely are
→ more of an emphasis on magical creatures than most fantasises I ...more


My library let me skip the line to listen to the audio BUT, it wasn’t for me. I skip listened. Sigh...
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾 ...more

It's a yikes from me
...more

Dec 03, 2019
h o l l i s
rated it
did not like it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
2019-reads,
nope,
zzzz-snooze,
arc,
urban-f,
family-focused,
grief-or-loss,
meh,
baa-baa-black-sheep,
contemporary
Here's the thing. I didn't really want to be here, posting a review for a much hyped book that I clearly didn't like, but up until the 60% mark I was at least hoping to have one or two good things to say to warrant a two star "hey man, you tried, good on you" rating.
But no. I can't round up on this.
A combination of mostly annoying (oh god I wanted Brighton to go DIAF times infinity) and or doing-nothing-for-me characters, so little world building that I honestly only understood maybe like 15% of ...more
But no. I can't round up on this.
A combination of mostly annoying (oh god I wanted Brighton to go DIAF times infinity) and or doing-nothing-for-me characters, so little world building that I honestly only understood maybe like 15% of ...more

*Record scratch, freeze frame* So you're probably wondering how I got in this situation.
A couple days ago:
Friend: Hey I got an arc of Infinity Son do you want to borrow?
Me, knowing damn well I don't like Adam Silvera's writing: Sure!
And another 1 star book is born.
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In other news: for as much as I've heard Adam Silvera talk about this book and how excited he was to write it, I really thought this would be a high fantasy but no. This is an urban fantasy with a magic system that never really make ...more
A couple days ago:
Friend: Hey I got an arc of Infinity Son do you want to borrow?
Me, knowing damn well I don't like Adam Silvera's writing: Sure!
And another 1 star book is born.
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In other news: for as much as I've heard Adam Silvera talk about this book and how excited he was to write it, I really thought this would be a high fantasy but no. This is an urban fantasy with a magic system that never really make ...more

This was a decent first fantasy story! I liked Emil and Ness, but I couldn’t truly get into the fantasy part of this book, and some of the other characters felt a little rushed. Probably won’t read the sequel, but I still enjoyed my time reading this one! I’ll probably think of more to say later in my wrap up video but that’s all I’ve got now!

The Problems With Infinity Son Are ∞
Are we surprised? At least it's *slightly* better than What If It's Us. If you’d like to see me talk about this book, I have a bit of a scathing review on my booktube channel explaining why I gave this 1 star: https://youtu.be/spVsIQQLFws ...more
Are we surprised? At least it's *slightly* better than What If It's Us. If you’d like to see me talk about this book, I have a bit of a scathing review on my booktube channel explaining why I gave this 1 star: https://youtu.be/spVsIQQLFws ...more

This book had so many elements that would have made me It's Bitch.
~ queer Latino main characters
~ a beautiful cover
~ magic and magical birds
~ Latinx families and upbringing
but this felt like I was reading a little kids third-grade free time essay ,,, it's messy, the writing isn't good at all, the storyline is so jumbled it just doesn't make sense, and on top of that this magic system isn't explained at ALL and it just throws you in expecting you to just know what all these terms mean. After mak ...more
~ queer Latino main characters
~ a beautiful cover
~ magic and magical birds
~ Latinx families and upbringing
but this felt like I was reading a little kids third-grade free time essay ,,, it's messy, the writing isn't good at all, the storyline is so jumbled it just doesn't make sense, and on top of that this magic system isn't explained at ALL and it just throws you in expecting you to just know what all these terms mean. After mak ...more

update: 2/21/21
finished my reread just under two weeks before the release of INFINITY REAPER and there are so many genius moments in this book like daaaaaamn
UPDATE 7/20:
Dreams have come true. I have finished this brutal book, and am so incredibly in love with each and every character.
Update: 7/13/19
Hell. Fucking. Yes. I. Need. This. Now.
Update: 12/2/18
Honestly it doesnt matter what this is, I'm sure to love it, and its sure to burn me to ashes so...I'm ready for.it
update 5/26/17: I have a theor ...more
finished my reread just under two weeks before the release of INFINITY REAPER and there are so many genius moments in this book like daaaaaamn
UPDATE 7/20:
Dreams have come true. I have finished this brutal book, and am so incredibly in love with each and every character.
Update: 7/13/19
Hell. Fucking. Yes. I. Need. This. Now.
Update: 12/2/18
Honestly it doesnt matter what this is, I'm sure to love it, and its sure to burn me to ashes so...I'm ready for.it
update 5/26/17: I have a theor ...more

May 26, 2019
Tucker (TuckerTheReader)
marked it as not-released-tbr
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
young-adult,
fantasy

DNF at Pg. 69. This book holds the quickest dnf I have ever done on a book in my life. So there’s that. I just wasn’t enjoying it and honestly I have too many books that I want to read that this is just a hard pass. Oh, and Brighton can still choke. :)

Wow. Well, that will be my last Adam Silvera novel. I hope he finds his audience, but it is not me. The whole narration style is written as if by a 15-year-old boy, 5 years in the past. So the whole book is stuffed with what feels antiquated slang. Coupled with the super casual narration that uses absurd comparisons, and I just couldn't. The writing style will work for someone, that someone is not me.
The plot is a mash-up of x-men and Harry Potter with much better diversity. Unfortunately, I thi ...more
The plot is a mash-up of x-men and Harry Potter with much better diversity. Unfortunately, I thi ...more

UPDATE #2: It happened. I received the notice this morning! I got an eARC! 😭
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UPDATE: ADAM JUST RELEASED THE TITLE - It’s called “Infinity Son” !!!! - AND ITS GOING TO BE A SERIES?? I AM NOT OKAY
SOMEONE HOLD ME
✨(PS I also made a blog post!) ✨
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Fantasy AND Adam Silvera? Count me 110% in. ...more
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UPDATE: ADAM JUST RELEASED THE TITLE - It’s called “Infinity Son” !!!! - AND ITS GOING TO BE A SERIES?? I AM NOT OKAY
SOMEONE HOLD ME
✨(PS I also made a blog post!) ✨
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Fantasy AND Adam Silvera? Count me 110% in. ...more

I can't fucking believe that I got a ARC of this book.
This had a unique concept (that I think wasn't executed as well as it could have been), multiple pov, a okay writing and LGBT representation.
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ARC received from publishers via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review
Official release date: 14th January 2020. ...more
This had a unique concept (that I think wasn't executed as well as it could have been), multiple pov, a okay writing and LGBT representation.
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ARC received from publishers via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review
Official release date: 14th January 2020. ...more


I apologize for the gif use but... I really needed it today. Lindsay's my entire mood on this book.
I didn't like What if it's Us but I'd never read any Adam Silvera before that, and we all know I'm really a fantasy slut, so while I went in with very low expectations, there was a chance that I'd vibe more with this book. But it did not happen, and I'm left very confused about what I just read.
Look, I appreciate the author's note he wrote so much. I look for representation in what I'm reading too, ...more
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Adam Silvera is the New York Times bestselling author of More Happy Than Not, History Is All You Left Me, and They Both Die at the End. His next book What If It's Us is co-written by Becky Albertalli (Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda) and releases on October 9th, 2018.
He writes full-time in New York City and is tall for no reason. ...more
He writes full-time in New York City and is tall for no reason. ...more
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