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Amaya loves going to the movies, but one day there’s an earthquake during the matinee. At least, she thought it was an earthquake. It turns out the cinema is a spaceship and she’s stuck on it during liftoff. So begins her adventure.
This is a fast-paced story for teens. There’s plenty of adventure and excitement wrapped in an intriguing world of galactic proportions.
Amaya is headstrong and stubborn. She doesn’t trust easily, but she’ll need to learn to trust if she’s going to survive this adventu ...more
This is a fast-paced story for teens. There’s plenty of adventure and excitement wrapped in an intriguing world of galactic proportions.
Amaya is headstrong and stubborn. She doesn’t trust easily, but she’ll need to learn to trust if she’s going to survive this adventu ...more
Liftoff begins with a literal lift-off of a movie theater! Seventeen-year-old Amaya, snuggled in the darkness with two good friends, complete with popcorn, is shaken into a new world when the movie theater transforms into a spaceship. Torn from home, Amaya faces one challenge after another as she comes to terms with who she is and what her place will be in an almost believable series of alien worlds who co-exist in a state of undeclared war. Surrounded by people who don’t quite reveal all, feist
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So much fun! LiftOff is a fabulous introduction to a new world and series.
Amaya’s life is completely disrupted when she heads to a movie with her friends. Instead of enjoying the film she finds herself on an alien spaceship flying to different solar system. And things only get more complicated from there!
Alien species, new technologies, a heap of expectations, family drama and a cute alien who will do anything for her change everything for Amaya.
Fascinating story and I’m looking forward to mor ...more
Amaya’s life is completely disrupted when she heads to a movie with her friends. Instead of enjoying the film she finds herself on an alien spaceship flying to different solar system. And things only get more complicated from there!
Alien species, new technologies, a heap of expectations, family drama and a cute alien who will do anything for her change everything for Amaya.
Fascinating story and I’m looking forward to mor ...more
Like a spaceship switching into hyper-drive, this is a fast-paced, action packed read and a good beginning to what appears to be an exciting series.
Sitting in a movie theater with her best friend to watch the latest film, the last thing Amaya expects is an earthquake to rock the theater. While her friend manages to jump through the exit in time, Amaya is held back. Soon, she finds her world thrust into the vast realm of a universal war and is unwillingly placed on the side of a young alien, who ...more
Sitting in a movie theater with her best friend to watch the latest film, the last thing Amaya expects is an earthquake to rock the theater. While her friend manages to jump through the exit in time, Amaya is held back. Soon, she finds her world thrust into the vast realm of a universal war and is unwillingly placed on the side of a young alien, who ...more
Liftoff was a fun and entertaining read that had me hooked in from the first few pages.
Seventeen year old Amaya struggles with life in a new US state following her parents divorce. While on a trip to her local cinema with her new friends, her life is thrown into chaos when she discovers it’s a camouflaged spaceship. Unable to escape in time, she’s forced to trust handsome but secretive alien Sol and his family escape a vicious space battle breaking out beyond Earth.
For a thousand years, war has ...more
Seventeen year old Amaya struggles with life in a new US state following her parents divorce. While on a trip to her local cinema with her new friends, her life is thrown into chaos when she discovers it’s a camouflaged spaceship. Unable to escape in time, she’s forced to trust handsome but secretive alien Sol and his family escape a vicious space battle breaking out beyond Earth.
For a thousand years, war has ...more
I read this book in November of 2020 and am reviewing it in January of 2021.
This is a short fun sci-fi read. It's YA but oddly enough, I had no issue reading it. I suppose this author's approach to less whiny teens suited me well. Plus, I love the diversity of the characters, and not just because some are alien.
This series has the potential to become a new-classic, space opera series. I like the way the worldbuilding brings the earth and extended galaxy together in an interconnected way, physi ...more
This is a short fun sci-fi read. It's YA but oddly enough, I had no issue reading it. I suppose this author's approach to less whiny teens suited me well. Plus, I love the diversity of the characters, and not just because some are alien.
This series has the potential to become a new-classic, space opera series. I like the way the worldbuilding brings the earth and extended galaxy together in an interconnected way, physi ...more
When Amaya spends a little time in a theater, relaxing with her friends, she doesn't expect to be taken in a spaceship to a far-off galaxy to deal with tensions between alien races. But that's exactly what happens in this fun, fast-paced space adventure.
When she discovers who she really is, Amaya has to adapt quickly and be everything the prophecies foretold. Not an easy job!
With humor and likable, interesting characters, this is a fun, fast-paced novella that any sci-fi enthusiast would enjoy. ...more
When she discovers who she really is, Amaya has to adapt quickly and be everything the prophecies foretold. Not an easy job!
With humor and likable, interesting characters, this is a fun, fast-paced novella that any sci-fi enthusiast would enjoy. ...more
One surprise after another!
This was a great teenage space adventure with vivid world building and tons of action. Logical Amaya Is thrust into a conflict between antagonistic aliens who have to find a way to work together if they all want to survive. And Amaya is the key to it all.
This was a great teenage space adventure with vivid world building and tons of action. Logical Amaya Is thrust into a conflict between antagonistic aliens who have to find a way to work together if they all want to survive. And Amaya is the key to it all.
Aww damn. I have to wait now for more.
Oct 24, 2020
Diane Burton
marked it as to-read
Nov 10, 2020
Elizabeth Seckman
is currently reading it
Nov 12, 2020
Alex Cavanaugh
marked it as to-read
