Obsidio (The Illuminae Files #3) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff - Restarting April 17th 2023

[Dr. Andy]

Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion?

Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys—an old flame from Asha's past—reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.

With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heros will fall, and hearts will be broken.

[Danii]

Checking in! c:

[Aly]

I am so here for this!

[Nicole's Book Diaries]

I’m sooo excited!!!!

[Chelsies Reading Escape]

Yay!! Will be joining

[Linaria]

~18%
(view spoiler)[
Please let my Bae, Aidan be OK during his transfer to the Mao. 3 I'm so worried!
(hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

I'll be starting a bit late, but I'll be around :D

[Aly]

Waiting for mine to come!! Hopefully soon

[Linaria]

60%
(view spoiler)[ OMG When Aidan kills all those civilians. The narrative. Where he's questions his morality. I'm dying ;_; (hide spoiler)]

[Linaria]

70%
(view spoiler)[ When Rhys kills his comrade to save Ash and Katya. 3 This book is heart-breaking! I need the two of them to be OK. So badly. (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

Clephiro- is it amazing!?!

[Linaria]

Andrea wrote: "Clephiro- is it amazing!?!"

It hurts my heart and I love it. If you haven't checked out the audiobook - I HIGHLY recommend.

[Linaria]

(view spoiler)[ Oh no, it's goodbye time and I know at least one person is going to die. There is no good choice. I'm dying. (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

Clephiro wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Clephiro- is it amazing!?!"

It hurts my heart and I love it. If you haven't checked out the audiobook - I HIGHLY recommend."

I have the audiobook but I'm going to read the physical book first!!!

[Linaria]

(view spoiler)[ Oh no. Leanne Frobischer. I COMPLETELY forgot that she was Ezra's mother. Oh god.

omg where they are all talking and Aidan is all like
"May we all meet again on distant shores somewhere far from here."
... and later...
And Aidan's 'The monster is me'. (hide spoiler)]

[Linaria]

Holy crap. Done. This book is amazing and heart breaking. The ENDING. ;(

[Danii]

Up to page 110: HOLY CRAP THIS IS SO GOOD!! I don’t even know where to begin with updates!! (view spoiler)[ THERE ARE SURVIVORS!!! Woah!! I love how everything is coming together more and more! But I seriously can’t believe there are survivors left on Kerenza, that’s crazy! And one of them is Kadys cousin! Yay for the resistance! Not sure about this Rhys guy yet, but I hope he helps Asha and the resistance get out alive. Ah it’s too good!! (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Page 150 (view spoiler)[ I LOVE seeing Katy, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik all together! It's so great. And AIDAN is the best, I like how much he cares for Katy. I'm also really liking Asha and Rhys so far. When the mine worker sacrificed himself to slow down production, I had tears! (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Andrea wrote: "Clephiro wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Clephiro- is it amazing!?!"

It hurts my heart and I love it. If you haven't checked out the audiobook - I HIGHLY recommend."

I have the audiobook but I'm going to ..."
I am 100% with you! I'm reading the book then right after I'm going to listen to it. The audio is sooo good.

[Dr. Andy]

Clephiro wrote: "Holy crap. Done. This book is amazing and heart breaking. The ENDING. ;("

We can always pretend it never ended :D

[Heather]

Page 32/615:
(view spoiler)[ I can’t believe that they have already started killing people off! I wish I could sit here all day and read this book. Can’t wait to find out where the explosion came from and why Asha is hiding that little girl. (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

17%: (view spoiler)[ already in love. Having my two couples in one place is gold. Also Aiden kind of kills me with his love for Kady. And now the countdown begins to get to the survivors of Kerenza (hide spoiler)]

[Heather]

Going to keep reading when I get home

[Jenn]

33%: (view spoiler)[ well shit, they're all going to suffocate before reaching Kerenza. Also Boll really needs to listen to Garver. Communicate people! He had legit concerns! (hide spoiler)]

[Penny]

Oh I'm joining!

Page 352- I'm enjoying the book, but not loving it.
I like Asha.
(view spoiler)[I'm really liking Nik's and Erza's friendship. Now a little of the bad, Kady is my least favorite characrer in the series and she is just the same in this one, who didn't guess that ADIAN was going to sacrifice all those people "for the greater good", and you could see that mutiny coming ages ago, I know this is YA but the adults behaving like petty teenagers has not been fun and now they are all dead (hide spoiler)]

[Penny]

Jenn wrote: "33%: [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Agree! Why can they talk? I thought they all need it to act like a team when they reach Kerenza (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

~17% (view spoiler)[ God this book is going to ruin me, I can feel it. I already have so many thoughts and I don't know how to cope. So Asha- I'm already curious about her and Rhys's past, I have a feeling that name Samaira tattooed on her wrist is somehow related. I want her and Kady to be reunited omg. Also WHERE IS NIK I WANNA SEE MY BABY. Then that opening transcript, it's good to know Hanna will most likely survive since she's testifying, but I'm terrified of all the others that might die. I don't want them too. Keep my babies safe. Might have teared up a little when Kady and her dad were finally reunited. (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Page 304 (view spoiler)[ I love AIDAN and I'm so sad Kady took him offline. I know it was so sad what he did, but I understand why he did it. Just like with the Copernicus. I hope he comes back! And now the ship is going to shit. They just need to get to Kerenza and have something else to focus on. (hide spoiler)]

[Brittani]

85% (view spoiler)[ omg! I really hope Nik and Ezra aren't really dead... pleeease... (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Brittani]

Andrea wrote: "~17% [spoilers removed]"
I didn't even think about the fact that (view spoiler)[ Hannah must survive because of the beginning.. that makes me feel a little better. I only have like an hour left in the audiobook and I just want to know how it ends!! (hide spoiler)]

[Brittani]

Clephiro wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Clephiro- is it amazing!?!"

It hurts my heart and I love it. If you haven't checked out the audiobook - I HIGHLY recommend."

these are hands down THE BEST audiobooks!

[Dr. Andy]

Brittani wrote: "Andrea wrote: "~17% [spoilers removed]"
I didn't even think about the fact that [spoilers removed]"



Along that line of thinking (view spoiler)[ I think Kady will survive as well since she narrated in the trial in the previous books, but now I'm worried for Nik!! I like Ezra, but Nik is my precious son. (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

About 30% (view spoiler)[ Wow Asha is going to try to work with Rhys and get him to be a spy. I don't think he's a bad person, I don't think all BT employees are, only some the rest are just following shitty orders, I wish Asha would realize that. Also, I hope AIDAN magically finds oxygen for the Mao, they need to get to Kerenza!!! I loved Ezra and Nik's little chat, I hope Hanna will give Nik a real chance too. (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

Jenn wrote: "33%: [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Maybe he does but he's going about it in a pretty rude and ridiculous manner. I don't like him (hide spoiler)]

[Brittani]

Andrea wrote: "Brittani wrote: "Andrea wrote: "~17% [spoilers removed]"
I didn't even think about the fact that [spoilers removed]"



Along that line of thinking [spoilers removed]"

that's true! I love them both! Please don't break my heart Amie and Jay!

[Brittani]

Andrea wrote: "About 30% [spoilers removed]"
(view spoiler)[ I'm so glad Asha didn't try to trick Rhys into helping her. Like making him think she had forgiven him and pretended to be back with him to get him on the rebels side. I thought that was what was going to happen and I would have hated Asha and disliked the book a little for that. so, I'm glad she told him her plan outright. I hate when characters lie to each other and it causes unnecessary confusion and conflict (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

Brittani wrote: "Andrea wrote: "About 30% [spoilers removed]"
[spoilers removed]"

I agree!! It was better that they agreed about what was happening

[Dr. Andy]

Brittani wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Brittani wrote: "Andrea wrote: "~17% [spoilers removed]"
I didn't even think about the fact that [spoilers removed]"

Along that line of thinking [spoilers removed]"

that's true! ..."

We all know something bad is gonna happen eventually, I'm so not ready

[Dr. Andy]

Aly wrote: "Page 304 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I think there was more of a shock value when he did it the first time, I thought he did it just because and that there wasn't a real reason to it. Now I know better. So I'm not surprised and I think it was probably the only option. I just wish AIDAN had be able to take Ben, and those other assholes with the others (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

50% (view spoiler)[ Tension is running high on the ship and fucking Ben is going to act like a child. Kady was so right with what she said, the real enemy is BT but Ben and his goons don't care about that, they seem to care about the power dynamic on the ship and being right. WHO GIVES A FUCK WORK WITH SYRA AND THE KIDS OR YOURE GONNA DIE DICKFACE (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

75% FUCK IM SO SCARED GUYS I NEED HELP (view spoiler)[ I am like on the verge of tears right now reading the good byes the crew made to each and dammit Isaac is being a precious dad to all of them MY HEART CANT TAKE THIS! And wtf is Rhys's problem, Asha didn't give Bruno the Thermix shit or blow up Duke, IT WASNT HERE DAMMIT (hide spoiler)]

[Brittani]

95% (view spoiler)[ please let this be a dream or part of the Gemina conundrum and this is some other version of our universe. PLEASE! (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

Finished (view spoiler)[ Okay honestly after I finished this I thought my brain was like defective. This book stressed me out so much and it felt like I was crashing once done. But omg Isaac Grant is the world's best book dad I swear!! He adopted Ella omg guys. Also fucking Nik and his parachute. I was so good he ended up wearing that in the Chimera. Also they all showed up at that trial amazing! Still I feel like I still have questions that aren't answered though I am pretty satisfied with that ending. (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

Clephiro wrote: "Holy crap. Done. This book is amazing and heart breaking. The ENDING. ;("

RIGHT I think a part of me died while I was reading this also was holding back tears with parts towards the end. O.o

[Aly]

Page 450 (view spoiler)[ This is it! We're going into battle now. Everyone better live or I swear I will be so mad. I'm actually pretty worried that AIDAN won't make it and also Kady's dad. Ugh, no! I'm glad they've all become friends and those notes Isaac wrote to all the kids were so touching I cried 😭 (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Finished 😭😭😭😭😭😭 (view spoiler)[ So that was ROUGH. I was pretty sure AIDAN would sacrifice himself, but the ending where he thinks Kady is better off without him might be worse. In my head, I'm going to imagine that they find each other again someday and all is happy. This series is hands down my favorite. I'm so sad it's over, but happy our main peeps made it. (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

18% (view spoiler)[ the trick the rebellion is doing with the notice board is a really clever way to send messages, it just sucks that the only people the can volunteer are people who have already lost their families. Also I not feeling the new couple (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

22% (view spoiler)[ Omg I was worried that he showed the tattoo with her name on it, but I feel that they are still gonna find out poor Asha (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

36% (view spoiler)[ So that went through all that and now everyone is going to suffocate on carbon monoxide before they reach safety. And now I'm worried about what Aiden could do to "save" Kady (hide spoiler)]

[Danii]

Andrea wrote: "75% FUCK IM SO SCARED GUYS I NEED HELP [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I WAS FREAKING OUT SO HARD AT THIS PART!! LIKE NO DONT SAY GOODBYE YOURE GOING TO SEE EACHOTHER AGAIN NO NO NO NOBODY CAN DIE (hide spoiler)]