“Who wants to be normal when you can be interesting instead?”
Aurora Rising (Aurora Cycle # 1)
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Summary: The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…
A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates
A smart-ass techwiz with the galaxy’s biggest chip on his shoulder
An alien warrior with anger management issues
A tomboy pilot who’s totally not into him, in case you were wondering
And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.
They're not the heroes we deserve. They're just the ones we could find. Nobody panic.
My Review: I mean, here's the rub. If you liked the synopsis you're going to like the book. Like a movie trailer that tells you the entire plot - this book summary is telling you exactly what to expect - a bunch of rejects (who just so happen to make the best crew in history) have to come together because of *reasons*, and end up finding a mystery at the center of the galaxy that could turn their world - and other worlds - upside down. It has shades of the campy old Star Trek episodes that I love (and if we're talking sci-fi darlings, this is definitely more Trekkie than anything else). In the end, I absolutely love it. With the trademark witticism that Kaufman and Kristoff bring to every project they do together, it will definitely have a home on your shelf.
Recommended age: 14+
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