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alongreader's review against another edition
4.0
I hope there's more to your story, but if this is the end is a good one. Thanks for bringing me along with you.
waclements7's review against another edition
4.0
ARC supplied by Orca Press. Opinions are entirely my own. As this was the second of two books Orca kindly provided a copy of Dominion as well, which is greatly appreciated, because it made it easier to understand what was happening in the second book.
deannaksmith's review against another edition
4.0
Can I just start off by saying that I absolutely loved this book? This is a series that pulled me in entirely because I loved the covers but they have been so much fun to read and I really think that I’ll reread them sometime soon. If you haven’t read the first one yet but are looking for a great middle grade/young YA series then definitely check out the first one!
This book takes place about a year after the events of the first book but we’re thrown into the action immediately. Molly is now 15 and has spent the last year with her family trying to free as many spirits as possible. Molly is once again what makes this book for me, she’s such a lovely character. She definitely has her flaws but she’s also a kid who’s growing and learning and I think that it’s represented quite well. I also really liked her family in this one, their relationships aren’t perfect but they are realistic and I liked reading about how they interact. The new characters were also really well done! Theresa is definitely my favourite but all the others have an important part in the story.
The story in these books is also just really fun, it’s kind of a darker topic but it’s handled well and I really love that Molly acknowledges that she’d like to do more to help but is also okay with just doing what she’s capable of doing, it’s a nice viewpoint to read about. And the spirits themselves! I loved all of them so much, they have such unique personalities and it was always easy to distinguish between them.
Honestly I just really really loved reading this book. It took me no time at all because it’s so fast paced and you just get sucked into the story. I loved the way that this one ended and I don’t know if there’s going to be another book but if there is I will definitely be picking it up!
novelbloglover's review
5.0
elizabethd's review
4.0
lilyn_g's review
5.0
On the surface, Terra Nova is a beautifully written follow-up to Dominion, the first book in the Molly Stout Adventures. It takes us back to the world of Terra Nova and plunges us into Molly’s life shortly after the events of Dominion. It’s fast-paced, filled with action, and a sheer pleasure to read. Terra Nova is a world where instead of building on the back of human slaves, denoted as less worthy by skin color or some other chosen arbitrary measurement, we harnessed the power of some more beings more obviously ‘other’. It gives us a steampunk world only a few steps removed from our own.
I zoomed through Terra Nova, reading it in a couple hours. From the very first page, Arbuthnott had me entranced and right back in the thick of it beside Molly. My stomach was churning, my emotions were roiling, and I was completely absorbed in this book. He is a fantastic writer, and I thoroughly enjoyed his story-telling abilities and the fictional aspects of his work.
But I want to talk about the other part of it, as well.
Terra Nova is a call for young people to realize their worth, their power. To understand that they have a voice, and if they use that voice, they can get things accomplished. It is a call to arms for a younger generation to lead others down the right path, to do what everyone else seems afraid to do. To not be a sheep.
"I wish we could just go flying together instead of always skulking around, Molly thought. But if that's what I want, I guess we have to make a world where that can happen."
But it's about more than that as well. It's about growing up. About realizing that while you need to own your mistakes or consequences, you need to recognize that some are not yours to make or take on.
It's a solid story, with great writing. Terra Nova makes me simultaneously want to stand up and applaud, whilst also making me squirm uncomfortably. Because this also spoke to me as an adult. Terra Nova reminded me that it is my job to guide my child, but it is not - nor will it ever be - my job to rule my child. If at some point in the future, she gets set on doing something she believes is the right thing, my job will be to keep her as safe as possible while she does it, not to stop her from doing it.
Sometimes a book comes along that rocks you back on your heels, smacks the self-pity, the selfishness, and ignorance out of you, and makes you ashamed of your own timidity. And sometimes that book happens to be a kids’ book.
Read Dominion, and then read Terra Nova. Read them for you. Read them for your kids. Read them to your kids. Let your kids read them and ask you questions. I don’t care how you do it, I’m just asking you to do it.
deereadsthings's review
4.0
Can I just start off by saying that I absolutely loved this book? This is a series that pulled me in entirely because I loved the covers but they have been so much fun to read and I really think that I’ll reread them sometime soon. If you haven’t read the first one yet but are looking for a great middle grade/young YA series then definitely check out the first one!
This book takes place about a year after the events of the first book but we’re thrown into the action immediately. Molly is now 15 and has spent the last year with her family trying to free as many spirits as possible. Molly is once again what makes this book for me, she’s such a lovely character. She definitely has her flaws but she’s also a kid who’s growing and learning and I think that it’s represented quite well. I also really liked her family in this one, their relationships aren’t perfect but they are realistic and I liked reading about how they interact. The new characters were also really well done! Theresa is definitely my favourite but all the others have an important part in the story.
The story in these books is also just really fun, it’s kind of a darker topic but it’s handled well and I really love that Molly acknowledges that she’d like to do more to help but is also okay with just doing what she’s capable of doing, it’s a nice viewpoint to read about. And the spirits themselves! I loved all of them so much, they have such unique personalities and it was always easy to distinguish between them.
Honestly I just really really loved reading this book. It took me no time at all because it’s so fast paced and you just get sucked into the story. I loved the way that this one ended and I don’t know if there’s going to be another book but if there is I will definitely be picking it up!
kyraslibrary's review
4.0
When I got the second book I had hoped to enjoy it more than the first one. Unfortunately I couldn't get into it again. My friend's little sister loved the first one so I'm sure she will love this one. Though these books aren't for me, I'm not that into steampunk and that seems to be a genre of this two book series. The writing was great and so were the characters but this isn't my type of book.
aoife26935's review
4.0
I hope there's more to your story, but if this is the end is a good one. Thanks for bringing me along with you.