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harleyrae's review against another edition
3.0
Ok so that ending was kind of shocking. I’d be curious to learn how the second book ends. Frankly though I am not a big SciFi fan and I don’t want to go through the pain of a second book. The language of the characters really took me outside of this story. This was a struggle for me to get through.
qkat's review against another edition
2.0
I couldn’t get into this book because the language was so atrocious that it distracted me from the story. Concept of the story is sound, it just wasn’t executed correctly.
brendalovesbooks's review
3.0
When I first started reading this, I really loved it. I was so excited for something new and different, but it turned out not to be so different. It turned into political/court intrigue that is in SO many YA these days. There were some different things about it, but most of those are what annoyed me so much. The language, for one thing, was terrible and distracting. It just seemed so stupid that language would have evolved that way, and it was so annoying to read.
I wish I would have gotten the book I imagined when I first started reading, but it did turn out okay in the end, and I would read a second book.
I wish I would have gotten the book I imagined when I first started reading, but it did turn out okay in the end, and I would read a second book.
izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition
3.0
3/5
Dang. I have no idea what to think of this book! I was confused and fascinated at the same time. The plot twists had me shocked and wanting more. The ending of this book left so much to be explored in the second book. Long story short, loved it but I need answers!
Reread 11/7/21
3/5
I just had to reread the first book before going onto the sequel. I loved following Andra go into this new world and try to solve the mystery. I did not enjoy Zhade and Maret, I couldn’t really tell them apart and the “language” was aggravating to guess what they were saying. The ending was still as amazing as I remember it being the first time. Happy to know that I will be going straight into the sequel.
Dang. I have no idea what to think of this book! I was confused and fascinated at the same time. The plot twists had me shocked and wanting more. The ending of this book left so much to be explored in the second book. Long story short, loved it but I need answers!
Reread 11/7/21
3/5
I just had to reread the first book before going onto the sequel. I loved following Andra go into this new world and try to solve the mystery. I did not enjoy Zhade and Maret, I couldn’t really tell them apart and the “language” was aggravating to guess what they were saying. The ending was still as amazing as I remember it being the first time. Happy to know that I will be going straight into the sequel.
sdloomer's review
4.0
um, honest to god, I really only added this because the title is so close to Ghost in the Shell
thebrainlair's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! Lora Beth Johnson takes the literal "deus ex machina" and turns it on its freaking head. Several times! This book!
Andra, like a regular "deus ex machina" wakes up from cryo-sleep 1000 years too late to help her family but just in time to help Zhade the exiled. He want to grab "Goddess" 3 and returns home the hero.
But Andra isn't here to live up to someone else's expectations. She's a strong girl character who
Andra, like a regular "deus ex machina" wakes up from cryo-sleep 1000 years too late to help her family but just in time to help Zhade the exiled. He want to grab "Goddess" 3 and returns home the hero.
But Andra isn't here to live up to someone else's expectations. She's a strong girl character who
leeea5599's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
ladytiara's review against another edition
4.0
Andromeda was put into stasis to leave Earth and travel to a new colony, and she was supposed to awake 100 years later on her new planet. But when she wakes up, 1000 years have passed, society has devolved, and everyone thinks she's a goddess.
Andromeda is a great character. She's a normal teenage girl who wakes up and finds she's a goddess, something she's completely unprepared for. She's forced to make an uneasy alliance with Zhade, an exiled prince. He's maddeningly attractive, but also rather shady, and Andromeda has to figure out how much she can trust him, while she's working her own angle in the alliance.
For me, the most interesting part of this book was the examination of how a culture can change over 1000 years. Although they technically speak the same language, a lot has changed and the slang is almost unrecognizable to Andromeda at first, but she's a word nerd and she quickly figures things out. (It's a little weird for the reader at first too, but most of the language is easy to figure out in context and you get used to it pretty quickly.) The book also looks at how a culture might handle technology they don't understand. This society has inherited technology, but they didn't invent it and they don't know how it works, so they view it as magic and they invent a religion to explain things.
This book is really inventive, and the author does a lot of interesting things with standard sci fi and fantasy tropes. I'm looking forward to the sequel.
I received a digital ARC from the publisher through NetGalley.
Andromeda is a great character. She's a normal teenage girl who wakes up and finds she's a goddess, something she's completely unprepared for. She's forced to make an uneasy alliance with Zhade, an exiled prince. He's maddeningly attractive, but also rather shady, and Andromeda has to figure out how much she can trust him, while she's working her own angle in the alliance.
For me, the most interesting part of this book was the examination of how a culture can change over 1000 years. Although they technically speak the same language, a lot has changed and the slang is almost unrecognizable to Andromeda at first, but she's a word nerd and she quickly figures things out. (It's a little weird for the reader at first too, but most of the language is easy to figure out in context and you get used to it pretty quickly.) The book also looks at how a culture might handle technology they don't understand. This society has inherited technology, but they didn't invent it and they don't know how it works, so they view it as magic and they invent a religion to explain things.
This book is really inventive, and the author does a lot of interesting things with standard sci fi and fantasy tropes. I'm looking forward to the sequel.
I received a digital ARC from the publisher through NetGalley.