Shades of Earth by Beth Revis

Imagine being frozen for centuries. You are alive but frozen. You are on a spaceship travelling to another planet.

Amy chooses to go with her parents to a new planet that is similar to earth.

We see in the first 2 books in the series the story is unfolding on the spaceship. 

In Shades of Earth, the spaceship finally lands. FINALLY!!!!!

I don’t want to get into the story because SPOILERS!!!

So instead I want to discuss Amy’s decision.

Would you do that? Would you freeze yourself? For any reason?

It got me really thinking.

Imagine freezing yourself and waking up knowing that the people you grew up with, loved or hated are all dead. That Earth is no longer your home. That if you were to go back to Earth, nothing would be the same. And you wouldn’t have a place on it. Just that thought breaks everything apart.

I did find the book a bit slow, especially the beginning. However, the ending was good and unexpected at all.

Finally, I am glad to have finished this amazing series. The only Sci-Fi series I ever read in my life. And it’s the only trilogy that I own completely so that is saying something. I still remember when I first saw the cover of Across the Universe. Man, it brings back memories.

It’s time to say goodbye to yet another series. Looking forward to Beth Revis’s newest projects. 

A Million Suns by Beth Revis

Release Date: January

Publisher: Razorbill

Age Group: Young Adult

Pages: 386 pages

Source: ARC

Series: 2

Once again Beth Revis takes us on a journey like no other.

I, of course, like most people loved this book. I could say that it is one of my favorite second books of all time. After reading Across the Universe, I didn’t know how can Revis top this awesomeness. And she did and the winner is *drum roll* is us, the readers because we get to read such a well-crafted book.

It has all the elements that l like to see in a book. The mystery, romance, imagination, hope , conclusions,decisions. It is the package.

I loved Elder and Amy. There are so perfect for each other. And Elder is so innocent since he has never been on Earth but yet he is an honest leader that we all dream of. He is just an epic character.

There are lots of surprises thrown at you in this book and like Beth Revis said, when you see that black line in the middle of the book, don’t look at it till you get there by reading. I was tempted to just see the illustration but it was worth it to wait it till I got there. 

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Release Date: January 11st 2011

Publisher: RazorBill

Age Group: Young Adult

Pages: 398 pages

Source: Won from a contest

Series: Book 1

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.

Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone - one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship - tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.

Now, Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.

So I was kind of scared to start this book. It had been on my shelves since February and I only picked it up in August. But I guess this fear came out from the fact that I never read sci-fi books and always thought of this genre that it is more boyish. But really this book was amazing. See how huge it is but it was still fast paced. Chapters were very small which is something I really love in books. I feel good when I finish a chapter and there were 81 chapters in that book so imagine how I felt. Each chapter was narrated by Amy or Elder. Its really good to have two narrators in a book because it gives you more scoop. Also, you get to know how these two characters feel for each other which is pretty amazing in that book.

For the characters, I loved them all. Amy was brilliant, this earth human. Elder was this confused, soon-to-be a leader of a spaceship. Eldest the novels' current elder was just crazy and a dictator.

For the book's plot, I never read anything like this. It was so unique, so unique(again). like I never read a book that takes place in a spaceship. And really I was never bored …just like I said, it was fast paced. Within each chapter there was something going on and a new secret revealed. It was just perfect.

And I must say that when the publisher (or whomever thought of this) had two covers for this book; one girly and the other boyish it was a smart idea because the book could appeal to both males and females. And I don’t usually say that on books I read.

Also, this book makes me thankful of all the things we have on Sol-Earth. Really stuff like the stars and the sun. Be thankful, readers.

If you have this book around, go and pick it up. It's amazing.