I had very mixed feelings for the book in question. The cover had intrigued me a lot, and even the plot was no less, but not being a lazy reader of LGBTQIAPK books I was in doubt whether to read it or not. The contents were really so many, and I was not sure I would have liked it.

I can tell you that in the end I am extremely happy to have read it. It was not like I expected. Characters are so natural, and even though they often claim their sexual preferences, it did not look like a genre that I would normally find a bit heavy for the abundance of content.

The book itself is long enough, but those 400 pages, during the reading, ran off and I did not even notice it. It was a new and refreshing book I should say. I absolutely recommend it to anyone who has no problem reading this genre, because I assure you that you will notice it barely because of how the story is well structured, how well the characters are drawn and how well is the setting in which everything is place.

I'm very grateful to Chapter by Chapter for giving me this opportunity, and I apologize to them if this post arrives a little late on their roadmap, I saw at the last moment that there was also a time for publication.

But I can pardon me by promoting this book better. I recommend reading and buying it because it's amazing.

I want to start my review by linking to Aimal's, who talks about the racial representation in this book. While diversity in books is important, it's just really weird that the most specicist characters in this book where the non-white ones.

Now this book is probably one of the most diverse books I've ever read. 3 out of 5 main characters are non-white, not a single one of them is cishet, there's a hearing impaired main character, that lives with her deaf grandmother and uses sign language to communicate with her and her friends. 

While I really liked the LGBT+ rep that we got in this book and that each of these identities are important to the characters, the racial rep was mostly just there without ever playing a role. The story is set in the future and apparently in a post-race world. We don't discriminate based on skin color anymore. We just hate monsters now. While of course neither someone's race nor someone's sexuality nor anything else should ever be the be-all of a character, portraying a diverse cast, but having the racial aspects of said cast disappear in the background because "race no longer matters, there's only one culture now, the human culture (aka western, mostly america-centric)" is not the best of racial representation. Barely any of the characters have ties to their culture, this all just disappeared. Now, of course, that is a common sci-fi trope, but I just really expected better from a book that was hyped as a super diverse sci-fi story. Colorblindness is not the same as actual acceptance. (especially with the colonization-allegory tied into all of this and the absolutely terrible part where the Nigerian/Indian character is the one that hates the chimera the most and then has to be educated by the white characters that maybe colonization is bad, you know?)

Another thing that bothered me about this story is that fact that we just have 72 hours for all the plot. While this is an interesting concept it just messes up the pacing a lot. We have to get to know way too many characters for this limited amount of time. Hell, one couple falls in love and tries to have sex all in the middle of fighting a war. In 72 hours. Yeah... not really the most believable of love stories. 

Other than that, this was certainly an enjoyable fast-paced read and I definitely adored all the representation we got, but especially the racial rep could have been done better.

*I received a digital ARC of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review*

  Hello lovelies, today I’m doing my spoiler free review of 27 Hours by Tristina Wright! I was really excited to get a chance to read this novel, and I have to say that I was very glad I did.

There was a ton of rep in this novel, especially for one that was sci-fi which was amazing to see. However, with that being said, there are some other bloggers who are of different minorities than I am who have seen issues in this novel and spoke on them. I really think that in the case of a novel where so many people and minorities are being represented, that we should all take everyone’s opinions into consideration when talking about this book. So, I will be linking the first review that I saw talking about 27 Hours and the issues within it here:) (See Aimal’s review: 27 HOURS BY TRISTINA WRIGHT / CENTERS COLONIST GUILT & HAS FLAWED RACIAL REPRESENTATION here)

Aside from those issues that need to be read about and learned from, I did enjoy this novel. The characters of this novel were definitely my absolute favourite aspect, and I really enjoyed each and everyone of the POVs and stories. The relationships the characters also formed throughout this novel were so well done, and i found myself routing for all of them, whether they be of a romantic nature or not.

As for the plot, I felt like while it was good, there were some aspects that could’ve been better, as well as the sci-fi elements.

All in all I would definitely recommend this book for it’s characters and for a chance for people to see themselves represented, however, just keep in mind that this novel does have issues and some flawed representation.

I've put this book on hold at 13%. (I haven't put a rating on goodreads because I don't rate books I don't finish.)

I don't want to put this under DNF because I don't want to accept that I'm not reading this. I'm just having so much trouble getting into this and I don't want to force it when it's clearly not meant to happen (at least for now). I love how diverse this book is. But I'm putting it on hold for now. I don't know when I'll try reading it again.

It's complicated. 

I... was so excited for this book! Seriously, so excited!

However, it was wayyyy different than I actually expected. WAY DIFFERENT.

I kind of expected something like Legend, where it seems like of like a dystopian futuristic world with tons of action.

This... did not have action (until the last... 10%).

Sadly, this was not what I expected. I expected so much action and a stunning science fiction dystopian. However, 27 Hours wasn't any of those things.

I probably would have enjoyed this more if I expected something different?

(But I still love the cover.)

The romance was kind of confusing and it didn't seem that realistic. They hardly had any problems during their relationship. However, I enjoyed that there were friendships in this book! I LOVE FRIENDSHIPS YES.

But, uh... I had no idea what was happening 70% of the time? I read really quickly, but this writing style didn't work that well for me, sadly.

There were lots of one-liners, though! I enjoyed most of them~

LGBT+ DIVERSITY. YES. 

This seems so much like a science fiction- but it didn't really feel like one. It seemed more like a modern type book- I honestly can't think of any futuristic differences between this world and our world. (Except for the setting.)

I LOVED SOME OF THE SNARK THOUGH. Trick (why isn't he even included in the blurb??) is so funny and I LOVED HIM. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. 

But I really did enjoy reading about how these characters realized that a lot of what they had been taught was WRONG and PROPAGANDA. And that everything is not what it seems like it is. 

I wish this book went more into the magical system, tbh! NYX AND JUDE'S POWERS ARE SO COOL OKAY. SO COOL.

A very sad DNF at 37%. It's not you, it's me.. I think? I just absolutely cannot get into this at all. I feel horrible because this is such a diverse read and I was really looking forward to it.. but I just don't think anybody is gonna benefit from me trying to force my way through this book right now. Maybe I'll give it another try when the sequel comes out? 
I just feel like over a third into this I still don't know enough about the characters. So much action has already happened and I feel like the characters kinda fall flat because of it.. like I even have a hard time trying to remember who is who. I think it's so hard to differentiate between the different POVs too. I was just not having an enjoyable reading experience at all :(

Rating: 2.5 stars. 

As much as I liked the characters, the lack of world building and pacing of this book lowered my enjoyment of this book. 

In this book, we see a large cast of characters coming together to stop an attack from the gargoyles/chimera that are attacking the human colonies. Braeden is the son of the commander of a colony. Rumor is the only survivor of the first gargoyle/chimera attack. Nyx is a partial-deaf girl who can communicate with the moon they live on. Dahlia is the daughter of a doctor/nurse. Jude is part of a community who coexists with the chimera and he can see people's emotions as colours. This book takes place in one night in space. 

I think my favourite thing about this book is the diversity that these characters display. I can't say for sure that this book is own voices, but I'd like to say that this book does a great job of representing a lot of different groups of people. There is a lot of people of colour and LGBTQ+ representation, which is great to see in a sci-fi book. I think my favourite characters were Rumor, Braeden and Jude. I just felt like their characters were far more developed than the others. 

My main issues with this book were the pacing, the plot and the world building. I found the pacing sometimes to be very disjointing. The attack sequences were very fast paced and were well written but it was the more character development scenes that I found to be very slow. I would read this book before bed and kept finding myself falling asleep way too fast while reading. I did like the plot, but I felt like it was missing some kind of wow factor. I found the lack of world-building to be the most frustrating part of this book. Like why did the humans colonize this planet? 

It's overall a great book to read if you're interested in a character-centric sci-fi YA novel.

27 Hours was one of my most anticipated reads this year! A space sci-fi novel full of LGBTQIA+ characters, yes, please! I will admit that the book was really entertaining but nothing is perfect and I had a few issues. I hope you will give this book a read, because even with some faults, it’s worth the read!

The book opens up with a bang, and the pace never slows down. There is so much action, but what else can you expect when war has come. At one point in the book the characters literally give each other permission to take 5 minutes to try and relax. That’s how intense the action is; so if you like non-stop adventure, this has it!

The world is wild. We are on a moon planet called Sahara, which humans colonized a few hundred years prior to current day events. The humans were wrong when they thought the planet was uninhabited, yet able to host life. There is another race of beings, gargoyles or chimera, and the humans have been warring with them since they arrived. Clearly this is crux of a lot of the debate around this book. Colonization wasn’t the intent, but once the humans who arrived knew other species inhabited the planet, it seems the humans didn’t try to play nice.

Each side has their own story to tell, each side has good and bad characters. Some characters may be open to learning what is truly going on, and others may just want revenge. Speaking of characters, I absolutely loved the complexity of each of the main group of characters.

As a queer reader having a book full of queer characters was unprecedented. Some of the love may have been semi-instant, but I was cheering it on the whole time. The representation and the characters were my favorite part of the book. Rumor is full of conflict and rage as he flees the massacre of his hub. Nyx, Dahlia, and Braeden are best friends. Nyx is in love with Dahlia and is struggling with her feelings for her as well as her ability to hear the moon, when she can’t hear anyone else. Dahlia used to date Rumor before she left his hub. Braeden was my absolute favorite. He was full of snark, quips, and the heart to do what is right.

We are then introduced to a group of humans who have been living in harmony and peace with the chimera ion the forest. Jude, Trick, and Yi-Min arrive and meet up with Rumor, Nyx, Dahlia, and Braeden. They are here to try and help stop the oncoming war. Jude instantly feels a romantic bond with Rumor and not only does he pursue this aspect he also spends a lot of time educating Rumor about the world they share with the chimera and tries to help diminish his rage. I was so here for the Jude and Rumor love. Like I was awaiting those tender moments like it was my lifeblood. This peaceful forest group also introduces us to a few of the chimera, and I am particularly fond of George.

Let’s talk about some of the other issues I had while reading. My main issue is the length of the book, it just felt too long. Even though it was full of action, suspense, and romance, there was just so much going on. At other times, I felt that the plot was too convenient, and I don’t want to spoil anything, but like I mentioned this is war and I fully expected all the death. Clearly there are some colonization issues, and overall I just felt like I was missing something. With that cliffhanger ending, I will be tuning for the next installment. I truly feel that book 2 can only get better!

I enjoyed 27 Hours. The queer love alone is worth reading. Having a book full of diverse representation was really strange to read at first, because how often do I get to read a book like that…yeah, never before. The diversity was refreshing and it holds this story up. I can only speak for my experience reading, and this was my experience, I struggled with rating the book either 3 or 4 stars, so I split the difference with 3.5 and will round up to 4 on sites that don’t allow halves. 27 Hours is THE sci-fi book with queers in space that was exciting to read! I am so proud that this book is out there and I hope others read it too!

Wright wastes no time in introducing the reader to the action in 27 Hours. After mere moments Rumor is thrust into a fight for his life, leaving no time to get acclimated to the world. This doesn't stop you from engaging with the characters, oh no, but rather causes your attention to hyper focus on them, catching the edge of their coats and hanging on as it were.

The writing style of the book was satisfactory for this tale, particularly the action scenes. Rumor in particular felt like he could have been straight out of an action movie with the training and moves he displayed in the course of the story.

Nyx was my favorite character. I haven't had the experience of reading many characters who are deaf or hard of hearing, save You're Welcome, Universe and her inclusion made me enjoy the chapters that centered on her. Her use of hearing aids, her love of her best friend Dahlia, and her pure spirit were meaningful, fun.

The automatons were one of the inventions that I liked the most. In the grand scheme of things they probably weren't thought of as the most important development, but I thought they were quite important, not to mention adorable in their own way. There were metal plated cats, canines for disability services. I can understand why the actual animals would not have been ideal for space travel, but I like that human nature for companions and the need for service animals remained and they found a way to create a bit of home.

Something I found somewhat perplexing, interesting maybe, was what survived in the current culture of Epsilon and the HUBs. There seemed to be a singular language that, although never called it, appeared to be English, though I assume it would change depending upon the translation of the book.

There were traces of other languages (i.e. abuela/abuelo, ASL), accents, etc. It's 2375 at the opening events of 27 Hours, 358 years from our current time, several generations worth of scientific advancements both in the book's timeline and in the preceding events. That's amazing, considering how many advancements were made in the early 20th century.

So how did what the reader saw come to be a part of the culture seen represented in this book? Especially considering that Bailey, one of Braeden's mothers, mentions that she witnessed a generational ship falling out of the sky. With these ships, presumably fresh influxes of colonists from Earth bringing their history with them, how did what was lost get lost, what remained remain? While the journey from Earth takes 200 years, I'd have expected something to survive. Nyx mentions that the first generation of colonists were "from Earth", but given the timeline stated for the ships, that wouldn't have been possible. Whole generations, families, were born and died on these ships. What was lost on those trips alone?

In addition to the question of culture, I was happy when I saw that there would be a lot of representation; some of it I cannot speak to as the representations do not apply to me, others felt somewhat lacking.

With the range of representation came the question of what had happened in the interceding years to have, seemingly, eased the way to a very accepting society. I suppose it could be similar to the rapid advancement of science, or perhaps the people that were originally part of the colonist mission were particularly accepting. A lot of issues we see today, homomisia, transmisia, and the like, did not crop up in this narrative. Again, I was happy to have so much representation, but some background into the developing society among the Earth descendants would've added an engaging element.

There were a few things that rubbed me the wrong way, other than the thoughts I've already mentioned above; some I noticed while reading, others that were in the back of my mind and I realized when I was finished and reflecting on the experience.

From page one, on which there is a speech by the Canadian Prime Minister, there was a strong sense of colonialism.

Rumor's people, descended from the original Earth settlers, are at war with the natives of Sahara's moons (Rumor's home). The gargoyles are depicted as beasts, some of which look humanoid, and witnessing their interactions with the Earth descendants left an unpleasant taste on my mental palate.

Not only is this evident in their physical descriptions, but in the early part of the book, when Rumor's home (HUB2) is attacked by gargoyles using dragons, he has an internal shock about this because he doesn't believe the gargoyles have the intelligence to work with dragons, in addition to his views that they (the gargoyles) are unintelligent and have no right to be attacking the colonists. He doesn't seem to believe they even have the power of speech, is shocked when he's fleeing HUB2 and hears the voices of the gargoyles coalescing into one as they're searching for one of their own.

There was a line from a Nyx chapter that had me shaking my head in disbelief. After the above actions, in reference to plant life that filtered the air, there was still this:

The founders of the colonies had put practices in place in an attempt to subvert the human tendency to be a parasite.
A little late for that sort of thought, don't you think?

Toward the end of the story I was not surprised by the humans that ended up doing what they did. Their opinion of themselves and what they were doing was exactly what I would've expected from colonists. The ending did not leave me entirely hopeful for the sequel in terms of a "happy" resolution, whatever that means. It may well prove interesting how the politics, the loss, the intense wave of events in 27 Hours will affect those that survive in the sequel.

What I liked: 

There was very few things I liked about this book but I was absolutely in love with the rep I saw. There was a dead character, characters of color, a gay boy, an ace character, and even a trans character. The rep, from what I saw, was handled really well. Granted I’m not an expert on anything but ace rep so take my praise with a grain of salt. 

Things I didn’t like: uh everything else. 

Let’s start with the setting. It’s incredibly confusing to say the least. The scene wasn’t set very well and I was incredibly confused by how this colony was laid out. Much wasn’t said about the climate of the planet. Or anything about how the planet is laid out, flora and fauna wise either. 

I wasn’t sure about how far away from the colony the military base was or if it was in the sky. It was really confusing. The only thing I knew is that there was some sort of dome. 

The creatures were extremely confusing to me. The explanations left me baffled and with a disjointed mental image of the creatures. There wasn’t much explanation except the fact there was a war between the human settlers and the creatures who were native to the land. Of course, the humans thought them dumb and incapable of planning or even thinking for themselves. 

The action was way too much. With the horrible descriptions, I found myself too confused to even follow what was going on. There was hardly a break from the action and I was bored by those parts. The book read more like a video game, I should’ve played it not read it. I couldn’t follow much of the action and wound up skimming it all. 

The multiple points of view were horribly done. I was so confused when I switched to Luke, who was with the creatures. It took me a few chapters to even figure out he was with the creatures because they had a completely different name for themselves and the descriptions of them weren’t executed well enough for me to recognize them. 

The multiple POV’s also made it impossible for me to care about any of the characters. The confusing explanations and cliche plot left me grappling to find something to care about in this book and unfortunately, the characters didn’t do anything for me as far as saving this novel for me. 

The only reason this gets 2 stars is for all the different kinds of rep. Don’t bother with this one.

Well! *head spinning*

I requested this book from NetGalley because I usually enjoy stories where natuaral born enemies find themselves attracted against all odds.

I also enjoy sci-fi and of course, M/M romance. This book did have all of that, but it had so much more. It features a highly diverse cast in lots of action scenes. I can't say the romance necessarily stood out, but it's YA and due to the diversity of the characters, it was necessarily different than a typical sci-fi romance read would be.

I very much enjoyed it. A huge thanks to the author for portraying a world turned on its head - which at times seems to be the only way ours will ever set itself right.

Review and blog tour can be found on *Milky Way of Books*

This book was one of the most unexpected surprises of 2017! I knew from the blurb that it was going to be a diverse book, but I never expected the whole spectrum of the LGTB+ themes to show! Add in the sci-fi genre, a picturesque planet which is far more dangerous than it shows and you have a thrilling adventure which takes place in the span of 27 hours. 

Honestly, for a moment I was reminded of the show "24 Hours", which had a similar base; the story evolves through the span of these hours and the protagonists all face their troubles and fears. 

I loved every character in the book, but mostly I loved Nyx and Jude. They were so empathetic, striving to express their emotions and fears. Not that the rest of the gang wasn't good but these two hit too close to my heart for me.

Did I also mention that the monsters of the planet are actually....gargoyles? YUP, you had me with the term gargoyles! Also, the book has action and you don't get bored through the course of the plot.
I really can't wait to see what will happen to the next book!

27 Hours is a gripping, action packed adventure! This story hits the ground running, and doesn’t stop until it reaches a cliff hanger! For fans of YA Sci-Fi, LGBTQIAPK representation, and fast paced books, this one is for you!

I really enjoyed this one! I felt like it had an action packed pace and an interesting plot. It had a uniqueness to it, mixing the human race in space with mythical creatures like hell-hounds, dragons, and gargoyles. The plot seemed to flow well with regards to world building and history telling. I didn’t ever feel like things were jumbled or jumpy. I also really enjoyed the unique, diverse characters and their development.

The characters were the best part of the story for me. I loved the racial, and sexually oriented, diversity of the group. I loved how they all came together for a common cause and I loved how the gargoyles (or chimera) mixed in and added to the plot conflict and story-line.

Rumor was a very strong character. He was brave, but vulnerable. He was determined to seek vengeance, but also intelligent enough to realize right from wrong.

Jude was one of my favorites. He had my sympathy throughout the book. I loved the ability he had and I loved that he was an ally too the chimera.

Nyx was definitely my favorite character. She was strong and fierce, but also soft and vulnerable inside. She had an amazing ability that stood out through the story and also had a life obstacle that she did well with living with.

Braeden and Dahlia were great characters as well. They were both unique and compassionate. They were each important to the story and developed well with interesting backgrounds and plot roles.

27 Hours is an amazing story of life, love, loss, family and friendship! It offers danger, romance, moral lessons, and entertainment! The characters are awesome and the plot is well developed and exciting! If you are looking for a diverse, YA, Sci-fi read, look no further!

DNF - I'm afraid that this type of science fiction just isn't for me.

I'm very conflicted about this book. I loved the variety of representation that this book offered, in terms of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and other backgrounds, as well as the fast-paced plot. However, I cannot excuse the colonization issues and racism that was present in this book. Here is a thorough review that I think is worth reading: https://www.bookshelvesandpaperbacks.com/arc-review-27-hours-by-tristina-wright-centers-colonist-guilt-has-flawed-racial-representation/

I had heard a lot about this good before getting access to it through Netgalley, good and bad. Mostly people either labelled it as Queer teenagers in space, or debated on the colonialism involded.

It's fair to say I didn't have too high expectations, but this book honestly surprised me and I enjoyed it more than I might have thought I would. First of all, "queer" itself doesn't cover how wonderfully diverse the characters in this book are, they're queer, they're POCs, they're disabled, they have all kinds of body types. I thought it was pretty nice that everyone could find themselves in this story, and maybe feel like they could be a part of it. 

The timing of it (over 27 hours, duh) pleased me. The fact that the book happens over such a short period of time ensures that you never get bored, and the countdown increases your want to keep going and just see what happens next. 

The world-building is pretty nice, I could picture quite well the environment despite it being on space - I was only thrown off by all the already existing names given to the local life, because it gave me pre-existing images of the creatures when they were actually pretty different things from their Earth namesakes. 

All in all this is a book I would recommend to my space-loving YA reader friends

In my opinion, 27 Hours had so much good, yet so much disappointment, too. This book falls completely down the middle for me. The representation is beautiful and important, but a lot of the romance was too unbelievable for me, which I feel like the twenty-seven-hour time frame really did this book a disservice. Then there is the issue with the colonization that’s very hard to unsee once you’ve seen it, and finally, the only two white main characters in the book do most of the explaining to the main characters of color about what is right. It feels bad, like, really bad.

Yet, I love that any marginalized teen could pick this book up and see themselves. That, is something I can’t even put a rating on, and I cannot emphasize how important that statement is to me. This book honestly has me feeling very torn.

27 Hours is Tristina Wright’s debut novel that follows six teens that live on a moon many years in the future. On this moon, humans have settled into different communities, that specialize in different things, but there were already chimeras and dragons that were indigenous to the moon. After one of the communities are attacked, one of our main protagonists, Rumor, flees to another community to tell them what happened and to warn them that they could be next. All of these teen’s paths eventually cross; some from old friendships, some from old communities, and some from a not talked about forest community that live among the chimeras.

➽ Rumor – Biracial, bisexual, suffering from PTSD.
➽ Jude – White, gay.
➽ Nyx Black, bisexual, transwoman.
➽ Dahlia – Latinx, pansexual, hearing impaired, plus sized.
➽ Braedon – White, asexual.
➽ Yi-Min – Asian, genderqueer, hand disfigurement.

This book has a lot of representation, but this book is so damn queer, which is completely normalized. The world needs more queer stories that aren’t just coming out stories. The world needs a vast array of books, in every genre, that just stars queer characters. Gay, bi, asexual, genderqueer, trans, this book is an unapologetically queer SFF novel, and for that I love it. And I can’t express or emphasize how important each of these characters perspectives are.

Unfortunately, I think what really hurts this story is the 27 hour time frame. We have characters that have had some horrible things JUST happen, we have characters learning secrets that have been told to them as lies of their entire life, we have characters suffering from exhaustion, we have characters dealing with near death experiences, we have characters fleeing the only homes they have ever known, but somehow all they can think about is sex. And this wasn’t in a scene or two, this was a constant theme in this book. Like, sexual jokes and innuendos and all, when it’s supposed to be a really high tension and scary situation for these teens. If this story would have been stretched out for days or weeks, this would have been fine and enjoyable, but it was just too unbelievable for me in this hour to hour chapter format, and it consistently pulled me from the story.

Or maybe if there wasn’t as many points of view this would have worked better. Like, if this book only focused on one romantic couple it would have been easier to relate and understand. Instead, we get a Sarah J. Maas, “everyone in my story must be paired up and with romance on the forefront of their minds constantly” story.

Also, I touched upon this a bit earlier, but Jude is from the forest community and he is pretty much the one that opens everyone’s eyes to their prejudices. There are some good discussions about not using certain words, and things that tie in and make good parallels to our world, but it still felt so bad that the white character had to constantly tell the PoC characters it. And the “quickest adaptor” is also Braedon, the other white character.

I almost feel like Tristina Wright did so much research and got such amazing feedback for her diverse cast and representation, that no one really helped her with the pacing and structure. Again, this is just my opinion, but I feel like if she changes a few things that the second book in this series could be amazing.

And obviously the diverse cast and representation was my favorite part of this book. Like, all I want are queer stories in space, and for that I’m very thankful that I was provided an ARC of 27 Hours! Hopefully, if you pick this one up you will enjoy it a little more than I did.

I want to preface this review by bringing your attention to some of the conversations that have taken place about 27 Hours. Another reviewer pointed out that 27 Hours, unfortunately, centers colonialist guilt and their perspective rather than showing the true effects of colonialism on the indigenous species. Being a white American, I really have no right to go in-depth talking about this issue, but this is something that readers should be aware of before they decide to read the book.

One of the things that really drew me into 27 Hours was the all-queer cast. It can be quite difficult to find any queer characters in YA sci-fi (or in YA more generally), so to have every major character (and many minor ones) be queer in some way was amazing. I absolutely adored seeing all of these characters and the representation for the vast majority of these identities was really great. I say vast majority because some ace-spectrum readers have been frustrated that the book seems to reinforce the idea that being asexual and aromantic are the same thing, which isn’t true. Many asexual people still feel romantic attraction and have romantic relationships, while that isn’t the case for the ace reader in this book. But, as far as I’m aware, the other sexual orientations, as well as the various gender identities in the book, are all handled really well. It was just so refreshing to me, as a bisexual woman, to see these identities not only included but be portrayed as completely normal. No one is facing any big identity crises or hardships due to these identities; they’re just a part of who these characters are and it was wonderful.

The characters themselves were extraordinarily wonderful. I loved their interactions with each other. There are a few romantic relationships that develop over the course of the story and I loved them so, so much. They were just so cute and lovely and I want to scream about them forever. Of the two relationships, one is a f/f relationship and the other was m/m and both were just freaking adorable. I loved seeing Rumor slowly, but surely, come to accept that he deserves happiness and love, too. Basically, all of the relationships were amazing and I’m not even really sure what to say aside from the fact that I loved them. But it wasn’t only the romantic relationships that were fun to read about. Braeden and Trick become friends throughout the novel and I loved their witty banter. They had me laughing out loud more than once which was great. Essentially, what I’m trying to say is that the characters in 27 Hours were absolutely fantastic and undoubtedly a very strong point of the novel.

The plot itself was really interesting, too. The story begins with an attack on a human city, HUB2, sparking characters’ desire for revenge, safety, and peace. I really enjoyed seeing the characters try to save their families and themselves and I loved seeing them start to realize that the things they’ve been led to believe about the chimera weren’t all true. I’m really, really excited to see where the rest of the series goes and how this story continues to develop and unfold. I kind of can’t believe that I’m going to have to wait for the second book because I WANT IT NOW.

All in all, 27 Hours was an absolutely wonderful story that I really thoroughly enjoyed. I understand why some people might not want to read it, but I’d encourage you to check it out if it seems like something you might enjoy. With an entirely queer cast and all-around great characters, 27 Hours is a fantastic book that I know many readers will enjoy.

CW: violence, racism, colonialism, death
I volunteered to honestly review a complimentary copy of the book sent to me by the publisher.

I am not going to go into much detail about this book because everything I had in mind was said perfectly in multiple reviews. I highly recommend that you read . 
Aimal's review here 

I want to start by saying that I have read about 85% of the book before Dnfing. For the first 50%, I didn't really acknowledge some of the issues in this book. Honestly, it was a pretty interesting read, but as I started to see the issues, I couldn't really commit to finishing it.

I even had a thread where I was live tweeting while reading the book. If you read it, you will see that there was a lot of great things in this book. However, those positive aspects didn't trump the negative ones for me.

I will show you the good and the bad through my tweets.

1) 9% in and I've already teared up because of the representation.So many teens & YA will finally see themselves as heroes, and not just sidekicks.

2) Jude's gift takes seeing auras to the next level!!!!

3) "I'm Palestinian"!!!😭😭😭❤️

4)Is that a rainbow of sexuality representation I am seeing???🔥

5) Can Jude run for presidency??? He is just gave a speech that would school Trump and all of the 3rd World Countries presidents!!!!!

6) I just highlighted an entire page!!! Oops #SorryNotSorry

7) I will be honest, I haven't touched the book since my last tweet. Colonialism is a major turnoff

The author did address the issue, but it didn't click with me. She only addressed her apology to Queer Poc. That is a problem for me because not all people who've had their countries colonized where Queer and POC. As if being a POC alone isn't enough, as if people being none of those didn't matter. It honestly saddens me how much people are ready to talk and stand up for Queer people, but if its about POC and other marginalized people, the only sound to be heard is the echo of cricket. 

In a few words, the good include:
. A complete spectrum of sexual representation.
. Interesting Story

The Bad include:
. Pro-colonism 
.White savior
.POC being pro-colonists.

I received an eARC in exchange with an honest review