As other reviewers have mentioned, being compared to The 100 is why I picked up The Calling. I wasn't drawn into the story and I did not finish it, unfortunately. And it isn't like The 100 at all. I do not have any feedback to give as it was a DNF. Thank you for the opportunity to review the book.

thanks to netgalley for the e-arc!

i was excited to read this book for the “the 100” premise but it turned out being a bit boring. the writing was okay and the story was not bad, but i felt very disconnected with the characters and could not care less what they ended up doing. the world felt a little bland and poorly thought-out. just expected more.

i absolutely loved the premise of this. and the writing was beautiful. i just feel like there were almost too many perspectives to keep up with and names etc. it was beautiful just really tough to follow along with

I felt The Calling was a creative novel about humankind's future after an ice age.  A group of people bury themselves underground to avoid the ice age and come out during it.  They encounter other creatures who turn out to be evolved humans.   The interplay between the evolved humans and the recently released buried humans was interesting.

These characters were great! I enjoyed the story ad how it weaved a story of humanity. I need the next book right now! The multi-perspectives were perfect for this story.  I need more.

My thanks to Backlit PR, and Branwen OShea.
 I loved these characters. I mean an astounding, deep love. Both Earth humans, and Stars.
I'm angry I guess because this series is named after humanity. 
I've often thought it odd that our species talks of humanity. But, as much as we speak of it, we will never live up to it. We, me and you are human. Humanity is an ideal. 
I love this story. I wish to read the next book. 
But, I'm not sure how much further I can go.
Humans. Humanity. Bummer dude.

3/5🌟: the premise reminded me of "the 100" which made me really excited. unfortunately, i ended up being a bit bored. the writing style was good, the topic was interesting! but everything was super hetereonormative and that's not really a future i'm looking forward to. and i have to say, sometimes i'm a huge fan of multiple perspectives, but in this book it was so annoying: there were too many names, characters and perspectives to keep up with and honestly, with multiple perspectives there comes a great chance that i'll pick a favourite and dislike the others..