An incredibly realistic Sci-Fi dealing with a human colony on a distant, icy planet, when a new ship - also of humans arrive. Can they learn to trust each other? What are their true purposes?
Told through multiple point of view - from character dialogue and memories, to archive files, to transmissions, you'll learn about why humans left the Earth in the first place and the perilous journey both ships faced to arrive.
There is also a bit of a mystery woven in - members of the colony, Novayarkha, have mysteriously disappeared over the years. Could it be the result of a separate secret group called The Exiles? What is their purpose?
This book does a great job of dealing with the issues of interspace travel as well as the difficulties humanity would face starting a new colony. Ultimately the age old question comes into play - how far will you go to preserve what you have?

I enjoyed Arkangelsk but it's an odd combination of a book. It's part murder mystery, part dystopian, part romance, and part there's something niffy going on.

The book kept jumping between Anya the peaceofficers viewpoint, and Maddie the captain of a spaceship. There is also records in between certain chapters that tell of the history of Arkhangelsk before the original ship landed on the planet.

I'd call it a romance, but that's probably a little up to debate. You could just as easily make an argument for fierce friendships as this was an entirely clean story, the worst you got was some handholding. But the instant fascination between the two screams ace romance to me. I kind of want that plot, so maybe I'm biased.

At some parts there were quite a lot of suspense, and I wish it was just a little bit more that I could have called it horror. But sadly there it is lacking a little. It kept teasing "there's something iffy going on here" but the revelation isn't that big of a horror show as I'd want. I kept waiting for the records to show some big nasty secret, but most of them were rather dull imo.

Either way, a thoroughly enjoyable read. I enjoying getting to know this society under the ice, how they've developed into the society they are, the blossoming friendship between two strangers and figuring out the mystery behind it all.

I LOVED THIS BOOK. The world building, the characters, the story, all of it is just amazing. I couldn't find it listed on goodreads, so I'll be uploading a review on my tiktok. I enjoyed every page of this book, and wouldn't change anything. Thank you for letting me read this.