The Ptolemy Project is a page-turning first installment in a new series Children of Titan. The story is full of tension and drama and of course puzzles, both literal and figurative. The author does a fantastic job of character development, making them likeable and relatable, even with their, ah, interesting pasts. The story has intrigue, twists and turns, and even a little of romance. A fantastic read!

I honestly don't know what happened in this book because I feel like nothing happened it. I don't get how it has such a high rating.

This book had me at the blurb. I'm absolutely obsessed with books set in space or on space stations, as long as they're done well, which this one was. Feed your space station cravings with this book.

It's been a while since I read a sci-fi novel, and I'm happy to say thus one did not disappoint. It was a bit chaotic and confusing in the beginning, due to all the characters being thrown at you at once. But the writing style was amazing, as well as the plot. I read this book so quickly and found myself enjoying it through the whole process.

This book attempts to be inclusive by having a Black character and a Trans character and it does it horribly.

The idea of the story is good but the execution is terrible and after the treatment of our "diverse" characters, why continue reading?

I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher.
Eight young adults wake up in a strange place. They are tattooed with their names and strange codes. They are strangers to each other. Soon, they are forced to cooperate together in a series of challenges. As they work together they learn that they hiding more than they thought.
This was an interesting story. It is set in space with a history of how humans got there, however, the backstory is very sparse. I do have to say that I was a bit disappointed in how some of the characters were described, especially how the characters noted how the others were different from themselves. All of the characters a supposed to have mental illnesses, however, the way they are written does not fit with what they are supposed to have. If they have the author's own versions, then it is not made clear.

Overall, I gave this book a 2.6/5 mostly for the plot. This book is supposed to be the first in a series, but I will probably not read the rest of it nor anything else by this author.

The first in the new series Children of Titan. It's a really interesting read. It's intense, in the way really good sci-fi adventures are. The characters are well-developed and layered. Likeable, even with all of their considerable scars and pasts.

The premise isn't an unfamiliar one. Four, seemingly unrelated, characters are left at the mercy of the technology around them. They don't have enough information to know what is going on, and soon they learn the situation is dire.That's been done, but the back story of what pits them all together is different. I don't want to slip and spoil something, but their histories are formidable and daunting. But somehow that's what makes them gel so well together.

I look forward to the next book in the series. This series has some definite escapist potential.

Disclaimer, I received a copy of this title from the publisher.

Wow, this was definitely great as it progressed. In the beginning, the reader is also disoriented and coming to terms with the reality of our characters. The confusion and fight against their demons keeps the reader interested in the story unfolding slowly. It absolutely got more interesting when the challenges began. And you can clearly start liking these characters because it’s their pov you are reading from but the other characters really were developed nicely even though we got to see them through these four povs. Certainly excited for the next instalment in this series. This book came out back in Sep 2022 so book 2 might be a while. But here for it. Hopefully it is available to read on Netgalley.

Special thanks to Netgalley and the Publishers for this review copy.

I'm going to be honest, I didn't like this book. The 2nd star is purely for the potential this plot had.

I love when books have good representation. This didn't. It felt so forced, at times offensively wrong or heavy-handed (introducing a character as Black through a totally-not-racist comment, or the trans girl who mentions within pages her overly wide hands). There are portrayals of a variety of mental illnesses, and from my knowledge of these from own voices creators, a lot of the details are off. It's implied one condition is genetic - it isn't, in the same way PTSD isn't genetic.

Some of the challenges were written so confusingly I had to go back and reread them multiple times just so they'd make sense. At one point, a character leads another to their room and it's implied they sleep together, but literally the next line, without even a paragraph break, is them waking up.

There was potential here, but it was very much wasted. I was so relieved when the book ended for a preview at 95%.

I wouldn't recommend this, honestly.

The Ptolemy Project is a diverse, engaging, unique and incredibly interesting story. This story follows a group of teenagers that wake up and find themselves in an empty space station with no recollection of how they’ve got there. Written from the point of views of Lyra, Zeke, Aquila and Pollux, follow their new life on Carcer station and the struggles and dangers that follow. Will they uncover the secrets? And if they do, what happens then?

I literally could not put it down, it is one of the best YA stories I've read in years. I love the different POV's and every character is so different to anything I've ever read before and Kate St. Clair shines a new light on mental health and emotional struggles teenagers/ young adult's go through. I also couldn't get enough of the mystery element and learning about this alternate reality/future of Earth and humanity expanding into space. St. Clair's writing style is so incredibly detailed and intriguing and provides a new spin on dystopian YA writing. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves Hunger games, Divergent and The Maze Runner. Overall I believe this is a must read, I can't think of anything bad to say about it, and I can't wait to read the next book in the series.

This was a pretty interesting YA read. Fitting for a book set in space, I loved the names of the characters, all named after constellations. The perspective changes between the many (6-8) characters, so often that it was difficult to figure out who was who. I kept getting confused between Zeke and Pollux for this reason. Overall, I really liked how this touched on the different kinds of mental health conditions, but I did think Pollux was autistic at first, not sociopathic.

I really enjoyed this debut from Kate St. Clair, it was a great concept and was a great opening chapter from the Children of Titan series. It does what I was hoping for and worked so well in the universe that was set. The characters were wonderfully done and worked well in this universe. The author has a great writing style that left me wanting to read more from the Children of Titan series.

"Is Lyra okay?” she asks softly, cutting across his path to kneel in front of the couch. Lyra is wearing a new shirt so the burn isn’t exposed anymore, but from the way she’s passed out she doesn’t seem to be feeling it. In fact, if she wasn’t rattling in breaths through her mouth Aquila might think she was dead. “She’s having some mental strain,” Pollux says, pausing to look at her."