I like the strong female characters, but the plot was more fragmented that I liked, and it just didn't wrap up cleanly.  I'm glad that I read it, but suspect that I might have liked it more if I'd read the preceding storyline.

I'm not going to give a full review on this, or post this anywhere, but I really didn't enjoy this book, or the first one. I found the pacing to be all over the place, and the plot didn't catch my attention. The characters didn't appeal to me either.

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This is not what I was expecting. I liked the story, but I was hoping that it would be more about Inherit the Stars. I also feel like things were going too quickly sometimes because I had a hard time following the storyline.

I'm a huge fan of Elwood's previous title, thus I was hoping to start this novel where her previous book left off.

Good Sci-fi world building leading on from book 1. Great characters Kit was dynamic, troubled and good hearted. Niles was kind, resourceful and surprising. The plot was good lots of twists the only let down was the lack of resolution. I like my plots all wrapped up unless there's more to come

I wish I had more to say about this book but it was terrible and completely forgettable. It’s been exactly one week since I read this book and I barely remember anything about it. The biggest distinguishing feature about this book was the nonsensical plotline. There was so much going on and none of it was elaborated on so I spent way too much of my time floundering, trying to piece together the key events. Honestly, this is the type of book that you just cannot write a recap for. Not because of poor memory (though that may be an issue in my case) but because it impossible to know what was happened! I still do not understand how certain events connected together or even what the protagonist was trying to achieve. The whole time I was reading it, I felt like I was a missing a vital piece of information - something that would connect the dots and give me that much needed aha! moment. The synopsis revealed more to me than anything in the book did, and I’m still confused whether this had any major links to the first book or not. Was it just set in the same world? 

On top of that, this book did not just suffer from poor world-building, it lacked world-building full stop. It was tough to imagine that the book was set in space. If you ignored some of the mentions of planets and stars you would think it was in your everyday post-apocalyptic world which, for a sci-fi story, is just sad. Also, the fact that world-building was also my biggest problem with Inherit the Stars means that the author has not made any improvements in this area since writing her debut and that is never a good thing.

The characters did worsen the situation. I did not like a single one of them in all honesty. Kit irritated me because she was impulsive and made too many dumb decisions to blame it solely on luck. She jumped to conclusions and was quick to the blame. Her family was also a massive let down. I would have liked to explore their bonds after suffering a trauma like they did but they were all arseholes and I wanted nothing to do with them. Kit’s romance with Whatshisname was another source of disappointment. I strongly dislike relationships built on lies and fraud, and it did not help that they had no chemistry together whatsoever. Their relationship was rushed and awkward - much the same as the romance of Inherit the Stars in fact.

This book also had some troubling portrayal and commentary concerning suicide. 

I would not recommend this book.