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Aurora Burning by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

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mypatronusisajedi's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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smasson13's review

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adventurous sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

As a second novel, it held the pace and twists of the first. I did find the story to lag a little around the 300 page mark, but definitely left on a strong ending. 
The character development in book two was not as fleshed out as book one. 
Overall, a great read. 

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katieb94's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

As soon as I finished the first book I knew I had to read the second and- wow.
Squad 312 really get thrown into the deep end here. 

It’s set three days after they lose a teammate to a viral pollen known as the Rah‘aam, and now they are wanted criminals. So can get they get away in time to complete their newest mission? 

There is something waiting for them in a safety deposit box- put there by a senior officer. It could change everything they know about the Aurora Academy.

Something I liked about this book is we get some more origin stories, having so many characters means we can get to know them better through what’s happened to them previously.

It was just as enjoyable as the first book, from Auri discovering how she must use her powers, to some revelations that really shocked me. 

Emotions were very much all over the place in this book.

Spoiler Splitting up the squad hurt :( and then Kal.....sweet Kal. I shipped Auri and Kal so hard and then my heart was broken into thousands of tiny pieces.


The final chapter is laid out differently but it also shows you how different all of the characters are. 

It’s a fantastic book though, and continued the adventure brilliantly! I felt like this book moved a lot quicker than Book 1 so I found myself flying through it. 

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