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A review by bookpanther
Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
3.0
Rating: 3.5 stars
A lot of people describe Scott Reintgen's Nyxia as Hunger Games in space, which is somewhat accurate. This book does have the survival-of-the-fitness competition element full of drama, betrayal, and revenge, but doesn't really deliver on the "space" element.
Nyxia was a little difficult for me to rate. There's an excellent set of characters that are genuinely diverse and realistic. The MC, Emmett, is also multi-faceted and morally gray, which I usually love. However, it took me about 50% of the way in to become even somewhat invested in the story. I think a large part of it had to do with my difficulty truly connecting with the characters in the beginning, especially with Emmett (who was kind of an asshole lol). The second half is where more twists come into play (some quite predictable and some interesting) as well as a little more development for the characters.
Overall, I thought Nyxia was very easy to read through but it didn't exactly compel me to pick it back up once I put it down. It's also very much an introductory book, and I get the feeling the meatier character development that I want will happen starting with the next one.
A lot of people describe Scott Reintgen's Nyxia as Hunger Games in space, which is somewhat accurate. This book does have the survival-of-the-fitness competition element full of drama, betrayal, and revenge, but doesn't really deliver on the "space" element.
Nyxia was a little difficult for me to rate. There's an excellent set of characters that are genuinely diverse and realistic. The MC, Emmett, is also multi-faceted and morally gray, which I usually love. However, it took me about 50% of the way in to become even somewhat invested in the story. I think a large part of it had to do with my difficulty truly connecting with the characters in the beginning, especially with Emmett (who was kind of an asshole lol). The second half is where more twists come into play (some quite predictable and some interesting) as well as a little more development for the characters.
Overall, I thought Nyxia was very easy to read through but it didn't exactly compel me to pick it back up once I put it down. It's also very much an introductory book, and I get the feeling the meatier character development that I want will happen starting with the next one.