Mallory Books

REVIEW: Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff  What it’s about : This is the second book in the Illuminae Files series, which continues the space saga to expose a corrupt company that invaded a planet and stay alive. This is a companion series so while we still get some story from the previous characters, the main plot shifts to a new location with new characters. We follow Hanna Donnelley, the daughter of the space station’s commander, and Nik Malikov, a member of an illegal crime family on board the station. They are a very unlikely pair connected only by thee deals they do together. The space station is unaware that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are on their way to being news of the invasion. Beitech send an operative strike team to invade the space station and further erase their tracks, and Hanna and Nik, along with the Little Spider (Niks cousin) must come together as the last defense for the space station and and the truth. But don’t worry, they just have to get past an elite...

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff  What it’s about : Kady Grant broke up with her boyfriend and thought things couldn’t possibly get worse, but then her planet was invaded. She was forced to flea and fight her way to evacuation with none other than said now-ex-boyfriend, Ezra Mason. Kady and Ezra make it onto one of the three evacuees ships (of course not the same one) but this is only the beginning of the story. They are being chased through space by an enemy warship, desperate to erase and survivors from telling the rest of the universe of their attack, a mutating plague has started circulating a ship, something is up with the ships Artificial Intelligence, and the command is keeping secrets. Kady uses her hacking skills to figure out what’s really happening, and she needs help from Ezra to do it. The best part is this story is told through hacked classified documents, weird AI files, emails, IMs, security video transcripts, and MORE.    My thoughts : INCREDIB...

REVIEW: Heartstopper vol. 1 by Alice Oseman  “You can't tell whether people are gay by what they look like. And gay or straight aren't the only two options.”  What it’s about:  Heartstopper was originally a web comic published into a graphic novel that follows      openly gay teen Charlie and his new friendship with rugby-player Nick that are seated together in their form group. Charlie was outed at school a year ago and suffered bullying which has now mostly halted. Nick knows about Charlie’s outing but not much more. They grow to become close friends but Charlie realizes his feeling for Nick are more than friendship. But Nick is straight.... right?  My thoughts: Okay firstly this was so cute I almost burst from reading it. I was literally holding back squeals with each page. The art style is simple but very telling. I loved the way small details about each character were revealed not only through the dialogue but the art as ...