Light Years (Light Years Series, book 1)
By Kass Morgan
Blurb:
Reeling from the latest attack by a mysterious enemy, the Quatra Fleet Academy is finally admitting students from every planet in the solar system after centuries of exclusivity.
Hotshot pilot Vesper, an ambitious Tridian citizen, dreams of becoming a captain - but when she loses her spot to a brilliant, wisecracking boy from the wrong side of the asteroid belt, it makes her question everything she thought she knew. Growing up on the toxic planet Deva, Cormak will take any chance he can get to escape his dead-end life and join the Academy - even if he has to steal someone's identity to do it. Arran was always considered an outsider on icy Chetire, always dreaming of something more than a life working in the mines. Now an incoming cadet, Arran is looking for a place to belong - he just never thought that place would be in the arms of a Tridian boy. And Orelia is hiding a dark secret - she's infiltrated the Academy to complete a mission, one that threatens the security of everyone there. But if anyone finds out who she really is, it'll be her life on the line.
These cadets will have to put their differences aside and become a team to defend their world from a cunning enemy - but the danger might be lurking closer to home than they think...
This book is written in four point of views, the four main characters are from different planets, they each have different climates and environments which allows them to excel in different areas throughout their training.
These 4 students; Vesper, Cormack, Arran and Orelia are all in training after the latest attack by a mysterious enemy. They each have different backgrounds and reasons why they want to be apart of the quatra fleet academy, to fight this enemy or what they think is the enemy.
This is not the first book I have read of Kass Morgan's, but I have to say that I do love this series a lot more than the 100, even though I loved the 100 series too.
I find this book to go into a great amount of detail for each of the different characters which allowed me to get a better understanding and connection to each of them. I felt that their pasts impacted greatly on their actions and the way that they behaved within the team. The only character that I felt was lacking background information was Arran, it just felt like he was missing pieces and I didn't fully get connected to him. The story of his life while on the academy was quite interesting and I did really enjoy it but I would have loved to know more about his life.
Each of the characters had developed quite a lot throughout the book and it was quite a surprise when some of the characters did something that wasn't their usual self because others had changed the way that they felt and thought about other things.
The sci-fi within this book wasn't too drastic it was believable and the detail that it went into wasn't too much, there was no made up words, no complicated words used to describe things so it was definitely made simple. By doing all these things it was made to feel more real unlike some other authors who make up words and a a total new universe that doesn't seem realistic because some of the details are too far fetched.
There was a few twists within this book that made it more interesting and it was good to read about same sex relationships in a normal way rather than it being forced and the feelings being described differently to same sex relationships. So I really like Kass Morgan for this because she made it seem like it was normal to be different which it is because everyone is unique and has their own mind to make decisions that will effect their lives and others. I didn't really appreciate how Dash's father reacted but this is how some people react which they totally shouldn't, they should respect others and support them in their choices.
I would 100% recommend this book to anyone who likes sci-fi and romance, you would totally enjoy this book. There was plenty of close relationships and plenty of team work within this book.
Favourite Characters: Orelia
Read: 29/10/18 - 01/11/18
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