Aurora Rising

I read this book in less than 72 hours and just wow.
I love all of the characters in this book. They're different and interesting. I love Cat's hotheadedness and Kaliis' struggles with himself due to a civil war that divides his people. I love how this crew is diverse - which makes sense cause its sci-fi, but even included a disabled character who is more than just a disability and whose personality I thoroughly enjoyed.
I love Zila and I hope we see more of her next book, cause I loved her small and few chapters where I definitely related to her. Her unique earrings make me want to be her friend.
Scarlet is a very interesting character. She is strong and smart and yet there's no shame when she has had a lot of boyfriends and a good flirting vocabulary - and I love it.
Tyler is in no way boring, but at the start he's just a boy with perfect grades. He is loveable and good and smart.
And lastly Aurora, who is so fragile and so confused to be in this world of spacetravel. She and Kaliis are frankly so so so good together (but I had wished for a lgbt+ romance in this book, not necessarily with Aurora or Kaliis tho but just any) and I rooted for them along the way.

Cat's death was both necessary and unnecessary to me. For the characters it was vital in the understanding of what was going on (and I needed the ‘explanation') but as she spent a lot of the book angry and hotheaded I didn't necessarily get a connection to her though I loved her and will definitely miss her in the other book.

Onto plot, I'm honestly still the tiniest bit lost but it's so so so good. The buildup and the reveal and as I read about the reveal of Ra'haam it already grosses me out. The chapter from Cat as she is sucked up in Ra'haam made everything connect for me and I think it's a good way to explain it a bit more and make people understand what's going on.
I can't wait to read Aurora Burning.