Obsidio

The Illuminae series has come to an end. Everything that Kady, Ezra, Hanna, Nik, Ella, Adian, and countless others have fought for is finally coming to close as they enter their final battle in the war with BeitTech. Will they survive? Will BeiTech pay for the crimes they have committed? Or will it have all been for nothing. In the words of Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?”

This installment had considerably less... “action” than Illuminae and Gemina but it still seemed to move quickly, just not quite as fast as the other two. However, I still found myself enjoying it quite a bit. The history between Rhys and Asha and how it affected their interactions with each other was nice. It reminded me a hit of how Kady and Ezra were originally at the beginning of Illuminae in a sense. I also liked that not everything was wholly black and white in this book; in the other two, it kind of was– BeiTech bad, everyone else good. Anyone associated with BeiTech = Satan reincarnate, everyone else...decent at the very least. However in this book you can see that there are shades of humanity still within BeiTech troops even when they are following orders. You can also see how good people, or those deemed as such, can do bad things thinking that they are doing what is right, what is best. I wholeheartedly enjoyed this series and maybe, if my heart can take it, I will reread it.