Skyward

“I shall hunt your firstborn children and laugh with glee as I tell them of your death in terrible detail, with many unpleasant adjectives. “4 stars because the beginning had too much arguing going on between teammates and as realistic as that was, I always like it better when characters get along and have each other's back. (Nyxia book 1 did the same thing and then we got better team interactions in book 2 which was 5 stars).Parts 4 and 5 were really good and gave me more heart-to-heart between the team.- Favorite character: M-bot! Spoiler Broken-down AI's are always the best! - Least favorite: Ironsides (pffffffft!) How petty can you be towards a teenager?- Initially-didn't-like-but-grew-on-me: Jerkface :D- Too pure for this world: Kimmalyn!- Favorite piece of tech: Spin's lightlineThis was a very engaging book from start to finish. The characters weren't cliched and did things in a very human manner. Spensa was very well written and showed more emotions than expected in the beginning. Also, I laughed out loud every time she stood on a chair to gain height advantage over the person she was arguing with 😂The whole intrigue surrounding the aliens, the defect and M-Bot was nicely done. M-Bot alone took this book from 50 to 100! SpoilerSo M-Bot was like Nightblood (from [b:Warbreaker 7969594 Warbreaker (Warbreaker, #1) Brandon Sanderson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1414766180s/7969594.jpg 1257385]) but in a sci-fi setting and more sass and craziness.