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    Gemina - The Illuminae Files: Book 2

    By Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

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    Hanna Donnelly is the station captain’s pampered daughter and Nik Malikov is the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. Together they struggle with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, blissfully unaware that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall with news of the Kerenza invasion.

    Picking up about five minutes after Illuminae ends, Gemina is the electrifying sequel to the hottest YA novel of 2015.

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    PublisherOneworld Publications
    Release dateOct 20, 2016
    ISBN9781780749822
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    Amie Kaufman

    Amie Kaufman is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of young adult and middle grade fiction, and the host of the podcast Amie Kaufman on Writing. Her multi-award winning work is slated for publication in over 30 countries, and has been described as “a game-changer” (Shelf Awareness), “stylistically mesmerising” (Publishers Weekly) and “out-of-this-world awesome” (Kirkus). Her series include The Illuminae Files, The Aurora Cycle, The Other Side of the Sky duology, the Starbound trilogy, the Unearthed duology, the Elementals trilogy, and The World Between Blinks. Her work is in development for film and TV, and has taken home multiple Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, a Gold Inky, made multiple best-of lists and been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Raised in Australia and occasionally Ireland, Amie has degrees in history, literature, law and conflict resolution, and is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing. She lives in Melbourne with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog, and an extremely large personal library. Learn more about her and subscribe to her newsletter at www.amiekaufman.com

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    • 5/5
      AHHH! Very rarely are follow up books as good as the first one, but Gemina is amazing, possibly even better than the first one! I can't decide! Seriously soo good, these teenage space opera action packed, romance laced book is food for the soul. Gemina picks up the story from Illuminae, but with a new cast of characters. Instead of being aboard the space shuttle Hypatia, Nic and Hanna are on the wormhole station, Heimdall. Which is just where Hypatia is headed. Hanna is the spoiled brat of the commander and Nic is drug dealing gang dealer. But there is much more to them then meets the eye. When a series of terrifying events throw them together, they learn to look past the surface, because in order to thwart Bei Tech industries they're going to have to work together. Things are only going to get worse. One hell of a follow up and ends on a cliffhanger. I need the third book now!!
    • 5/5
      This is the second book in the Iluminae files series and I enjoyed this book a ton. I didn't like it quite as much as the first book but it was pretty close to being just as wonderful.This story takes place on the Heimdall jump station, the jump station that the Hypatia is planning to take refuge at. Unfortunately, BeiTech is desperate to cover things up and decides to invade and attempt a takeover of Heimdall station. Similar to the first book there are two main obstacles for our characters: the first is the invading force and the second is of a more alien nature.I didn’t relate to these characters and enjoy them quite as well as the ones in Illuminae. Hanna is a pampered captain’s daughter with hidden depths and Nik is a gangster who is misunderstood. These aren’t my favorite types of characters, but they did end up being interesting and worked well in the story.The invasion that happens here is much more in your face. The alien presence adds a creepy factor to the story but I didn’t think it was nearly as scary as what happened in Illuminae. The book is action-packed and incredibly hard to put down. I continue to really love the world, the story, and the creative way the book was pulled together and formatted.Overall this was an absolutely amazing addition to the Illuminae Files series. Although I didn’t like it quite as much as Illuminae, it was still an incredibly awesome read. I already picked up the third book at my library so I can read it soon!
    • 4/5
      Engaged from the beginning, recommend without reservation.
    • 5/5
      Book two of The Illuminae Files, Gemina is just as suspenseful and tension-filled as the first. If you haven’t read Illuminae, STOP and read it. You need that information to understand what is going on and who the people are at the end of this novel.This novel takes place at the Heimdall Waypoint where the Hypatia is to arrive with our characters from book one, Illuminae. Like the first novel, you need to pay attention to the beginning. The Kerenza Trials are going on--it’s day 82 and Frobisher is on trial. The rest of the novel is a review of the files concerning what happened according to Hanna Donnelly. Like the first novel, this novel consists of primary sources pieced together to tell the story, so it’s not in a narrative form.Our new characters are Hanna Donnelly, Jax Merrick, and Nik Malikov. Hanna’s father is in charge of Heimdall; his chief engineer is Isaac Grant (yes, Katie’s father--Katie from book one). A holiday is coming up, so many people are leaving Heimdall to celebrate. Meanwhile, Mr. Grant and Mr. Donnelly are working on maintenance on the wormhole, which is what the Heimdall sits on. Obviously, this is very dangerous. Everyone else is planning on partying, including Hanna and her boyfriend Jax. Hanna buys drugs from her dealer, Nik, to more thoroughly enjoy the holiday. While purchasing her supplies, BeiTech (the company from book one) sends a crew to take over Heimdall in hopes of stopping the Hypatia from getting the word out about what they did on Kerenza. Nik and Hanna are off the grid when the bad guys arrive, so they are left to fight while everyone else has armed people overseeing them. These are not people to mess with--they kill Hanna’s father first to show who is in charge. The rest of the novel is Hanna and Nik trying to stop the bad guys, get word to Hypatia, and make sure everyone is safe. It’s intense!Like the first novel, I listened to this one. I didn’t realize it would be different characters and had to use the book as backup until I knew what was going on. Then, I was able to just listen. There is an entire cast reading this novel and they rock! I am not a science fiction fan; I hate Star Trek and stuff like that. THIS series is so good, and I never would have guessed it. I loved the suspense of the novels. I highly recommend reading them. Now, I’m greatly anticipating book 3--drat! I want the book now!
    • 5/5
      On the Jump Station Heimdall. Hanna Donnelly is struggling to keep a social life. Most of her time is consumed with martial arts training, battle tactics exercises, and acting like the perfect Captain's daughter. Behind her prestigious father's back, she buys illicit drugs from a flirty Russian mob boy name Niklas and spends time with her boyfriend Jason. When the station is boarded by hostile but very organized military-like forces, only the teens caught outside of the main areas of the ship can work against this seemingly unstoppable force set on destroying them and their home.Gemina starts where Illuminae left off, but with a whole different set of characters. Hanna Donnelly is amazing. She's a normal teenage girl with a boyfriend, a love for fashion, and a journal with all her thoughts and feelings. You would think she was a spoiled brat. She kind of is, but she's also much more than that. On top of that, she's trained in a variety of different martial arts styles, studied Sun Tzu's Art of War, and regularly works through war strategies with her father. Despite her looks, she can take of herself and employs her skills liberally throughout the novel. She takes advantage of the enemy's perception of her and uses every opportunity to her advantage. Despite her toughness, she's still a teenage girl with the same thoughts and fears. Throughout the entire novel, she's terrified and angry, but channels that in helpful ways. When she can, she takes time to rest and process her feelings by writing or drawing in her journal.Nik is an unexpected character who belongs to the Russian mafia, shown through intricate and bold tattoos on his body. He just served a couple of years in jail and is on the ship to help his uncle harvest dust from parasites inside cows. It's more disgusting than it sounds and those parasites make a guest appearance when they are forgotten. Anyway, I would have thought Nik was a hardened criminal type, but he proves to be much more sensitive than that. His backstory is heartbreaking, but he hides his pain behind a sarcastic veneer to keep people at bay. The villainous characters invading the ship are interesting in their own right. They are all adults seasoned in the field of battle paid by Biotech to clean up their mess. They are all complicit in this murderous plot, but they have different motivations for being there, temperaments, and areas of expertise. The leader is a frightening combination of crazy, though, and dedicated.As with Illuminae, the story is told in chat messages, dossiers, descriptions of video footage, and court transcripts. I could easily see this as a suspenseful siege film. The variety of different media used to tell the story lends a cool visual quality. I expected the book to more horror based like the last one, but the parasites were the most horrific thing and didn't play a huge role. The tension of hiding in a ship trying to avoid well trained soldiers was very suspenseful and thrilling. Gemina is in a way larger than the last book because of a discovery near the end of the novel. It provided a unique opportunity for unconventional storytelling that I greatly enjoyed. Although I thought Illuminae was a teensy bit better, Gemina is a suspenseful, exciting science fiction tale that continues the story and leads into the third novel in the series. It also subverted my expectations time and time again, making it fun rollercoaster ride of a book. I'm cursing myself for reading the book so early because now I have wait even longer to read the conclusion.
    • 4/5
      A sequel/companion to Illuminae, Gemina focuses on teenagers living on the space-station Heimdall as they deal with a ruthless invasion.It’s told very effectively through instant messages, descriptions of surveillance footage, diagrams, a character’s sketchbook and other documents. I particularly liked the sketches, and the way the story portrayed the characters’ familial relationships as complex and important.I didn’t find Gemina quite as intense or as surprising as Illuminae, as I had a better idea of what to expect. I didn’t anticipate the timing and circumstances of various developments, but I wasn’t surprised when particular characters were killed, or else managed to survive; I didn’t predict the twist but I was waiting for there to be that sort of twist. I knew what sort of story it was, and what sort of ending it was heading towards.That said, there was at least one twist which was completely unexpected. And also, although Gemina would be more surprising if one hadn’t read Illuminae, one then wouldn’t be able to appreciate all the ways it is connected to the first book.I’m very curious to see what the third book does.
    • 4/5
      The Illuminae Files: #2 - 4.5 stars

      I LOVED Illuminae! It was one of my top favorite books of 2015 so I had high expectations for Gemina-probably too high I think. I waited and waited not-so-patiently for my pre-ordered copy and then ughh it finally gets here and....I was impressed with the book itself; the cover and layout is gorgeous but I was letdown a little bit by the story. I just didn't fall in love with it like I did Illuminae. Don't get me wrong it was still really good but the dialogue in the first half of the book just had a lot more of an immature, younger undertone to it and I could not get into it or relate with it at all. In the second half though, when their situation becomes a lot more dire, the tone of the dialogue changed and it wasn't as bad. I liked the story a lot more for it too.
    • 3/5
      I won’t say much about the, as this book is relatively newer and I’m likely not the last person on Earth to have read Gemina (or Gemima as I keep writing and saying aloud), as I was with Illuminae.Once again, we have a book made up of found documents, primarily chatlogs and write-ups of video feeds from various cameras across the jump station, compiled by the all-seeing Illuminae group. So let’s talk format first. I did still enjoy the documentary style and found it just as engrossing as the first book. The actual layout of the pages was slightly problematic though. There are significantly more graphics in this book than the first, including some sketches from Hanna’s diary, which I enjoyed, and chatlogs with dark backgrounds that made the text incredibly hard to read, which I did not enjoy. I think they tried a bit too hard or went a bit overboard with the design, as there were many more pages with spiraling text or sentences that zigged and zagged across multiple pages. Turning a nearly 700-page hardcover this way and that isn’t easy and it became tedious to keep up with some of the designs.Now for the characters – Hanna was likable, though very similar to Kady in some ways. Her father is the captain of the jump station (while Kady’s is a chief officer or something similar) and she’s tough, determined, physically fit, smarter than most of the adults around her, etc. However, despite this, I liked her. She wouldn’t make a top list of characters for me, but she added to my enjoyment of the story. Nik was dull, considering his criminal background and I never got much of a feel for his cousin, Ella. The BiTech mercenaries were numerous and often referred to as both their real names and their call signs, so with the exception of a core few, I never had any idea who the story was talking about. I also thought that Hanna, Nik and Ella’s conversations had a bit too much levity considering the amount of danger they were in and the numerous deaths they experienced once the BiTech group came in. I know there were comedic moments between Kady and Ezra in Illuminae (and maybe there’s an equal number in each book) but Gemina felt like it had too many. Never having been in a life-threatening situation before, I clearly can’t speak from experience, but I don’t feel I’d joke quite so often.I keep mentioning Illuminae and while reading I couldn’t help but notice that Gemina hits many of the same beats as its predecessor. Again we have:Smart, talented teens holding their own against trained military personnel with little to no help from adultsA twist on who the main antagonist is (though with Gemina this twist was so confusing I had to backtrack to the near beginning of the book to wrap my head around it and it killed any shock I might have experienced)A young, hacker extraordinaireAn extra element of danger (here we have aliens instead of zombies)Character death fake-outsConvenient ending is convenient (though Gemina takes the cake between the two)Despite some tedious graphics and familiar plot points, I still thoroughly enjoyed this book and read it over the course of two days. I wouldn’t rate it as highly as Illuminae, as the shine of the new experience has worn off, but I can’t wait to read the next book. If you liked Illuminae, it’s a safe bet you’ll enjoy Gemina as well.
    • 5/5
      So, it took me a little while to find time to read this book, because I had a feeling that once I started, nothing else would get done in my life until it was finished. Yep. I was right. The story was so smoothly paced there must have been a team of people with brooms clearing the road in front of it. Not one boring pothole, or plot hole, to tempt me to take a break. And talk about a tidy plot! Nicely complex, and yet no discernible weak points. When I realised they were messing with wormhole theory, I was worried this would be used as a cheap device to make everything come good in the end, but it was well thought through and lots of fun. Given the fast pace of the action, I was so impressed they still managed to find time to develop the characters as well as they did. That is some creative and talented writing. I highly recommend it for any readers who may be feeling a bit bored with the 'sameness' of other stories in this genre.
    • 4/5
      Yep, this is pretty much a rewrite of the first book in the series, Illuminae: Spunky, well-trained teenage girl and kind-of-fucked-up-but-ultimately-noble teenage boy survive a space massacre and then try to survive the aftermath as perpetrators of said massacre try to kill them too. The text is mostly epistolary/after-action reports and features unreliable narrators, including sometimes the insane AI that survived the earlier book, along with text that sometimes curls in spirals or other forms. Also, there are brain-eating monster slugs, which contribute to the chaos but then are gotten rid of in something of an anticlimax, as the author perhaps realized she’d created too powerful an adversary. The slugs did give rise to what to me was the funniest of all the black humor moments, when the boy protagonist and his equally criminal cousin remember what they forgot to deal with due to massacre/invasion, which is to say the hatching of the slugs. (The slugs produce drugs, which is why someone thought it was a fine idea to bring a bunch of brain-eating slugs aboard a space station full of brains.)
    • 4/5
      This sequel to Illuminae starts out a bit slow but, once the action gets going, is hard to put down. I didn't find it as exciting or surprising as the first book, but still worth the read if you enjoyed the beginning of this series. I will be looking forward to the final installment next Fall.
    • 4/5
      This was a really cool book - LOVE the illustrations and these characters are awesome. Looking forward to the last book!
    • 5/5
      While I liked Illuminae better, I still really enjoyed Gemina. It had a great story line and the reading experience is absolutely gorgeous and engaging. The characters were easy to relate to. I feel like this book was a little long, but it was still really, really good. I would recommend it. 5 out of 5 stars.
    • 5/5
      took me a while to warm up to Hanna but I enjoyed the suspense of this book a lot. definitely had its great and fantastic moments
    • 5/5
      I should be packing BUT
      This was as awesome as the first book, Action, Mild Violence, Teens Kicking Ass and Taking Names. It just keep getting better with each addition to the story. At first I was wondering what happened to the Hypasia, then it finally came into play - Just as manipulative as the first. . . having you think one way only to crush those predictions and have to rethink!
    • 4/5
      While this book has the same killer plot and pacing as Illuminae, I'm much less fond of the "if you sexually harass a girl long enough eventually she'll date you" romance in this one.
    • 5/5
      #JayKristoff and #AmieKaufman are EVIL. Not James Patterson evil, where he is driving my library broke and needs to be assassinated for putting his name on everything. No, this is more the I NEED #3 NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! type of evil. The type of evil, where you are annoyed they put out something so good and left you in a lurch realizing that the horizon of the next book is over a year away, since this one is not even published yet.I will not lie, I had not read Illuminae before I picked up a copy of Gemina at BEA. I had read the first book of the Lotus Wars (and plan to get back to the series soon). It was only after a game of Heads or Butts over 3 copies of Nevernight, and standing in the very tall shadow of Mr. Jay that I decided I needed this book. And that the three teenagers with me for Book Con had to experience standing in line for 2.5 hours for a BOOK! And let me tell you it was WORTH IT! (2 books in a few weeks worth it).Gemina runs congruent and a little after Illuminae. And we have a different cast of characters. I was a little worried about this at first because it can be a failure (Forest of Hands and Teeth, I'm looking at you). That is not the case here. We start off with Hanna. The pretty rich girl military brat whose daddy is commander of the Hemidall station. I want to hate her so bad, and in the beginning I do. After running off to meet with her drug dealer to get some party favors for Terra Day. I want to hate her. As a military brat these were the girls I could not stand growing up. But here I am, fallen in love with a character who I should hate. You just cant help yourself. Then there is Nik, the drug dealer. He, I also want to hate. I am against everything he does, at least for the first 50-100 pages. But then, gosh dang it, there goes the character love again. Then there is Ella the tech genius. Her you love from the moment you meet her.I said books 1 and 2 run congruent. Hypathia is on its way to Hemidall, but BioTech has sent henchmen to Hemidall to make sure the Hypathia does not make it. All heck breaks loose, and the fight for survival is on. Some things I saw coming from a mile away (Bad guy, no surprise), but the physics stuff. I studied physics and have had many debates about the possibilities brought to life in this book, and it makes me a little mad I missed it. My physics club would be so disappointed in me.So the authors have stated that this is a trilogy. Ah oh, better watch out for the dreaded 2nd book slump. Do not worry about that here. No slump detected. I know some other reviews thought there was a small one, but not this reviewer. This still had the "Put Me Down and DIE" feeling to reading. I'm saying that even reading a galley, that is missing most pictures and galley (but descriptions are present) throughout the book. Sleepless nights, and get nothing done days have happened because of this book series. The most dastardly thing is that I will have to wait over a year to see #3 since this book is not even out yet. UGHHHHHHHHHHHI lied, I can say that this book has the absolutely WORST last line in a book EVER!!! Jay, Amie, YES I "wanna know how it ends?"!
    • 5/5
      A story that leaves me wishing that I am still in its world. Where you are left asking where is my spaceship adventure? Or where is my very own spaceship? Part of me is also wishing that these characters are real and my friends as well. Each of the characters have their own sense of self. As well as their learning curves, troubles, problems, issues and fun times.
    • 4/5
      This sequel to Illuminae basically followed the same formula - people on a spaceship are in peril from an evil mega-corp planning to kill them all in pursuit of profits, and a kick-ass teenage girl with the help of a boy who is head-over-heels in love with her manage to save the day, and the girl more or less reluctantly comes to like the boy. The story is told through a series of documents - diary entries, text messages, chat logs, and descriptions of security footage. The formula worked really well in the first book, and it works just as well in this one (although the fact that it is now a formula makes it feel slightly trite). I listened to the audiobook, which is really more of an audio play - there are different actors for each character, and sound effects. The play is very well-done and the actors are fantastic. I don't know if I would have enjoyed the book nearly as much if I had read it on paper.All in all, this is good entertainment.
    • 4/5
      BeiTech is trying to cover their tracks after taking out Kerenza and is now going after space station Heimdall, trying to intercept survivors before their stories can be told. The book is written as a dossier to give evidence about what happened aboard the station after a BeiTech team attacks the station. Ella, Nik, and Hanna are ready to fight back. Lots of action, death, and destruction as the teens try to stay alive and have their stories told.
    • 5/5
      Epic! I loved seeing a few of the characters from Illuminae connect into this book but I also really enjoyed the new main characters. I loved the banter between Hanna and Nik. I was totally getting adrenaline rushes while reading this with all of the action and craziness happening on board the ship. Once again, I completely loved the formatting. Genius.
    • 5/5
      Whew, this book was good. Like Die Hard or Home Alone in space. At least as good as the first installment.

      Good righting, good characters, edge of my seat the whole time.
    • 3/5
      3,3 stars

      The world and the concepts were okay, but man, oh man, did I not like the romantic relationships. All that drama was completely unnecessary and entirely cheesy. Blech. The worst parts in addition to the relationships were the beginning and the ending (particularly the ending). I did not enjoy the stylistic decisions, no matter how much I do like AIDAN.

      Still, more than likely gonna read Obsidio as well, just to find out what's gonna happen.
    • 5/5
      I love a great audiobook, one you can visualize so clearly you feel like you are part of the story. The sound effects, the voices, the pacing all fabulous.The story was science fiction space travel adventure with deceit, misjudgments, death, nasty creatures, nastier humans, worm holes alternative universes and romance light. I cheered and jeered for the characters. I really got to know them and care what happened. There is a cliffhanger ending. I normally am unhappy about that but this one left me with a big smile. Fantastic twist ! A great second edition to the series. I am excited to continue to book 3, as soon as it is released.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved this book/series so far! I wish it had a bit more about the characters from the first book, but it is still beautifully written. I love the way Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff write together and it is apparent that they are very successful when they work together. Their characters are very relatable. I read this book and listened to the audiobook and I would recommend that to everyone. If you read the book, make sure you listen to the audiobook at some point. It is narrated extremely well and feels more realistic as a listener. I cannot get over how computer "speak" is integrated into pictures. I love this series and would recommend it to anyone who likes sci fi novels or wants to read things that I consider completely unique. This book is written in a way unlike other books. There may be a few out there that are written in a similar format, but nothing can compare to this amazing series!
    • 5/5
      Loved it just as much as the first one! This one focuses on another couple of teens, and while I loved that I still wished it had more of the first couple!
    • 5/5
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    • 3/5
      Similar Too Perfect Heroine. But again a fun plot. Crazy cliff hanger so going to keep going. Very contemporary slang that will be dated on 10 years despite it being set 400 years from now. Amazingly fun gross action. The usual.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book! It hurt my brain just a little with space/time issues, but I LOVED it. Much better than the first book
    • 3/5
      The ending will require a final book in the trilogy, and I look forward to the mix of ordeals and characters that will come together.

      This book will be difficult to review without spoilers, but like Illuminae, it was filled with a great assortment of complications, scifi, and suspense. My main complaint was that some sections dragged on for too long, and the split format was sometimes a challenge to commit to.

      The author needs to stay true to the unique format and its purpose created in the first book. Gemina needs to decide if it is a screenplay, a novel, or a continuation of court documents. The files in the first book were great; the ones in Gemina would be too long if gathered for the same sort of reason.

      Overall, I enjoyed it, but liked the first one better, and a book 3 should not need another 650 pages to convince anyone of the wrong-doings of BeiTech.