Review – Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, Book 3) by Amy Kaufman, Jay Kristoff (5/5 stars)

Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Science Fiction
Length: 624 pages
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date: March 13, 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0553499193
Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in the Illuminae Files
Source: Borrowed from Library
Rating: 5/5 stars

“Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza–but who knows what they’ll find seven months after the invasion? Meanwhile, Kady’s cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza’s ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys–an old flame from Asha’s past–reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heros will fall, and hearts will be broken.”

This was an amazing conclusion to an amazing series. This is the book were all the events on Hypatia, Heimdall station, and Kerenza come together. I really enjoyed this book a ton and read it in a couple sittings (just like the other books in the series).

This book introduces a couple new characters to the story. Asha is a pharmacy student who was forcibly recruited to work as a nurse on the BeiTech occupied Kerenza. Rhys is a tech employee with BeiTech who finds himself forced to transfer to the surface of Kerenza. Although the book does focus on these two it isn’t quite as focused on them as previous books were on their “couples” because the story jumps around a lot more between location and POV.

This story seemed “bigger” than the previous two books. We jump around between the Mao, the Hypatia, and Kerenza. All of our favorite characters from previous books are here and contributing to the action.

There weren’t any really interesting new perils introduced (like the virus or aliens in the previous books). This book is an all out confrontation with BeiTech and their occupation of Kerenza. It was very engaging, fast-paced, and I enjoyed it a lot.

This book is put together in the same interesting and creative way as the first two books were. If you enjoyed the style of those books you will love this one as well.

Overall this was an amazing series that I recommend everyone read. It’s very creative, very engaging and just an incredible ride. I would especially recommend to those who like action packed sci-fi reads.