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This book is clearly having an identity crisis with its horrendous mix of an adult theme, teen angst, and juvenile writing.

First off, Ia should be a lot older, late twenties at least. I can’t remember exactly how old she is (because I honestly don’t feel like going back into the book to check), but she’s something like 16 or 17, and I feel like this was done specifically to make the book YA (because it seems like that’s all you need to make a book YA nowadays, teen characters, regardless of story). But back to Ia, her backstory, her history, her character development (whatever you want to call it), even in a sci-fi universe, does not make sense within the realm of a 17-year-old. Killing countless enemies across multiple battles of an interstellar war, earning nicknames like “The Sovereign of Dark Space” and “The Blood Wolf of the Skies”, is an origin story much more suited to an obviously battle-hardened soldier with years of experience. But no, we’re going to put them in a classroom and give them report cards letting them know how much their life sucks (even though it really doesn’t), because that’s what teens can relate to. But again, I get it, YA. And making Ia older would have also made it more difficult for her and Brinn to bond. Easy fix though, make Brinn older. She doesn’t have to be too much older, early twenties would do. That way it would still make sense for her to be a new recruit at the academy after trying several times to get in.

I also want to touch on the fact that Ia got off with a slap on the wrist. Don’t worry, this isn’t a spoiler, this is how the book begins. Ia is basically a rebel soldier fighting against the established government (never seen that before), and the book opens up with her being captured by said government. Given her crimes that I kind of summed up earlier, she faces either imprisonment or execution. However, execution is off the table, because of her age they consider it to be unethical. So, imprisonment, right? (I’m sure there’s still juvenile detention in the future) Nope. They decide that they’re going to recruit her into their academy to utilize her flight skills and train future pilots. I correct myself, this isn’t a slap on the wrist, this is practically a congratulations.

On top of everything, there’s, of course, the stereotypical YA barfy romance. But you can see what I’m getting at. This book’s biggest flaw is its characters, they simply don’t make sense, and were obviously forced into its already poorly built world in an attempt to shoehorn the book into the YA genre.

Books like this are why I wish authors would stop force-feeding their work to a target audience. Just write your story, and whatever it ends up being, that’s what it is.

P.S. I’m perfectly fine with science fiction making up its own curse words, I consider “frak” to be pretty much the gold standard. But "mif" is the STUPIDEST thing I’ve ever heard.


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Ignite the Stars Maura Milan Books Reviews

I totally got sucked into this debut sci-fi action adventure. (Aka space opera). Lots of vengeance, and blowing stuff up, betrayal, but also friendship, and the possibility of redemption.
Love the enemies to best friends trope, and it's well executed here. Despite some plot meandering in the middle, this is a fantastic debut and thrilling story capturing the message of what it means to fit in, especially for refugees.
The author said, "If you love sci-fi in the vein of Cowboy Bebop, Battlestar Galactica, and Solo." and she was right. With a little bit of Alias, and a little bit of the Expanse. I love all those things and I love this story. My favorite books wrap social and moral questions inside the fun and exciting. So many times while reading, I thought about the parallels in our world and those in the book. This is the kind of book you step into and become apart of it. Also-I love Knives forever.
This is space opera and a mighty fine first effort. Considering past experiences and capabilities the heroine should have been older, but this is space opera. There are some twists and diversions that you do not see, which add to to story. Overall an entertaining read.
This book started off slow and I actually almost quit reading it after about 60 pages in. Then I looked at the reviews and kept going and OH am I happy I did!! This book is easily one of my favorites of 2018! Badass female characters, with space adventures, crime, questionable alliances, I could go on. Highly recommended!!
(Disclaimer I received this free book from Netgalley. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)

I adored Ignite the Stars so much. It deserves all the stars in the galaxy that's how much. In fact if you think our tastes intersect in any way, go find this book today. You will love it. Maybe not as much as I do (is that even possible?) but damn close. Seriously. Every thing from the Ia, her friendships, her vulnerabilities, her relationship with her brother. I can't even get over how much I adore this book. This the new review style from now on
This a very, very good debut novel by Milan. The one quip I have is that the MC Ia is too young for her background story and experiences. Maybe she was aged down for the YA tag? It would make more sense if she was in her mid-20's. A touch more worldbuilding might be worthwhile for the second novel, but the pacing and character development were excellent. I look forward to reading more from this author.
This book is clearly having an identity crisis with its horrendous mix of an adult theme, teen angst, and juvenile writing.

First off, Ia should be a lot older, late twenties at least. I can’t remember exactly how old she is (because I honestly don’t feel like going back into the book to check), but she’s something like 16 or 17, and I feel like this was done specifically to make the book YA (because it seems like that’s all you need to make a book YA nowadays, teen characters, regardless of story). But back to Ia, her backstory, her history, her character development (whatever you want to call it), even in a sci-fi universe, does not make sense within the realm of a 17-year-old. Killing countless enemies across multiple battles of an interstellar war, earning nicknames like “The Sovereign of Dark Space” and “The Blood Wolf of the Skies”, is an origin story much more suited to an obviously battle-hardened soldier with years of experience. But no, we’re going to put them in a classroom and give them report cards letting them know how much their life sucks (even though it really doesn’t), because that’s what teens can relate to. But again, I get it, YA. And making Ia older would have also made it more difficult for her and Brinn to bond. Easy fix though, make Brinn older. She doesn’t have to be too much older, early twenties would do. That way it would still make sense for her to be a new recruit at the academy after trying several times to get in.

I also want to touch on the fact that Ia got off with a slap on the wrist. Don’t worry, this isn’t a spoiler, this is how the book begins. Ia is basically a rebel soldier fighting against the established government (never seen that before), and the book opens up with her being captured by said government. Given her crimes that I kind of summed up earlier, she faces either imprisonment or execution. However, execution is off the table, because of her age they consider it to be unethical. So, imprisonment, right? (I’m sure there’s still juvenile detention in the future) Nope. They decide that they’re going to recruit her into their academy to utilize her flight skills and train future pilots. I correct myself, this isn’t a slap on the wrist, this is practically a congratulations.

On top of everything, there’s, of course, the stereotypical YA barfy romance. But you can see what I’m getting at. This book’s biggest flaw is its characters, they simply don’t make sense, and were obviously forced into its already poorly built world in an attempt to shoehorn the book into the YA genre.

Books like this are why I wish authors would stop force-feeding their work to a target audience. Just write your story, and whatever it ends up being, that’s what it is.

P.S. I’m perfectly fine with science fiction making up its own curse words, I consider “frak” to be pretty much the gold standard. But "mif" is the STUPIDEST thing I’ve ever heard.