The ending concludes the story to our book very well, while leaving a great cliffhanger that has me dying for Alone to come out. I think I actually enjoyed this book more than Alive. It felt natural and not like a boring recap. There was also a great refresh on what happened in the first book in an organic sort of way. In fact, I felt like it was paced more quickly. Sometimes in a trilogy “second book syndrome” takes over knocking the rhythm of the series out of whack, but that is not at all the case here. Scott Sigler does a great job at keeping up the pace in Alight. There’s a lot going on in this book including a fight for leadership, undiscovered creatures, a battle between groups, and way more. I’d say the story itself is very much it’s own, though. Like with Alive, Alight has similarities to Lord of the Flies, The Maze Runner, and Divergent. The group faces many challenges, but all they really want is to survive. Em struggles with who she is or could become while also trying to lead her group to survival. They learn more about their past and identities which only opens doors to more questions.

We again are with Em and the Birthday Children as they continue to make discoveries as to who they really are. Even for those who haven’t yet read Alive.I’ll be trying my best to keep out any developments from the first book that led to the second. I would like to do the same thing with Alight, the sequel. In the midst of this desperate struggle, their unity is compromised from within-and a dangerous zealot devoted to a bloodthirsty god moves to usurp Em’s command, threatening to lead them all down a path to violent doom.Īlright, so when Alive first came out, Scott Sigler included a note asking those who review to be mindful of spoilers and not post them. And when a new enemy creeps from the jungle shadows, Em and her young refugees learn there’s nowhere left to run. Vestiges of a lost civilization testify to a horrifying past that may yet repeat itself. But the planet for which they were created turns out not to be a pristine, virgin world. The planet Omeyocan may be the sanctuary Em and her comrades seek. Confronted by a monstrous enemy, they vowed never to surrender-and, by any means, to survive. With only one another to depend on, they searched for answers and found the truth about their terrifying fate. They faced an empty, unknown place of twisting tunnels and human bones.

She and the other young people she was chosen to lead awoke in strange coffins with no memory of their names or their pasts. Savage-or Em, as she is called-has made a bewildering and ominous discovery.

“If it’s war they want, they messed with the wrong girl.”

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