What a fun and action-filled read it was! Wow. I had a great time reading it and with Aurora, the author duo has created a great main character among all the other figures in this novel. Cannot wait to read the second book Aurora burning.
Aurora Erwacht*
by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
The Aurora Cycle #1
Translation Nadine Püschel
Original Title Aurora Rising
Publisher Fischer Sauerländer on February 24, 2021
Genre Fantasy
Pages 487
Format Paperback
Source Fischer Sauerländer
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The year is 2380. Tyler Jones has just completed his training at Aurora Academy and is about to assemble his first team. The coolest and best squad a senior Aurora Academy graduate has ever seen! But on the eve of the team selection, everything is different. Tyler CAN. NOT. SLEEP. He goes on a forbidden excursion and comes across a wrecked spaceship in interdimensional space. The only survivor onboard: Aurora, a girl who has been in cryosleep for the past 200 years. Perhaps it would have been better not to wake her. War threatens to break out – and his team, of all people, is supposed to prevent it. Ouuups. Don´t panic!(personal translation by ©Vi at Inkvotary).
Story
Aurora is looking forward to starting her life at Octavia III. But when she comes out of the cryosleep, she must learn that she isn´t where she thought she´d be. That she´d slept for 200 years and that the world she once knew, doesn´t exist anymore. Tyler is the only person she somehow trusts and with him, she goes on a journey she never thought she would be a part of.
Style
What an ingenious mix of humor, sarcasm, irony, and a great story. For me, one of the reading highlights in 2021. And yes, I am aware that the year is still young. Aurora Rising makes every fantasy-heart beat faster and made me aware again that nothing, absolutely nothing, should be taken for granted.
With this book, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff show once again how great they are in the team and with how much heart and soul they pursue their passion. Okay, the scenes on one planet, were a bit scary with all the botany everywhere. But still wonderful to read and incredibly well integrated into the overall story. Only, in the end, I felt sorry for what happened to one of the characters. Whether it was necessary or not, I shed a few tears.
Characters
Aurora is a wonderful figure who has excited me from the start. Her despair, her fear, and her hope that things will turn out for the better after all and that she will find out what she needs to know captivated and delighted me from the first moment. How she deals with the situation, never gives up and for whatever reason trusts a person she does not know and who is still familiar, was exciting and beautiful to watch. With Aurora, the writing duo has created an absolutely wonderful figure who will hopefully go on many adventures.
Conclusion
What a fantastic read. The long wait was worth it here. The mixture of humor, sarcasm, irony, and action-packed story is simply great! My absolute reading recommendation.
Happy reading
*This book was kindly provided to me by Fischer Sauerländer in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. Thank you. Therefore, the cover of the German edition is shown first in this review.
Deutsche Rezension
Stil
Was für ein genial guter Mix aus Humor, Sarkasmus, Ironie und toller Story. Für mich eines der Lesehighlights im Jahr 2021. Und ja, mir ist bewusst, dass das Jahr noch jung ist. Aurora Erwacht lässt jedes Fantasy-Herz höherschlagen und hat mir erneut bewusst gemacht, das man nichts, aber auch gar nichts für selbstverständlich halten sollte.
Amie Kaufman und Jay Kristoff zeigen mit diesem Buch erneut, wie großartig sie im Team sind und mit wie viel Herzblut und Leidenschaft sie ihrer Passion nachgehen. Schön die Szenen auf dem einen Planeten, die waren dann doch etwas gruselig mit all der Botanik. Aber trotzdem wundervoll zu lesen und unglaublich gut in die Gesamtstory eingebunden. Nur zum Schluss hin tat es mir leid, was da mit einer der Figuren passierte. Ob das für die Handlung nötig war oder nicht, ich habe jedenfalls ein paar Tränchen vergossen.
Charaktere
Aurora ist eine herrliche Figur, die mich von Anfang an begeistert hat. Ihre Verzweiflung, ihre Angst und ihre Hoffnung, dass sich die Dinge doch noch zum Guten wenden und sie erfährt, was sie wissen muss, hat mich vom ersten Moment gefesselt und erfreut. Wie sie sich mit der Situation auseinandersetzt, nie aufgibt und aus irgendwelchen Gründen einer Person vertraut, die sie nicht kennt und die doch vertraut ist, war aufregend und wunderschön zu beobachten. Mit Aurora hat das Autorenduo eine absolut wunderbare Figur erschaffen, die sich hoffentlich noch auf viele Abenteuer begibt.
Resultat
Was für ein fantastisches Lesevergnügen. Hier hat sich das lange Warten auf jeden Fall gelohnt. Die Mischung aus Humor, Sarkasmus, Ironie und actiongeladener Story ist einfach nur klasse! Meine absolute Leseempfehlung.
Amie Kaufman
Amie Kaufman grew up just one block from her local library and took full advantage of that fact. She spent her childhood summers re-creating with her sister their favorite books by camping in the back yard, mapping their neighborhood, climbing trees, and kissing the Blarney stone six times, thoroughly cementing her gift of the gab. She graduated with honors degrees in history, literature, and law, and a master´s degree in conflict resolution. Today she´s a full-time writer and lives with her husband and her rescue dog in Melbourne, Australia.
Jay Kristoff
Jay Kristoff is an internationally bestselling author of The Lotus War, The Illuminae Files, and The Nevernight Chronicles. He is the winner of four Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, nominee for the Locus award. David Gemmell Morningstar and Legend awards, named multiple times in the Kirkus and Amazon Best Teen Books list and published in over thirty countries, most of which he has never visited. He is as surprised about all of this as you are. He is 6´7 and has approximately 12,665 days to live. He abides in Melbourne with his secret agent kung-fu assassin wife and the world´s laziest Jack Russel. He does not believe in happy endings.
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You just reminded me that I STILL haven't read this book and how awesome it sounds. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteI was so happy when I found it in my mailbox. The perfect surprise.
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