3.5 stars

This was enjoyable and very readable. I didn’t realize it was going to be so similar to The Final Six, which I just read a few days ago, but that’s my fault for not reading the synopsis. All I knew going in was that it was a sci-fi story about people going into space. If I had realized it was going to be so similar, I probably would’ve waited to read it.

That said, I did enjoy this book. I like the side characters and I’m a sucker for a book about a competition.

The ending leaves on a cliffhanger that I didn’t necessarily foresee, but I was ready for the book to be done so I wasn’t exactly blown away. I’ll read the follow-up, even though it seems the reviews are more on the critical side. I am interested enough to continue and see how everything shakes out.