This was a chaotically fun, adventurous story and I loved that the main couple had genuine chemistry and attraction for each other from beginning to end. I tend to stray from reading stories with romance, but this was actually so enjoyable as the writing was not cringey.

Wanted to read this prior to starting House of the Dragon, but I can't be arsed.

This was okay, it was more of a fast, easy read to be honest. It read as a middle-grade adventure mystery story, like a cross between a Geronimo Stilton book and an episode of Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated. The "twists" definitely could've been written with more thought because oftentimes they were either super predictable or came out of nowhere, adding nothing valuable to the plot besides surface-level shock value.

Romance-wise, I didn't feel that the FMC and MMC had genuine chemistry, just some crush-level sexual attraction. It felt a bit forced and unnatural at times. There were quite a few cliché phrases used when it came to the romantic scenes that reminded me of Character AI, but it wasn't so terrible that it made me cringe too much.

I was a tad disappointed though in the historical aspect as the publisher's blurb makes it seem as though you'd get to see a glimpse of Ancient Egyptian history. This book barely touches on it and is limited to just mentions of Ancient Egyptian artefacts e.g. Cleopatra's tomb, a few hieroglyphs and food. It would have been nice to have the characters interact with Egyptian characters to flesh out the setting more. I just think the publisher was definitely overreaching when they compared 'The Mummy' film to this.

It's too long for me to commit to at this moment, especially considering it's unfinished at 32 books.

Couldn't stand the protagonist! Asuka was so rude, held racial prejudices against literally anyone that wasn't Japanese and held unprovoked, secret animosity towards the other girls—all of which was not addressed by the end of the book, so there was no character growth. Feminism left my body when I read this because why is she hating on the other girls on this mission who have only been nice to her?
 
And don't even get me started on the poor, inconsistent writing style. We need to stop making characters unironically say "hashtag" aloud—I don't know anyone who says "hashtag" in their daily conversations, outside of joking about social media influencers. I wish they explored the plot point about the mission more and why they're trying to get everyone pregnant in space, albeit it was a bit off-putting that the girls were all quite young. We could've had a Handmaid's Tale/Black Mirror dystopian moment. This story had so much potential for a reflective, interesting story about humanity/space, but it was all thrown away for an underwhelming murder mystery plot that was very anti-climactic.

Felt like the book went around in circles, like you were continuously reading the first few chapters of a new book. I wish it'd been a bit more reflective on the dysphoric nature of growing up away from your own culture and adapting to another because initially it seemed like it would. I also wish that it'd gone deeper into the main character's tricky familial relationships, but the writing was quite surface-level, flat and left me wanting more.