Week 29 Reviews: Cytonic, Evershore

From Goodreads:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the third book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction.

Spensa's life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus and she saved her people from extermination at the hands of the Krell—the enigmatic alien species that has been holding them captive for decades. What's more, she traveled light-years from home as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small, desolate planet home.

Now, the Superiority—the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life—has started a galaxy-wide war. And Spensa's seen the weapons they plan to use to end it: the Delvers. Ancient, mysterious alien forces that can wipe out entire planetary systems in an instant. Spensa knows that no matter how many pilots the DDF has, there is no defeating this predator.

Except that Spensa is Cytonic. She faced down a Delver and saw something eerily familiar about it. And maybe, if she's able to figure out what she is, she could be more than just another pilot in this unfolding war. She could save the galaxy.

The only way she can discover what she really is, though, is to leave behind all she knows and enter the Nowhere. A place from which few ever return.

To have courage means facing fear. And this mission is terrifying.

From Goodreads:

From #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the final of three Skyward series novellas, each told from the perspective of a different member of the team back on Detritus. Listen to Jorgen's story along with Cytonic.

With the government of Detritus in disarray because of Superiority treachery, and with Spensa still away on her mission in the Nowhere, Jorgen must work together with the alien Alanik to pick up the pieces. They intercept a strange transmission from the planet Evershore and its Kitsen inhabitants, who say they have some of Jorgen's people and want to return them—but can the Kitsen be trusted? And can Jorgen learn to master his increasingly erratic cytonic powers before they spiral out of control and destroy all hope of forming an alliance against the Superiority? 

My first review of Cytonic, Evershore
My Review:

Well of course I loved reading these books again! I just love this series, and things are really getting intense at this point, where there's only one book left in this main series, in this story arc, before the Skyward Legacy series that it looks like is coming next. 

Spensa is the in the Nowhere, to learn more about the delvers, and to learn more about her powers. And she accomplishes both, with the "path of Elders" that technically is something, just that that name, that quest, was made up for her, the places and the knowledge that she needed weren't. 

And oh, Evershore. Poor Jorgen! First his parents are killed, and Cobb is missing, so his usual chain of commands are gone. He takes charge, but boy, does he feel a lot of uncertainty and guilt. He's facing off against a really big opposing force, and I loved watching it all go down!

So much has happened in these books, and I'm so excited to see what this means for the future in the fight against the Superiority and the delvers, of how much a threat that Spensa is going to be, because they feared what she has now become-I can't wait to see why!

These were so fantastic to read, and I can't wait for Defiant! 

Authors: Brandon Sanderson, Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson

Series: Skyward #3, 3.1, Skyward Flight #3
First Read: December 8th, 28th, 2021

Read: July 16th, 16th, 2023
Source: Own 
Reason Why: Rereading, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books! 
Publisher: Ember
Published: November 23rd 2021, December 28th 2021

Cytonic:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Evershore:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars