Ok so I finally got out of my reading slump and instead of reading something from my TBR like I was supposed to, I read the book I picked up from Barnes and Noble. I tried to stop reading after the first couple pages but I kept getting sucked back in! It was hard to put this book down because it was pretty good!
Plot:
What is this book about?
This book is about a girl named Nemesis, and Nemesis is a diabolic. All diabolics are designed to protect and care for one person and anyone who threatens the person they were made to protect, well the diabolic would eliminate the threat. Nemesis was designed to protect a girl named Sidonia Impyrean, the daughter of a radical senator who is in opposition of to the most powerful man in galactic court, the Emperor. As a result of senator Impyrean's radical ideas the Emperor invites Sidonia Impyrean's daughter to galactic court, and everyone knows it's a trap. The Emperor's has always had a ruthless and cutthroat reputation and everyone knows that anyone who dares to defy the Emperor gets silenced one way or another. The thing is Nemesis cannot go with Sidonia to court to protect her because all diabolics were sentenced to death by the Emperor himself because diabolics were considered a threat to the Empire. Sidonia's parents, instead of sending the sweet innocent daughter to a court full of snakes, send Nemesis in her stead. Nemesis who is strong, cold, and unfeeling, who will fit right in at galactic court. Nemesis who's only ever cared about one thing. Protecting Sidonia. However, if Nemesis if found out, the Emperor would accuse the Impyreans of treason and he would have even more blood on his hands.
Characters:
Nemesis - Nemesis was a hard character to connect to, she was basically like a robot who did not feel anything except her need to protect Sidonia. However as the book progresses Nemesis starts to develop a personality and feelings towards people and situations not related to Sidonia. I loved her character development and I did love how much she cared for Sidonia and their relationship was very sweet.
Sidonia - Sidonia is very pure, innocent, and very naive in certain things relating to the galactic court. Even though she was considered a very gentle and innocent girl she was very stubborn and passionate about certain things especially things that related to Nemesis. I loved how her friendship with Nemesis developed, their relationship was a constant throughout the book.
Tyrus - Tyrus was a very hard character to figure out. I don't want to give too much away because his involvement in the story is not really a spoiler but I think it is better to know very little about him going in to the book. All I will say about him is that I think he might be too mysterious for my liking, even by the end of the book I still feel like he was hiding something.
Final Thoughts:
I was on a high after I finished this book, and I was so ready to give this book five stars. However, after coming down from my book high and thinking more clearly about the characters and the plot I realized it was not that great. I think if you are looking for something fast paced and a plot driven book then you will really enjoy this. Though, if you are looking for a character driven story I would not recommend this book to you, because even though it was hard to put down, it was not because of the characters, it was because I wanted to find out what happened next. My final opinion is read this book if you are into sci-fi, romance, and really addictive plots.
Ratings:
3.5 out of 5
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