Cytonic Review

Cytonic has been on my shelf for several years and I finally read it! So, let’s get to my review.

Synopsis

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.

My Thoughts on Cytonic

I think this is the only Brandon Sanderson book that I didn’t absolutely love. I liked it, don’t get me wrong, but it just didn’t hook me like the other books did. It took the series in a direction that I didn’t completely expect. I think it was the departure from the characters that I loved that threw me off. But they did make an appearance toward the end so that gives me hope for Defiant. There were several important reveals in this book toward the end that made me want to continue this series, so I’m interested to see how it wraps up.

My Rating: 3/5