This genre isn't my usual go-to. I don't usually go for science fiction. What drew me in about this book was the format-- the style. I love a book with an unconventional way to tell the story. Chat logs, pictures, dossiers, prose. If it's anything but standard paragraphs, I am on it like a magnet.

So, I can say that I found the general reading experience enjoyable, despite my few gripes. I had the unfortunate experience of disliking the two main characters, Kady and Ezra. More specifically, I disliked the interactions between the two, and even more so, their "romance". Luckily, as they were mostly chat logs, thy were very easy to speed through to get back to what I feel is the real meat of the story, the reason I could ignore the teenage love story and keep going with vigor: A space war, a deadly virus, and AIDAN. Truly, the bulk of the story is about this. And while I wouldn't say "PHENOMENAL" in a caps-lock frenzy like many others, the story is gripping and the end left me wanting more. Left me feeling like the story is in it's infancy. And with the continuations in Gemina and Obsidio, that is all the more apparent. This is just the beginning for Illuminae, there's so much more that is so much bigger that this first book could hardly touch on, and I can't wait to take on the next book.