Book Review: Alien: Echo by Mira Grant
This book gives us some heroines that Ripley would be proud of!
Alien: Echo is an original young adult novel set in the Alien film universe which means yes, we absolutely get to see the creepy, drooly, chittering aliens from the movies.
The premise: Twin sisters Olivia and Viola are daughters of two xenobiologists (coolest job title ever.) Their family is stationed on a new colony world. When they discover a new and deadly alien species (hmm, I wonder what it could be?) they are forced on the run in hostile terrain in a fight for their lives.
Queer main character alert!!
So excite!
I loved Olivia, our protagonist. First off, she kicks SOOOO much ass, but in a smart way. Not a "blustering around, shooting anything that moves" type. She was smart. She had the knowledge. She used it and common sense to survive. Viola, her twin sister, is sassy and real and a nice opposite to her sister. One of the side characters I legitly wanted to punch in the face, which is probably a sign that he was written well?
Grant does not spare us the gross and gore in this one. There's all sorts of nasty alien lifeforms that will chew your face off, not just the xenomorphs from the films. Lots of scenes that made me forget I was tucked up in bed, and made me instead want to take a hot shower for eight years to get the blood and gore off myself. Her fabulous sciencey voice lends itself well to this book, makes it even more believable.
I want a sequel. I also want another separate novel written in the same world by Grant, please.
Also can we get some love for that cover? The little alien eggs reflecting in their eyes? Uggh, so good!
Leave the lights on,
Lady P.
Alien: Echo is an original young adult novel set in the Alien film universe which means yes, we absolutely get to see the creepy, drooly, chittering aliens from the movies.The premise: Twin sisters Olivia and Viola are daughters of two xenobiologists (coolest job title ever.) Their family is stationed on a new colony world. When they discover a new and deadly alien species (hmm, I wonder what it could be?) they are forced on the run in hostile terrain in a fight for their lives.
Queer main character alert!!
So excite!
I loved Olivia, our protagonist. First off, she kicks SOOOO much ass, but in a smart way. Not a "blustering around, shooting anything that moves" type. She was smart. She had the knowledge. She used it and common sense to survive. Viola, her twin sister, is sassy and real and a nice opposite to her sister. One of the side characters I legitly wanted to punch in the face, which is probably a sign that he was written well?
Grant does not spare us the gross and gore in this one. There's all sorts of nasty alien lifeforms that will chew your face off, not just the xenomorphs from the films. Lots of scenes that made me forget I was tucked up in bed, and made me instead want to take a hot shower for eight years to get the blood and gore off myself. Her fabulous sciencey voice lends itself well to this book, makes it even more believable.
I want a sequel. I also want another separate novel written in the same world by Grant, please.
Also can we get some love for that cover? The little alien eggs reflecting in their eyes? Uggh, so good!
Leave the lights on,
Lady P.
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