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Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! How are you all doing? I hope well!
Today is my stop in the “The Life Below” blog tour and I’m so excited for this post. I remember crying tears of joy, when I found out that I’ve been excepted for this tour. If you remember I already participated in the blog tour of the first book in this series “The Final Six” and I loved it. Here is the Final Six review. I have a review planned for you guys. Thank you to Harper Teen and Alexandra Monir for sending me a review copy in exchange for an honest review!
If you haven’t read book one I would advise you not to read this post or the synopsis of the book as there might be spoilers from the first book in it. Concerning book two, “The Life Below”, this review is spoiler-free.
And now without further ado, let’s start with this post!
Synopsis:
As Naomi lifts off into space and away from a rapidly deteriorating Earth, she watches the world fade away, and along with it Leo, a Final Six contestant she grew close to during training. Leaving Earth behind is hard, but whatโs ahead, on Europa, could be worse. The International Space Training Camp continues to hide the truth about what happened to the last group of astronauts who attempted a similar colonization but failed mysteriously. With one shotโat this mission and to EuropaโNaomi is determined to find out if there is alien life on Europa before she and her crew get there.
Leo, back on Earth, has been working with renegade scientist Dr. Greta Wagner, who promises to fly him to space where he can essentially latch on to Naomiโs ship. And if Wagnerโs hypothesis is right, it isnโt a possibility of coming in contact with extraterrestrial life on Europaโitโs a definite. With Naomi unaware of what awaits, itโs up to Leo to find and warn her and the others.
With all the pieces of their journey finally clicking into place, everything else starts to fall apart. A storm threatens to interfere with Leoโs takeoff, a deadly entity makes itself known to the Final Six, and the questions the ISTC has been avoiding about the previous failed mission get answered in the worst way possible. If the dream was to establish a habitable domain on Europaโฆ the Final Six are about to enter a nightmare.
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Title – The Life Below
Author – Alexandra Monir
Series – The Final Six #2
Publisher – HarperTeen
Genre – Science-Fiction, Young Adult
Release date – February 18th, 2020
Trigger Warning – Violence, Death, Sabotage, Murder, Abuse of Power
Edition – ebook*
Pages – 320
Language – English
What I liked
Can I just say that this book was even better than the first? And I already loved the first. I didn’t think that “The Life Below” would manage to dethrone “The Final Six” but surprise. It definitely did!
The writing style was still amazing. I loved everything! The details, the characters, the space. Everything. I wanted to take my time reading this book but I did not manage to read slow. I had to rush through it because the storyline was just awesome. Do you know the feeling when you just can’t put the book down? Well this was one of those moments. My heart also skipped a beat, often if I might add. You never want something bad to happen to your favourite characters especially if they already went through shit in the first book. Nevertheless, knowing what happened in “The Final Six“, I knew that the young adults wouldn’t always be protected from bad things. And a book is pointless if there is not at least a bit of drama in it. However, my poor heart broke from time to time.
I loved that we could read from the different point of views of our two main characters. Naomi and Leo. I love these two. They are just so cute and now my question to the author: How could you separate these two at the end of book one? How?! I cried (at least a bit). But I have to say, smart move!
Another thing I liked was the end. It was awesome, amazing (please insert all other synonyms in here) and heartbreaking. This is supposed to be a duology but I do hope that we will get more of Naomi, Leo and the rest of the people. I want more, I need more so please can we get a third book? Especially after this amazing and addicting ending.
What I didn’t like
This book, this series is perfection. Thank you for the adventure and the many heartbreaks.
Overall, “The Life Below” is a book about adventure, team work, friendship, love and many more things. If you enjoyed reading “The Final Six“, I can guarantee you that you will also like its sequel. “The Life Below” continues immediately after “The Final Six“.
Do you want to read an excerpt of the book? Here is a link to the excerpt.
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2P7O0My
Bookdepository (CD): https://www.bookdepository.com/Life-Below-James-Fouhey/9781094114491?ref=grid-view&qid=1575395257319&sr=1-1
iTunes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-life-below/id1464656582?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Google Books: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Alexandra_Monir_The_Life_Below?id=H6GZDwAAQBAJ
Alexandra Monir, Iranian-American author and recording artist, has published five novels for young adults, including her popular debut, Timeless. A Barnes & Noble best-seller and one of Amazonโs โBest Books of the Month,โ Timeless and its sequel, Timekeeper, have been featured in numerous media outlets and been published in different countries around the world. She followed the duology with Suspicion and The Girl in the Picture, both standalone YA thrillers. Her upcoming science fiction novel, THE FINAL SIX (March 6, 2018) was acquired by HarperCollins and Sony Pictures during the same week, in two major pre-emptive deals.
Alexandra is also a singer/songwriter who often integrates music into her booksโ pages. She wrote and recorded three original songs to accompany Timeless and Timekeeper, which were released as the album โThe Timeless EPโ and distributed by Jimmy Buffettโs record label, Mailboat Records. She also recorded a song that was released with the publication of Suspicion, and is composing a stage musical geared toward Broadway. Her musical roots are deep, as she is the granddaughter of the late Monir Vakili, the foremost Iranian opera singer.
Alexandra Monir is a frequent speaker at middle schools and high schools across the country, and at major events including fan conventions, womenโs leadership conferences, and book festivals. She is a member of the Iranian American Women Foundation, an organization near to her heart. Alexandra currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and newborn son. To learn more about Alexandra, visit her online at www.alexandramonir.com.
AUTHOR LINKS
Website: https://www.alexandramonir.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3505204.Alexandra_Monir
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimelessAlex
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexandraMonirAuthor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandramonir/
There are so many amazing bloggers on this tour. So please don’t forget to check out their amazing posts! You can follow the tour by clicking on this link.
GIVEAWAY
Prize: Win a copy of THE LIFE BELOW by Alexandra Monir (US Only)
Starts: 18th February 2020
Ends: 3rd March 2020
Direct Link: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/d9681b86460/?
And this was everything for this post. Have you read the first book in this series? If yes, what are your thoughts on it and have you already read book two? Please let me know in the comments below!
*A review copy of this book was kindly sent to me by the publisher/author in exchange for an honest review! All thoughts are my own. Thank you to the FFBC Team for including me in this tour!
