I liked this ... I have book 2 on hold at the library (I actually own the audio, purchased during a sale, but I like to have a kindle copy on hand too).

This reminded me of something else ... but I can't place the memory. A little similar to several others, in that we have a group of teens training to save the world. There's the usual hate/admiration relationship between the MC girl and the leader boy. An AI with personality. Aliens attempting to exterminate them while the humans fight back. Not a lot that felt completely original, but was still enjoyable.

I'm a Table of Contents nerd ... this was pretty basic (and even included in the physical book?) ... a prologue, happening when our MC is a child. Five "parts" with chronological chapters (55), and an epilogue. There were a few "interludes" too, during the transitions between the later parts, shifting from 1st person (past tense) and our MC's POV, to 3rd person (past tense) of Admiral Judy "Ironsides" Ivan's POV.

There were some twists and turns I wasn't quite expecting. There were some deaths that I hadn't anticipated. I got pulled into the story, cared about the characters ... but I also feel like I probably need to continue quickly, more for memory, than because I'm uber anxious to find out what happens next. I'm a little afraid this won't stick strongly in my memory.

Content Concerns - none really, no language/sex ... some violence/death. They had their own "swear word" ... SCUD (and that was in there 105 times per Kindle search).