5/5 starsSYNOPSIS: A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend--the man he trusts most and might even love--only to learn that he's secretly the heir to a brutal galactic empire. Ettian Nassun's life was shattered when the merciless Umber Empire invaded. He's spent seven years putting himself back together under its rule, joining an Umber military academy and becoming the best pilot in his class. Even better, he's met Gal Veres--his exasperating and infuriatingly enticing roommate who's made the Academy feel like a new home. But when dozens of classmates spring an assassination plot on Gal, a devastating secret comes to light: Gal is the heir to the Umber Empire. Ettian barely manages to save his best friend and flee the compromised Academy unscathed, rattled both that Gal stands to inherit the empire that broke him and that there are still people willing to fight back against Umber rule. As they piece together a way to deliver Gal safely to his throne, Ettian finds himself torn in half by an impossible choice. Does he save the man who's won his heart and trust that Gal's goodness could transform the empire? Or does he throw his lot in with the brewing rebellion and fight to take back what's rightfully theirs? REVIEW: Bonds of Brass has been on my radar for a while now and as soon as I saw the cover and the synopsis I knew it was going to be one of my most anticipated reads of the year... which is why it was so frustrating when my order took so long to come that I ended up buying the audio version too only to have the book show up the next day haha. (The narration, by the way, is very well done in the audiobook version so if you're into listening to your books then definitely check that out). Once I'd finally managed to start the book I didn't appreciate the need to stop for essentials such as food and sleep. I mean, c'mon. This is a sci fi book with heavy Star Wars vibes, it has a potential friends to lovers relationship where bed sharing is not only a trope that is used with great delight, but also is less "there's only one bed," and more "there's two beds but I want to sleep close to you." So you can maybe see why sleep and food kind of went off the radar for me haha. Now, from an objective POV Bonds of Brass is incredibly well written. The characters are diverse and layered. The worldbuilding is well done and deep as sci fi world building kind of has to be in order to make a great background to the plot. Taking of which, the plot was great. It was twisty and turny and while I did guess the big twist it was still satisfying, and though it didn't play out in the way I had hoped it would, it still left me desperate for the second book. From a Lauren POV however it does do the thing at the end that I hate, which is introduce a huge cliffhanger. And, like, without getting into too much detail, you know as you have the cliffhangers that are like "well darn! Wonder what's gonna happen now!" and then the cliffhangers which have you shaking your first at the sky asking for revenge like "WHY GOD WHY?" well for me this was definitely the second. I can't give you any more context because to do so would be to ruin it a bit, and also because when you read and get to the end I want you to suffer like me haha. Basically, overall, Bonds of Brass was a delight. I had high expectations from the start and it managed to hit them, which isn't always the case with hyped up books. The one thing that I wasn't a fan of was the ending but that's because on a personal level I just hate cliffhangers, as much as I can appreciate why they're used. If I take a step back and try to be objective about it you'd find me rolling around on the floor, clutching the book and screeching for a day straight because hot DAMN did that ending smash it out of the park in a very exciting way that spells very good, very tense things for book two...
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