I have been wanting to read Nophek Gloss for years at this point. I can’t believe it’s taken me so long! Yet finally I have prevailed and I am so happy. What an original and fun world concept! Keep reading this long awaited book review of Nophek Gloss for my full thoughts.
Summary
When a young man’s planet is destroyed, he sets out on a single-minded quest for revenge across the galaxy in Nophek Gloss, the first book in this epic space opera trilogy by debut author Essa Hansen, for fans of Revenger and Children of Time.
Caiden’s planet is destroyed. His family gone. And, his only hope for survival is a crew of misfit aliens and a mysterious ship that seems to have a soul and a universe of its own. Together they will show him that the universe is much bigger, much more advanced, and much more mysterious than Caiden had ever imagined. But the universe hides dangers as well, and soon Caiden has his own plans.
He vows to do anything it takes to get revenge on the slavers who murdered his people and took away his home. To destroy their regime, he must infiltrate and dismantle them from the inside, or die trying.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Nophek Gloss is an intergalactic quest for revenge. It’s about the ways our world ends without justice. I loved the creativity in the world, the breadth of intergalactic inhabitants, and the inventive nature. If you love stories about found family, Nophek Gloss has to be on your TBR. It’s a crew united by what we lost, by love, and choice. About what happens when people view us as property or what we can do not who we are. It’s about looking our mistakes, the days we hate and aren’t proud of, and deciding what to do with today.
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I loved the twists and turns in Nophek Gloss combined with the found family aspect. Haunted by memories, it asks us whether we are all just passing on the pain and loss, or whether we can make a new future of ourselves. We have the choice of whether the ones we love, our family, are points of weakness or strength? Does our community, our connections, enhance our lives and make us stronger? I would gladly read more about these fantastic side characters and cannot believe I waited so long. Find Nophek Gloss on Goodreads, Storygraph, Bookshop. org, Blackwells, & Libro. fm.