read the book - purchased online
2015 original in French, 2018 English Hot Key Books
576 pgs.
YA SciFi
Finished 6/22/2019
Goodreads rating: 4.11 - 1853 ratings
My rating: 5
Setting: Contemporary Mars and various east coast US locations
First line/s: "Twelve. We are twelve, gathered all together for the first time in the Visiting Room, the glass bubble that has seen us parading in, two by two, over these past five months: us, the participants in the Genesis programme, the greatest TV game show in all history - and the cruelest lie of all time."
My comments: These 567 pages flew by, almost literally. I totally recommend to anyone that is going to read the series that you have all three volumes in hand before starting. The cliffhanger on this one is really something. The first book was about being in the transport to Mars, the second is about the first month or so on Mars, very different because not only are the twelve young people investigating this new habitat that is now their new world AND getting to know their new partners in life, but they are trying to figure out how to not be thwarted by the evil Serena McBee. However, the revelation that Marcus makes at the very end of the this second volume must have so much more to it....and you have to wait for the next volume. Eeeek. Not only that, but - spoiler, spoiler! - the drones are rushing towards Andrew and Harmony in Death Valley and you have no idea what's going to happen to them. I'm thinking I have at least a week before I received volume three. Woe is me!
Goodreads synopsis: After a speed-dating show that is literally out of this world, twelve young astronauts are set to become the first humans to colonise Mars. They are also the victims of the cruellest of plots.
Léonor thought she was a pioneer on an extraordinary mission. She thought she had left all regrets behind her on Earth. But when memories are this painful, there can be no forgetting . .
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