Book Tour + Review: Toxic by Lydia Kang + Giveaway

Toxic

by Lydia Kang

Genre: YA Scifi

Release date: November 6th 2018

Entangled Teen

Summary

Cyclo, the first and largest biological ship of its kind, is dying. A small crew of mercenaries have handed over the rights to their life to document the death of the ship, but the abandoned ship is anything but abandoned—one girl has been left behind.

Hana has known nothing but the isolation of a single room and the secret that has kept her there for seventeen years. When she meets Fennec, the boy assigned to watch her, she realizes that there is a world she has yet to experience but she is doomed to never meet.

When crew members begin mysteriously dying, Hana and Fenn realize that they are racing against the death of the ship to find a way to survive—unless someone kills them even before Hana’s truly had a chance to live.

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My Review

4 Stars

I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.

I do not read many standalone novels when it comes to the fantasy and science fiction genres. The ones I end up reading always seem to be a trilogy or series. This is due to the fact that many standalones I have read did not feel like they ended at a good spot and needed more to properly bring it to a close. Needless to say, I was a little worried when I decided to review Toxic. Thankfully, Lydia Kang’s writing did not disappointment (even though I would always enjoy reading more of her works after Toxic).

Toxic is a science fiction story with an enjoyable romance and a race against death. Hana and Fenn meet on the dying biological ship, Cyclo, and must work together to make it out alive. I truly enjoyed reading about Hana and Fenn, I even enjoyed their little insta-love (shocking, I know). I feel I enjoyed their romance more due to the situation they were in and the fact that this is a standalone, so I had to take what I could get. And what I got was worth reading through the insta-love. It was a sweet romance, it did not take away or overshadow the rest of the story just added to it. With its fast pace, Toxic certainly keeps you on the edge wondering what will happen next to the crew and Hana.

Overall, Toxic was an incredibly enjoyable read for me. I recommend it to any who enjoys science fictions and is looking for a nice standalone or quick read. I hope to read more of Kang’s writing in the future.

About the Author

Lydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, poetry, and narrative non-fiction. She graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine, completing her residency and chief residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. She is a practicing physician who has gained a reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. Her poetry and non-fiction have been published in JAMA, The Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Great Weather for Media. She believes in science and knocking on wood, and currently lives in Omaha with her husband and three children.

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