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I'm going to white font the name of the trilogy because spoilers: Lightless Trilogy by C.A. Higgins, three books: Lightless, Supernova, and Radiate.
I highly recommend the series. The first book was excellent, and the climate of... oppression, because of the closed nature of the scene in which everything happened, bought a thriller level of tension to the SF. The world building was well done and I liked the main characters, and the way the story was evolving, -white fonted for spoilers- with the computer becoming a sentient being. The second book was my least favourite of the series. What happened to my fave character broke my heart, and -damn, I'm trying to avoid spoilers- and the story moved from the closed box thriller to the story of a revolution. The focus was on two of the characters whose motivations were clear, but whose cruelty and lack of empathy were chilling. Book three was the same time period, but told from a different perspective. Which is always both jarring, and interesting, to know what is going to happen, when the main protagonists don't yet.
I completely 100% missed the gay relationship brewing. I knew one of the main protagonists was gay, and I knew that he and the other main protagonist were very close, and deeply cared about each other. I figured it was going to be a case of unfulfilled unrequited love/lust, but since it wasn't a major plot point, I didn't really pay attention or certainly expect anything.
So I was totally shocked at a kiss that made sense when it happened, in a scene that I found low-key OMG sexy but that was totally believable and in character, and there was one detail that just slew me: one guy holding on to the other's shirt, during a leave taking that might be the last.
The end of book three was open ended enough that I could see there being a book four.
I listened to the series on audiobook. The reader, Fiona Hardingham, was excellent and the voicing she brought to the computer, Ananke, gave both insight and premonition of the evolution of the character.
I highly recommend the series. The first book was excellent, and the climate of... oppression, because of the closed nature of the scene in which everything happened, bought a thriller level of tension to the SF. The world building was well done and I liked the main characters, and the way the story was evolving, -white fonted for spoilers- with the computer becoming a sentient being. The second book was my least favourite of the series. What happened to my fave character broke my heart, and -damn, I'm trying to avoid spoilers- and the story moved from the closed box thriller to the story of a revolution. The focus was on two of the characters whose motivations were clear, but whose cruelty and lack of empathy were chilling. Book three was the same time period, but told from a different perspective. Which is always both jarring, and interesting, to know what is going to happen, when the main protagonists don't yet.
I completely 100% missed the gay relationship brewing. I knew one of the main protagonists was gay, and I knew that he and the other main protagonist were very close, and deeply cared about each other. I figured it was going to be a case of unfulfilled unrequited love/lust, but since it wasn't a major plot point, I didn't really pay attention or certainly expect anything.
So I was totally shocked at a kiss that made sense when it happened, in a scene that I found low-key OMG sexy but that was totally believable and in character, and there was one detail that just slew me: one guy holding on to the other's shirt, during a leave taking that might be the last.
The end of book three was open ended enough that I could see there being a book four.
I listened to the series on audiobook. The reader, Fiona Hardingham, was excellent and the voicing she brought to the computer, Ananke, gave both insight and premonition of the evolution of the character.
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