Christin R. (raksha38) reviewed on 10/26/2011 + 203 more book reviews

THIS REVEIW CONTAINS SPOILERS!

This is the second book in the Legacy Series which follows the series finale of the TV show. It basically picks up where the last one left off. We find out what horrible thing the Wraith have done to Rodney, get into some seriously complicated politics with the Genii and Todd, and Samantha Carter and her new warship from Earth join the party.

I really, really like this series. Theres plenty of action and a complications, with the Atlantis crew having to deal with the logistics of living on the new planet as well as trying to rescue McKay and try to maintain a more or less civil working relationship with the Genii. But as many things as they have going on, the authors still make time for some really great character reflections and conversations between people we normally wouldnt get to see talk too much. Teyla and Carson have a great discussion about human nature and how Teylas Gift complicates that, and Sheppard and Carter have another great conversation about gate teams and responsibilities. Plus, there were also a lot of great conversations between Sheppard and Teyla, and even some full on flirting (which makes my shipper heart glad).
Best of all, Ronon actually called Keller out on her arrogant dismissal of the knowledge of the peoples of the Pegasus galaxy as primitive superstition. That utterly infuriated me in the show and it was just accepted as normal and then totally ignored (even though Ronon and Teyla were completely right!) and Im so glad to see these authors actually address that.

On top of this, my least favorite part of the last book (the IOA and Earth politics) was completely missing from this one. Yay! These books are a quick and fun read, so Im looking forward to the rest of them being published

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