Cytonic

This is a bit of a weird one. While I enjoyed it, it definitely had a big slump in the middle. I know Sanderson is trying to get rid of his “Avalanche”, but in this case it hasn't really resulted in a more satisfying book overall, as you'd expect– instead, it just felt like an ending to any other book. I guess this is just because I'm used to it, I wouldn't complain about this with a different author.

In general, this was fairly different from what I was expecting. It felt more like a Skyward 2.5 (even though it's a full-length novel), with the majority of the story being about Spensa just going off on her own adventure and (eventually) learning new stuff about some of the universe. It's fun, but it felt a bit lacking compared to the previous two books. Almost like one of those classic adventure novels. I also read the Skyward Flight novellas leading up to this release, which made this more disappointing... Was hoping to see more of the other characters we're familiar with.

TL;DR it's fun but I think I went in with the wrong expectations!