Skyward

“I shall hunt your firstborn children and laugh with glee as I tell them of your death in terrible detail, with many unpleasant adjectives. “

4 stars because the beginning had too much arguing going on between teammates and as realistic as that was, I always like it better when characters get along and have each other's back. (Nyxia book 1 did the same thing and then we got better team interactions in book 2 which was 5 stars).
Parts 4 and 5 were really good and gave me more heart-to-heart between the team.

- Favorite character: M-bot! Broken-down AI's are always the best!

- Least favorite: Ironsides (pffffffft!) How petty can you be towards a teenager?

- Initially-didn't-like-but-grew-on-me: Jerkface :D

- Too pure for this world: Kimmalyn!

- Favorite piece of tech: Spin's lightline

This was a very engaging book from start to finish. The characters weren't cliched and did things in a very human manner. Spensa was very well written and showed more emotions than expected in the beginning. Also, I laughed out loud every time she stood on a chair to gain height advantage over the person she was arguing with 😂

The whole intrigue surrounding the aliens, the defect and M-Bot was nicely done. M-Bot alone took this book from 50 to 100!
So M-Bot was like Nightblood (from [b:Warbreaker|7969594|Warbreaker (Warbreaker, #1)|Brandon Sanderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1414766180s/7969594.jpg|1257385]) but in a sci-fi setting and more sass and craziness.