#Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

[betterbooksandthings]

"Romances in space are just out of this world. Love in the dangerous, endless expanse of space isn’t easy. Traveling far distances in ships that you often cannot leave is challenging in the best of conditions. In space, the door is locked and you have to make it work. Interplanetary travel, adventure, and romance are not for the faint of heart. Good thing I have some entertaining books to pick up instead of making the trip yourself.

My favorite romances in space involve a level of mystery, political intrigue, and danger. There is just something about a romantic pairing in trouble that really sells me on their mutual respect, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. When you are in space and in trouble, sometimes love is part of the answer, and I think that’s fun."

[bettybiddle]

September 2023 Playlist

Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

Welcome to Wrexam: The Quiet Zone

Slow Dancing, V

game cafes

Bloodhounds

IU concert: The Golden Hour

[lastseenleaving]

(minimalist book covers)

[shirewalker]

           “Anyone lucky enough to be entrusted with your heart                          would be a fool to treat it carelessly.”

                                                       ― Jessie Mihalik, Aurora Blazing

[thereismusicinmysoul]

What’s an acceptable amount of time before rereading a book? Because I found a trilogy I loved and read within a month (only that long because I had to wait for the third book to come out) and it’s been a month now and all I want to do is read them all again... they were just Really Good Books and I haven’t been able to find others quite like them yet

[wearethekat]

July Book Reviews: Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

I thought Mihalik’s Hunt the Stars was good, so I went through her backlist. Unfortunately, her earlier books lack the delicate application of consent that I liked. In fact, the first book she published had a love interest who was enough of a grabby jerk that I dnf’d. This is book 2 in the same series. Still not as good as her latest, but it did rather read like someone had written a dubious Alys Vorpatril/Simon Ilyan real-people-fic. Lady Bianca von Hasenberg (spy, data analyst extraordinaire, and possessor of secret psy powers) is launched into trouble when her brother is kidnapped by due to sinister space nobility plotting. In hot pursuit is her father’s chief of security, who is determined to retrieve her and her brother. Romance ensues etc etc. 

Solid but middling. Considerably better when pictured as Very Dubious in-universe Vorkosigan saga real people fiction.

[catmint1]

This world belonged to me and others were merely allowed to live in it.

Jessie Mihalik, Aurora Blazing

[bright-eyedwanderer]

Review: "Aurora Blazing" by Jessie Mihalik

Review: “Aurora Blazing” by Jessie Mihalik

Title: Aurora Blazing Series: Consortium Rebellion #2 Author: Jessie Mihalik Publication Date: October 1, 2019 Publisher: HarperVoyager Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐  Get it: IndieBound | Book Depository | Barnes and Noble | Books-a-Million | Amazon | Kobo | Apple Books

ARC provided by the publisher through Edelweiss. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Jessie Mihalik’s space drama romance continues in…

[accidentalspaceexplorer]

December Monthly Recap:

I know I’ve already done my year in review post, but I wanted to make sure that I finished it off by doing my final monthly wrap-up! I read 13 books in December, of which two were re-reads and two were DNFs. My favorites of the month were City of Stairs and Full Fathom Five, which ended up on my favorites of the year as well. The biggest disappointment was definitely Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.

Passing Strange by Ellen Klages: 4.5/5

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman: 4.5/5

Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone: 5/5

One-Punch Man, Vol. 3 by ONE: 4.25/5

The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst: 5/5

Assassin’s Gambit by Amy Raby: 2.5/5, dnf

Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald: 2/5, dnf

Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai: 4.75/5

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk: 1.5/5

City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett: 5/5

Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold: 5/5, reread

A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold: 5/5, reread

Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik: 3/5

[litwitlady]

February 2021 TBR

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Homie by Danez Smith

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

This list seems doable. I’m already in the middle of six of these titles (I read several books at one time to work with my ADHD and not against my ADHD).

[lilibetts]

i was tagged by @greywind--stark to name 10 favorite characters from 10 different things and then tag 10 people

1. Lydia Martin- Teen Wolf

2. Sansa Stark- ASOIAF/GOT

3. Betty Cooper- Riverdale

4. Hoshi Sato- Star Trek: Enterprise

5. Parker- Leverage

6. Lee Soo-kyung- Let’s Eat (kdrama)

7. Poe Dameron- Star Wars

8. Donna Fuckin’ Noble Y’all- Doctor Who

9. Bianca von Hasenberg- Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

10. Geralt of Rivia- The Witcher

I tag everyone who won’t be tormented by having to choose only ten.

[surejaya]

Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion, #2)

Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion, #2) by Jessie Mihalik

Bianca von Hasenberg did her duty for High House von Hasenberg and ended up trapped in a terrible marriage. When her husband dies unexpectedly and leaves her a happy widow, she vows never to marry again. Instead, she uses her connections to save other young women. Information is power and Bianca has a network that would be the envy of the ’verse—if anyone knew about it. After an attack, Bianca’s oldest brother, the House von Hasenberg heir, disappears from Earth without a trace. Determined to find him, Bianca leaves against orders. When she refuses to return, her father sends Ian Bishop, the director of House von Hasenberg security, to haul her home like a recalcitrant child. Bianca leads Ian on a merry chase across the universe, but when their paths finally collide, she persuades him that they would be far more successful at finding her brother if they worked together. She will do anything to save her sibling, even if it means spending time alone on a small ship with the handsome, infuriating man who once broke her heart. As clues lead them deep into rival House Rockhurst territory, Bianca must decide if she can trust Ian with the one piece of information that could destroy her completely. . .

Download : Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion, #2) More Book at: Zaqist Book

[shirewalker]

@arabela25 tagged me for this quick tag game so here we are :D (thank you for the tag btw <3)

rules: tag 9 (or less lol) people you would like to know/catch up with

last song i listened to: Anastasia’s soundtrack

last film i watched: Anastasia xD

show im currently watching: not watching any show rn, but I “recently” finished another rewatch of Eureka :D

book im currently reading: Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik (it’s GREAT)

tagging @imdefs @droo216 @newrcmantlcs @hattubel @ohmystarsy (IF you guys wanna do this, you don’t have to ofc! <3)

[kaetrinsmusings]

Review at Dear Author: Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik. I'm over at Dear Author with a review of Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik. A slowish start but once things get going, it's a cracker. Recommend.

[wearethekat]

July Book Reviews Overview

Saint Death’s Daughter (CSE Cooney)

Siren Queen (Nghi Vo)

Arabella and the Beast (Rebecca Baldwin)

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Becky Chambers)

The Mirador (Sarah Monette)

Hunt the Stars (Jessie Mihalik)

Aurora Blazing (Jessie Mihalik)

Have His Carcase (Dorothy Sayers)

Desdemona and the Deep (CSE Cooney)

Immunity Index (Sue Burke)

Luck in the Shadows (Lynn Flewelling)

What Moves the Dead (T Kingfisher)

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (Foz Meadows)

Dragon Outcast (EE Knight)

Stalking Darkness (Lynn Flewelling)

Eclipse the Moon (Jessie Mihalik)

Lord of the White Hell Book One (Ginn Hale)