Toxic by Lydia Kang is a young adult standalone romantic science fiction fantasy read that has maybe just a touch of horror to it too. When finished with this one it was one of those wow, I didn’t expect THAT moments, but in a good way of course.Seventeen year old Hana awakens aboard the sentient ship, Cyclo, wondering what happened to her mother. You see Hana has been hidden from the rest of the crew aboard Cyclo her whole life and after a week her mother has not checked in on her. Cyclo inform...

A fast-paced action-packed, romantic, sci-fi adventure that grabs hold of you and does not let go. Characters:HanaFennCycloPortiaGammandMikiFenn & HannaTheir relationship moved pretty quick, but considering they're in a life or death situation I suppose that's to be expected. And honestly, despite that, I genuinely adored them. I received an ARC copy via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Huge thank you to Entangled Teen Publishing! *Review to Come*

I found Toxic to be a really unique experience: a mish-mash of multiple genres that when put together for me just flowed.I would describe this if I had to clarify as a Romantic sci-fi YA with elements of horror.Set in space on an organic ship it was the original premise put forward here that initially intrigued and drew me in.A young girl that shouldn't exist: hidden for years in plain sight aboard a living ship: then later abandoned by her caretaker with only her closest companion Cyclo, left a...

When you read the blurb for Toxic, you immediately recognise the power and potential of the story. And I think it's safe to say that it delivered on all accounts. "I slumber next to a boy who first saw me as an impediment, who taught me how to fall in love in low gravity." I didn't think I could feel as much for a sentient spaceship as much as I did for Illuminae's AIDAN, but Cyclo came very close. Without giving too much away - because the truth is far too much fun to discover on your own - m...

Toxic reminds me of a cross between The 100 and Passengers. It's a survival story which belongs in the horror genre. It's also a romance read. It's fast-paced and written well. I'm not really a fan of horror and that's probably why I didn't like this more. For the right reader, you will love this, I'm just not that girl. Hana is a secret. Her mother and the ship have kept her a secret for seventeen years. She lives in her mother's shop quarters and Cyclo (the ship's intelligence) attends to her

You can find the full review and all the fancy and/or randomness that accompanies it at It Starts at Midnight I have read a few books about sentient spaceships, and my favorite thing about this is that it seemed like a fresh take on sentient ships. Our girl Hana wakes up to find that she's all alone. Her mom, and everyone else on the ship she lived on, are gone. Only, Hana has never been out of her family's quarters before, because oopsie, she's a secret. Enter Fenn and his crew, who have taken

4 starsOne of the most notable things about Toxic was how readable and gripping it was. I started it (unwisely) on a school night, hoping to read a few chapters before setting it down and going to bed, but I ended up binging the majority of this book very late at night when I definitely should have been sleeping.I was just hooked, for a lack of a better word. Not only was I absorbed in the entire concept (sentient, live spaceships), but the book was just paced really well and grabbed me from the...

"Toxic" is a creative YA sci-fi that primarily takes place on the ship, Cyclo. Cyclo is actually a living organism which is designed to work like a machine. However, Cyclo is dying, and things are changing. Hana was born on Cyclo and has only known the ship. Her mother, Dr. Um, is the ship's geneticist, creating the embryos which will replace crew members as they die of old age, designed to fill a specific role. Dr. Um created Hana in secret and has been working with Cyclo to keep her hidden. Cr...

The ending of Toxic was more gripping than the beginning, but the story didn’t manage to really suck me in.Toxic is a YA science fiction novel following two teens aboard the dying biological space-habitat Cyclo. Hana was created in secret by her mother in violation of the community population laws and has never been outside her room or interacted with anyone besides her mother and Cyclo. Then, she wakes up and finds the ship deserted. Fennec is a member of a science expedition made up of crimina...

Cyclo, the first and largest biological ship of its kind, is dying. A small crew of mercenaries have handed over the rights to their life to document the death of the ship, but the abandoned ship is anything but abandoned―one girl has been left behind. This is kind of a sci-fi, horror, romance mashup. There were some things about it that I really liked, like the whole organic living spaceship thing, and the mysterious girl that was left behind when the crew evacuated. But then there were things

Hannah has been asleep for an entire week on the Cyclo’s matrix. When she wakes, Hannah realizes her mother is gone and she is all alone on a deserted ship. No one on the ship besides her mother and Cyclo even knew of Hannah’s existence. She was never allowed to leave her room on Cyclo and the only human contact Hannah has had for the past seventeen years has been with her mother. Hannah’s mom was the ship’s reproductive engineer and if the leaders ever found out that she created Hannah both of

I marked it DNF because I skipped all over the place. I love science fiction. Seriously...love it. But I wasn’t feeling this book. The “teenagers” were too self aware for my taste. “Am I acting human enough, oh wait I am human. Or am I?” It was a little too pretentious for me. This is clearly a “it’s me, not you” moment. I tried for two weeks. 🤷🏻‍♀️

3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum https://bibliosanctum.com/2018/11/25/...When it comes to science fiction, there are few things more irresistible to me than a story about killer robots or rogue AI. This is the premise behind Toxic, a young adult space adventure set aboard Cyclo, a massive state-of-the-art live ship that’s the first of its kind. But of course, being an actual biological construct, Cyclo isn’t your typical sentient ship. Like anything alive, it also experiences senescence, and

Ranconi and Vikas Adam! What could go wrong? Yes I only chose this book cos f them.Poor Hana, she spent 17 years in one room. Hidden from everyone. Because if they found out she would have been killed. Only those meant to be born are born, and she was not meant to. But she has her life in her room, she learns things, she speaks with the ship. She hopes to one day come out and see the world.I get that her mother wanted to keep her safe, but it was so very selfish. Wanting a child. Keeping that ch...

2.75⭐️She wasn’t supposed to exist so when they left her on the ship they left for dead. His team wasn’t supposed to be on the ship but it was supposed to be abandoned. There starts a romance and basically thats all that happens after that. They start to fall in love and blah blah. I liked the beginning and the writig style but I wanted more drama and more about cylo

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At its heart, this is a story about redemption and forgiveness. It tackles a number of themes that are rarely discussed within YA. The middle part drags on a little bit, but the story really picks up towards the end. I have a lot of thoughts. Full review to follow.

How many time can I say I love Science Fiction? LOL. This book was light fast paced read about a girl who was only starting to live in a dying world. Unlike a lot of heroines in other YA books where it's already book 3 and they are still whining, I loved how fast Hana learned who she was, what her purpose was, and how brave she can look death in the face.I loved the description of the ship Cyclo and the humanoids that came with Fenn on that one way mission to gather data. Didn't think I'd like t...

Once again I want to state these opinions are my own, and I want to thank Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for allowing me to read Toxic by Lydia Kang. Toxic would not be possible without the creative thoughts of Kang.I had really high hopes for this book, but they fell very short in the first hundred pages. The idea Kang had for this novel is very cleaver, but it was poorly executed. First off, I really don't like Hana; she is needy and weird. I couldn't find a connection to her or the other