Title: Colossus Rising (Torth Book 2)
Author: Abby Goldsmith
Genre: Young Adult; Fantasy; Sci-fi
Book Length: 381 pages; Novel
Format Read: Paperback
Year Published: January 2, 2024
Date Started: September 20, 2024
Date finished: October 20, 2024
This is book two of the Torth Series. The story continues with Thomas and friends’ escape from the Torth aliens. Thomas ends up locked up somewhere again but this time it was by his own choice. It was more like a hiding place to rethink his choices and to protect himself from hurting anyone with his powers. The story then focuses on Ariock and who he is. There’s interesting backstory to where he came from and who is father was. As the friends try to return to Earth, they couldn’t leave Thomas behind, so they found their way to him and helped him out of “hiding.” Thomas learns that the person he was with during this time was someone very powerful and could do a lot of damage with her powers. However, she didn’t want to leave her hiding so the group left her and made their journey home.
This story wasn’t as action packed as the first one, but it was still a good read. It felt like the story was preparing the reader for the next book in the series with all the back story and introduction to the new character. What I enjoyed most about this book was the friendship and learning more about Ariock. I found Ariock fascinating and liked his story, so I’m really glad this book focused more on him.
Who should read this book: If you enjoy a good series that could also be read individually, this one is excellent.
From My Corner of the Universe 
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