[Review] Star Trek: Starfleet Academy The Delta Anomaly

During the 2010s, is when I got into Star Trek, and it was in part due to the Kelvin Timeline films. I enjoy Spuhura, and naturally, I wanted to read about the build-up to their relationship because in the films they're already together as a couple. Ultimately, this ended up leading me to get the first novel of the Starfleet Academy series set in the Kelvin Timeline.

The plot of the novel is a serial killer from long ago has returned, and the main heroes of the story get caught in his crosshairs; essentially the novel is a murder mystery.

+Positives

The initial premise of the novel was interesting, it hooks you in.
Uhura getting to showcase her xenolinguistics prowess.
Getting to see more of the main casts' time at the academy.

-Negatives

Uhura gets sidelined about halfway through the book which was disappointing.
The resolution towards the end of the novel wasn't satisfying.
Sometimes the multi-point-of-view switching was annoying.

Overall, I found the novel decent but it could have been better. At first, I was going to get the rest of the three novels of this series. However, I have lost interest in doing so because I don't want to slug through parts that will be a chore or don't interest me as much. Plus I've read some of the comics and fanfics which have done things better.

I can't say that I would proudly recommend this book. However, if you're a completionist and want to read every novel out there that has been released for the Kelvin Timeline then you'll probably want to add this one to your collection.

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