Alien: Echo - Mira Grant

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Title: Alien: Echo
Author: Mira Grant
Genre: Sci-fi, Horror
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook ~8hrs
Date read: October, 2020

Olivia and her twin sister Viola have been dragged around the universe for as long as they can remember. Their parents, both xenobiologists, are always in high demand for their research into obscure alien biology.Just settled on a new colony world, they discover an alien threat unlike anything they’ve ever seen. And suddenly the sisters’ world is ripped apart.

On the run from terrifying aliens, Olivia’s knowledge of xenobiology and determination to protect her sister are her only weapons as the colony collapses into chaos. But then a shocking family secret bursts open—one that’s as horrifying to Olivia as the aliens surrounding them.

The creatures infiltrate the rich wildlife on this virgin colony world—and quickly start adapting. Olivia’s going to have to adapt, too, if she’s going to survive...


Just as well-written as all of Mira Grant's books. I never really got into the Alien franchise (only saw the first two movies a couple of years ago), but will read pretty much anything Mira Grant writes, regardless of the subject matter ;-) And you don't really need any more introduction to the Alien universe than just one movie (to give you a frame of reference of how they look) to understand the book, as it's nicely self-contained.

It threw some interesting twists at me, but as a whole, ended up exactly as you would have expected it to.