It's not as good as the first, in my opinion, but it was still a great read. Starsight opens up the universe quite a bit compared to the first book. While I appreciate that I did miss some of the characters and dynamics from the first book. I also thought the flying scenes from the first book were better. In this, it felt more like a group of people playing a video game versus top gun style dog fighting. Still well done, but I preferred the vibe of Skyward. However, that's probably just my crazy aggressive human nature talking.