Thursday, August 7, 2014

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

(4.5/5 stars)

It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. 

Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. 

Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder—would they be better off staying here forever?

Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won’t be the same people who landed on it.

A timeless love story, THESE BROKEN STARS sets into motion a sweeping science fiction series of companion novels. The Starbound Trilogy: Three worlds. Three love stories. One enemy.

This. This is the Sci-Fi book that I've been searching for for so long. 

What I liked: Let's start with the cover, shall we? This might be one of my favorite covers of all time. It's beautiful, regal, and perfectly captures the book. The premise is so Titanic-esque that my heart couldn't handle it. But add in the fact that it was Titanic-esque in space and that alone makes my heart stop. Dead. Perfect. I loved Lilac and Tarver- they had such different voices (something that's hard with two separate point of views) and had a nice spunk and attitude that made reading enjoyable. You root for these two to survive and be together. And did I mention the character acs because Hallelujah there was some amazing character development. That brings me to the romance. The relationship between Tarver and Lilac is so incredibly genuine. It's not immediate and its not circumstantial, but it feels like real love. The sci-fi aspects were exactly what I wanted. Abandoned planet, check. Hallucinations and weird alien-like creatures, check. Exploration of the crashed spaceship and dead bodies and whispers, check, check, check. 

What I didn't like: Now I have to start by saying that I don't read a lot of sci-fi. I'm still in the beginning stages of it, and what I do pick up tends to be dystopian which has its own set of rules. That being said, there were times when the story went a bit over my head and I found myself kind of confused. Nothing ridiculous where I couldn't follow the story, but it did pull me out of the moment. 

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