Welcome
back book lovers for another fun review.
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over. Today I want to share with you my
thoughts on These Broken Stars by
Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. I read
this book a couple months back and have been wanting to do a review and now is
the time. First, I have to point out why
I was first pulled to it, the beautiful cover.
Look at it. Night sky with stars
and this fetching image and a billowy dress.
I wanted to know more about such a pretty cover. Then I heard Sasha (abookutopia) rave about
it on Booktube and knew I had to have it on my shelf and in my life. Book two in the series is already out (review
coming soon) with another amazing cover and best news I recently saw the cover
for book three which I assume is coming out soon, and it keeps to the theme
meaning all my covers will match! I just
love it when I can finish a series and have the same cover design. Moving on.
These Broken Stars, book one in The Starbound Trilogy , focuses on two
characters; one is Lilac LaRoux, the daughter of the richest man in the
universe. Yes, universe because this
book takes place in space and other planets.
Our other character is Tarver Merendsen, a war hero who is pretty
cynical about the way the system is set up.
They seem like complete opposites but they meet on the luxury spaceliner
Icarus and are bound together when the spaceliner falls from hyperspace and
begins to break apart. They are the lone
survivors, landing on an unknown planet without much in their favor. They are stuck together as they search for
help or a way off the planet, but things are not what they seem as the planet
holds secrets that will push both Lilac and Tarver.
The
bulk of the story takes place with only our two characters around but the
planet itself is like it's own character.
Lilac isn't what you expect, she's different than the media portrays
her, the perfect princess who does nothing but enjoy daddy's money. She has a brain and thoughts of her own. Best of all, she has a legit reason behind
her actions, something the reader can understand. Tarver has his own issues and struggles to
deal with. A war hero who is being
paraded around like a performing monkey able to look at the fancy life but not
good enough to really be more than a pet in it.
Watching as these two very different and yet similar characters struggle
with their surroundings kept me turning the page as did the changing POV that
let me see how one reacted to something the other did and seeing how each perceived
the other and how perceptions morphed as the story progressed.
The
last quarter of the book completely caught me off guard and was a tad bit
confusing at first, and I wasn't sure how I felt about it, but after reflecting on it I was okay with
it. There was also so things that occur
that went against the past character development that I had a small issue
with. There were some 'conveniences'
here and there that seemed a bit on the nose but otherwise I really enjoyed the
book. It was more about the journey and
character growth and development, and you know how I love my characters. It left me satisfied but still wanting more
and made me with up book two, This
Shattered World. Overall I gave this
book 4 stars.
Rating: 4
Stars
Have
you already read this title? Planning
to? Comments are love, share some
below. Until next time.
I just changed my mind. I was thinking I would get this on my kindle, but I think based on your review that I must get this in hardback. The story sounds amazing and I cannot wait to read it so we can discuss. Awesome job on the review!
ReplyDeleteHaha it's a good read in either format but yes the hardback is beautiful! I look forward to that discussion.
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