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Book Review: These Broken Stars (The Starbound Trilogy #1) by Amie Kauffman and Meagan Spooner

Publication date: December 10th 2013
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Format: eArc
Source: Publisher via Edelweiss
Pages: 384
Rating: 5/5 STARS
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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.

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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. 

My Thoughts


These Broken Stars definitely tops my list of favourite books this year. And considering i read this in July and it didn’t come out till December, I am kicking myself because now I have to wait even longer for the second book. And let me just say, These Broken Stars was absolutely phenomenal.

The writing was absolutely beautiful and incredibly descriptive of the desolate and foreign planet Tarver and Lilac land on when they crash. As the sole survivors of the starship Icarus crash, that took down fifty thousand people, there isn’t much to keep going for. Tarver, a soldier, and Lilac, the heiress to the wealthiest company in the galaxy do not seem like they would work well together. And for a while, they really don’t. But the character progression as they learn to rely on each other and trust each other more as they go through some pretty traumatizing stuff was so perfect.
The slow burn of the romance was my absolute favourite part of this book. Right away Tarver and Lilac are attracted to each other but circumstances push them apart. The middle part of the book is mostly just trekking through the planet in order to get to the crash site of the Icarus but it really gives the two the time to learn more about each other and for that slow burning romance to keep getting hotter. Once they got past all of their issues, it was SO cute! The sweet and intimate moment’s between them were so adorable! It doesn’t hurt the Tarver is a super sexy soldier. I loved Lilac too. She really proved herself throughout the book to be a really tough chick, despite a rocky start as pretty high maintenance.
The end was a bit confusing but I won’t say why because it would give a lot away. It didn’t ruin the book for me or anything though. All in all, These Broken Stars was an incredibly swoony and romantic book, all tied up in an adventure story in space.

  
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