I must read it to find out!Ĥ) I think I read the wrong book. Is it even possible? Could I be completely wrong? I mean, Beth Revis's Across the Universe was all pink and twinkly and romance-like and I enjoyed that book. Reviews from some of my most trusty friends appeared and they LOVED this book. It seems as though I was very wrong to judge this book by its cover. I wrote a review about that.ģ) The reviews start rolling in. I mean, the description was promising hardcore dystopian fiction! It wouldn't lie to me, would it? Weeellll. I remember how I told myself it would be fine. I'm dystopian, I swear! I'm big, I'm bad and. I remember the first hardback edition of Shatter Me. Not that I don't like the cover, I love myself some glitter and pretty dresses as much as the next magpie, but you can probably guess why my hopes started to crumble. There's an extra layer of possibility to the fantasy that makes you wonder if it could be true because there are so many unexplored corners where our science fiction tales could very well be fact.Ģ) The cover reveal. I've enjoyed everything from Revis's Across the Universe series to Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey. I don't know about you but I love space stories and the vast arena of possibility which they open.

A setting in space, a story of survival and a couple of horny teenagers? Sounds like it could be a wild ride. We are promised science fiction and space and 'a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain'. but the attraction is lost on me.ġ) The description appears on goodreads. Just a quick scroll down the GR page and I can see all my friends' ratings of five or four stars. Let me break down my thought process on this book from the very first time I noticed it on goodreads because somewhere along the way something went really really wrong. But they won’t be the same people who landed on it. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder-would they be better off staying here forever?Įverything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. 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.

Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive.

Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. It's a night like any other on board the Icarus.

These broken stars by amie kaufman