These Broken Stars Review

By Aimie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner







3 out of 5 Stars


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Summary:

"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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Buy, Borrow, or Ban?

I'd have to say borrow, although I did buy this book because of its gorgeous cover. (Also because my library doesn't have it, or else I wouldn't have spent 20 dollars on this thing) I mean seriously guys,  two beautiful people on a cover floating in space? I think, yes.

I mean, this cover!

But look at how huge her dress is, I mean, does anyone see that?!  How she was she able to trudge through the forest in that for almost half of the book, the world may never know.  But it's still really stunning. 

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What I liked:

-The growing feelings between Lilac and Tarver developed in a realistic, slow, way, growing as they became more comfortable around each other.

-Lilac's character changed a lot throughout the book.  She went from being a spoiled girl to a caring person who could fend for herself.  I liked her in the first part of the book, even though she was spoiled and a little bit naive to what was going on around her.  Other than that, I felt like I understood her.  She was only acting rude to Tarver because she cared about what would happen to him if her father found out about it.  In the middle part of the book, she was annoying, and wouldn't stop complaining about everything.  But at the end, Lilac fought for what she loved, and that shows how her character is strong and willing to put up a fight for the people she cared about.

-The world building was amazing!  I could picture every scene as colorfully and beautifully as the cover itself.  As I was reading, the planet felt eerie and suspenseful, as if something was going to jump out of the woods at any second.


What I didn't like:

-Tarver spent a large portion of the book describing Lilac's beauty.  I mean, come on, we know she's pretty. In fact, we see her on the cover.  But no, he just had to go on and on and on about it.  I mean, how shallow can you get?  Tarver spends a few pages describing how he avoided rich people and their fake personalities, fake beauty, and fake everything.  But of course he just somehow doesn't recognize Lilac LaRoux, who's pretty much the most famous girl in the universe.  Literally. The. Universe.

-Lilac's father.  He was just a horrible character.  No parent is ever like that, even if they are widowed.  From what I could tell, he treated Lilac as his - his possession - not as a daughter. 

-This story is basically a survival romance story.  There isn't really any premise or plot, because they crash land on the planet pretty much in the first 20 something pages. Which made it kind of boring. Yeah. It would've worked much better if this book was less than 300 pages, because, trust me, even that would've been more than enough to explain everything.  The only part of the book that has a decent plot-line would be the very beginning and end, although the end left me pretty confused.  


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So basically, this book was good, not great, just...good.  I pretty much died of boredom in the middle half of it, and it was hard to finish.  I don't really recommend it, but if you're looking for a story that has more romance than actual plot, go for it.

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Read, re-read, repeat?

It's definitely worth a read.  Not good enough to re-read and repeat, though.