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|title=These Broken Stars
|author=Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
|publisher=Hyperion
|date=January 2014
|website=http://thesebrokenstars.com
|summary=A great romance story with some interesting extra sci-fi and horror layers that made it a compulsive page turner. A really enjoyable read.
|cover=1423171020
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Lilac is the untouchable LaRoux princess, daughter of the richest man in the Universe. Tarver is a decorated war hero, allowed to mingle outside his social circles because the upper classes love to celebrate his heroism. After chance meeting aboard the Icarus - the most luxurious ship space travel has to offer - neither Lilac nor Tarver can deny the attraction blossoming. But Tarver knows he isn't good enough for Lilac, and Lilac knows that her father has very strong ideals about who she spends time with. It's over before it's even begun.
I'm a sucker for opposites-attract romance, but this book was much more than that. It had some almost horror elements - the voices that Lilac begins to hear are really creepy, making it an unnerving read at times. It never quite strays into full on horror territory, keeping the scares very PG, but it's an extra dimension that really adds pace and makes the story more compulsive.
There were also some great sci-fi concepts, from the Icarus itself, to the ideas about terraforming and folding dimensions. I'm not a PhD level physicist, but it all sounded very authentic and convincing, without being distractingly difficult to understand.
Overall, a great romance story with some interesting extra sci-fi and horror layers that made it a compulsive page -turner. A really enjoyable read.
My thanks for to the publishers for sending a copy. We also have a review of [[This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner]].
Bookbag has also recently read [[Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard]], another thought -provoking teen novel with sci-fi themes.
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