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Average rating3.6
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. The first in a sweeping science fiction trilogy, These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds.
Series
3 primary books4 released booksStarbound is a 4-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner.
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I really enjoyed this book. Tarver and Lilac are adorable together. I loved watching them grow as individuals and as a couple throughout the book. And that ending was crazy, I'm still not 100% sure I understand what exactly happened and how everything worked out. I'm also not sure the next book is going to explain everything since it is a companion novel, but I guess I'll have to wait and see.
This was mind-numbing 😪 no conclusive plot and a lot of left and right. At least, I didn't end up hating the characters.
More like a 3.7. It was going so good, but went downhill a little past halfway into it.
Haha, 2015 Emi is such a liar. Ignore everything she said above. She was fresh out of reading Harry Potter and so obviously her views of literature were scewed.
Luckily, we have 2018 Emi here and she is happy to tell you that These Broken Stars is amazing and cheesy and everything she loves in a book. And that ending is weird AF but A+++.
She just really loves this series, okay?
update:
2020 Emi here just dropping by to say that this book is even better than I remembered it being. 10/10. would recommend.