Book Blurb:
Stars and Bloodline comes a thrilling sci-fi adventure that Kass Morgan, bestselling author of The 100 series, calls "startlingly original and achingly romantic...nothing short of masterful."
She's a soldier -- Noemi Vidal is willing to risk anything to protect her planet, Genesis, including her own life. To their enemies on Earth, she's a rebel.
He's a machine -- Abandoned in space for years, utterly alone, Abel's advanced programming has begun to evolve. He wants only to protect his creator, and to be free. To the people of Genesis, he's an abomination.
Noemi and Abel are enemies in an interstellar war, forced by chance to work together as they embark on a daring journey through the stars. Their efforts would end the fighting for good, but they're not without sacrifice. The stakes are even higher than either of them first realized, and the more time they spend together, the more they're forced to question everything they'd been taught was true.
An epic and romantic adventure, perfect for fans of The Lunar Chronicles and Illuminae.
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My Review:
4 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Another-World, Space, Suspense, Teen--
In a distant time, war has been ongoing between Earth and other planets for freedom and survival among the stars. Soldier Noemi wants nothing more but to help her people of Genesis to be safe, even if that would costs her life. When she finds an abandoned ship while out on a mission, what is inside the ship may just be her answer. Abel has been trapped in the ship for the last 30 years, forgotten and alone, never did he expect his enemy to be his rescuer- or his new commander. What started as a scary accident may be just what the two regions need to stop the war.
I will admit that I had a very rough start with Defy the Stars, the beginning was somehow not engaging enough for me, including being incredibly emotional with characters I did not know in a world/setting I could not understand. To say the least, I was in over my head but I kept powering through. And I am ever so glad that I chose to keep reading (as if stopping is an option for me when I never give up on a book)! I was really surprised to see that Claudia was writing a sci-fy series when all her other books I would consider as fantasy (minus her Star Wars books), but she pulled this off spectacularly!
The story was dual narrated, alternating at chapters between Noemi and Abel. Noemi was a lost girl who just wanted to do the right thing, but was always struggling to know what was the right thing. She was a very good person, regardless of what she thought of herself. And then there was Abel, who was hands down my favorite part of the book, and not quite a person. He was a mech (aka android), an advanced prototype the only one of his kind. I loved watching him learn about his emotions and actions, and his random talk about sex and prostitution filled me with glee. He could be best described as an oddball, and I loved that about him.
Defy the Stars was the best example of an adventure filled, action packed science fiction story. Once the plot and the characters were set up, there was never a dull moment. There were all kinds of worlds, each with their own features, skills and populations and we got to visit so many of them in this story. And the cast of side characters the two main characters picked up along the way were the best bunch of quirky rebels a reader could ask for. Be it a violent terrorist, a doctor with a heart of gold to the super smart, very bored teenage hackers, I never knew what to expect next.
I really enjoyed this space adventure and I would love to see how the next book plays out! I just noticed that there will be at least three books in the series so I better get to reading. I can only imagine the trouble the crew will get into next.
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