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Star Bringer by Tracy Wolff, Nina CroftPublished by Red Tower Books on July 11, 2023
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Science Fiction
Pages: 608
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
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Firefly meets The Breakfast Club in this snarky, new adult romance.
The sun is dying...and it’s happening way too damn fast.
With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets’ only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artifact it’s carrying. Which is why it really sucks when some jackass doesn’t want the universe saved and blows that station up—while you’re still on it.
So if your only choices are flaming death or stealing a flying hunk of space junk—you pick that busted-ass spaceship. Even if it leaves seven strangers with deadly secrets trapped together: a princess, a prisoner, a con artist, a warrior, a priestess, a mercenary, and an asshole in charge of us all.
Now every faction in the galaxy is hunting this ship—from the Sisterhood to the Corporation, and the rebellion’s joining in on the fun, too. We just need to stop drinking, fighting, and screwing long enough to evade them all and save the freaking universe...somehow.
Because apparently the only thing standing between a dying sun and ultimate salvation is seven unlikely misfits...ahem, heroes.
This was fantastic! It didn’t take me too long to fall for this rag-tag group of characters at the heart of this story. There were some pretty big surprises worked into the story and I found the book almost impossible to set aside once I reached the final 30%. I am so glad that I decided to pick up this entertaining and exciting story.
After a catastrophe aboard a space station, this group of characters finds themselves on a very interesting spaceship fleeing for their safety. I loved just how different the characters were from each other and how they were eventually able to learn to work together and depend on one another. You couldn’t have hand-picked a group of people as diverse as this group so there were times when their personalities clashed but that was to be expected. The story is told from the point of view of various crew members so it was really easy to get to know each of these characters and find out what they are really thinking.
This story takes place in a world with a dying sun aboard a spaceship with a bit of an attitude. I thought that the world-building was incredibly well done and I loved discovering all the elements of the world along with some of the more sheltered characters. There was plenty of excitement to go around and not just one, but two, romances that kept things very interesting.
I would highly recommend this book to others! I found this book to be incredibly entertaining and loved the journey that I was able to take with a delightful group of characters. It is my understanding that this is the first book in a planned trilogy and I cannot wait to see what is in store in the next installment!
I received a digital review copy of this book from Red Tower Books.
OOoh nice! I’ll admit I was hesitant to add this one to my TBR list as space books are hit or miss for me. But it’s Tracy Wolff and I loved her Crave series (and other older books too!)! I might have to add this to my pile sooner rather than later! Great review!
Hadn’t seen this one before and I do love my sci-fi. Thanks for putting it on my radar, Carole!
Excellent! I’ll have to track this down because scifi is my friend.
This sounds really good! Especially with some potential character growth from the more pampered characters. I’ll look into this one!
It sounds exciting! I love when I cant stop reading
Firefly meets The Breakfast Club? Way to pique my curiosity! I’m glad it worked amazingly well for you, Carole 😀
I’m glad it was so good, when you really like the characters it makes the book more enjoyable.
Rag-tag characters thrown together in a life-or-death situation like this one can be so fun. And I am trying to read more science fiction this year. This is going on my list. 😀
Oh it looks great!
This does sound fun and I do love a rag tag group of characters!
This sounds like something I need to dive into. I’ve wanted to try this author but her previous series didn’t really appeal to me.
I saw this book on a Facebook group and now it’s on my list. Hopefully I can read it soon. Glad you liked it so much.