Review: Our Dark Stars by Audrey Grey & Krystal Wade

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Title: Our Dark Stars
Authors: Audrey Grey & Krystal Wade
Pages: 318
Publication Date: March 6, 2018
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

“While she sleeps, the whole universe changes.

Princess Talia Starchaser has it all. Wealth. Status. Adoring citizens. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she’s forced to publicly betray her best friend, a companion mock she’s had since birth, setting events into motion that lead to the destruction of the humans, and the princess floating through space, a remnant of a time when humans ruled over droids.

One hundred years later, half-mock captain Will Perrault and his ragtag crew discover a device floating in space. When a very human Talia emerges from its depths, Will suspects she’s the key to buying his way back into the regiment he once commanded against the last remaining rebel humans—and the ruling mock queen’s good graces.

Both Talia and Will would rather get space-tossed than trust one another, but with the queen’s forces chasing them across the galaxy and the fate of both worlds hanging in the balance, they’ll forge the unlikeliest of alliances to survive. ” (source)

I went into this one hoping that I’d get something as amazing as some of the other YA sci-fi that I’ve read, it didn’t quite hit the mark for me but it was still an enjoyable read.

This was a fast paced and well written book that really focused on the characters and how they were trying to find their place in the universe. I liked that it was obviously a sci-fi novel but we weren’t thrown in the deep end with information, there’s definitely enough info to vividly picture the world without it being overwhelming. And I did really like the world, all the different planets with different resources and climates were fun to read about! I also loved the way that space itself was described, it had a magical feeling to it for me. The characters were also fairly well rounded, I feel like I got to know them pretty well and although I’d definitely like to know more about some of them I’m happy with what I got.

I think one of the main issues with this book was that it probably could have been a series, or even just a longer book. I think that some of the issues could have been expanded and talked about more, the way it was done wasn’t bad, I just wanted a bit more. I also found a lot of the plot lines in here to be very predictable, which isn’t usually something that bothers me, but it was just a bit too obvious how things would go at times. I also found that the ending felt really rushed. There was so much happening throughout the book and there was so much at stake that I just thought it was odd how quickly and easily it all wrapped up.

Overall I did really enjoy this book, it was a fast paced sci-fi novel that kept me interested. I’d say check it out if you’re looking for a quick and easy read, but maybe not if you don’t like predictable YA books with not fully developed characters. I would definitely read more by these authors though, especially if there was more to come in this series.