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Review: The Stars We Steal

The Stars We StealThe Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This exciting and lovely YA romance/fantasy novel is a retelling of Jane Austin’s Persuasion. The story takes place in space on several ships where the human survivors have taken refuge after the Earth experienced another ice age. They have been in space for over 170 years and in order to avoid inbreeding, the Scandinavian ship hosts a Valg season every five years. Young affluent people come from all ships to meet and hopefully find their future spouse. Princess Leonie Kolburg finds herself forced to participate in, what she thinks, this masquerade despite her attempt to find her own way our of the financial difficulties her family is in. She has invented a way to purify the water that could benefit the entire fleet. But she faces many obstacles to register her patent and time is running out. To add to her ordeals, her ex-fiancé has resurfaced, and she still has feelings for him. Nothing works as planned and Leo will face many dangers that will come in several forms. She will discover that blood family is not always on your side, and that friendships can open doors in surprising ways.

Wonderfully written and entertaining, this book will please any fans of fantasy novels mixed with a love story.

🙋🏼‍♀️ Thanks to RainCoast Books and HMH Teen for sending me an ARC of this exciting novel. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗹 by Alexa Donne will be available at your favourite bookstore on February 4, 2020.


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