Author: Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Genre: YA/Science Fiction
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
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A very enjoyable read. It didn't have me glued to the page which is why I didn't give it five stars, but it was solid. There was also the teeny tiny over use of the phrase, "he/she couldn't help but wonder," which annoyed the crap out of me. That is a really a really stupid reason to feel annoyed with a book, but I couldn't stop thinking about Carrie Bradshaw and her Sex in the City voice-over narration every time it came up.
Okay...back to the book.
Lilac and Tarver the only survivors of the Icarus after a crash landing on an uninhabited, alien planet. There was a good amount of set up before the crash, which I appreciated because otherwise there was NO way I was buying Lilac not ever even being able to talk to men because her psycho father kept sending them into active war zones if she did. I had to keep reminding myself that this is supposed to be an alternate reality where the social classes are experiencing a truly ridiculous divide-- think French Revolution type differences. Serious problems in this reality. So, we've got a snooty little rich girl and a rags to riches war hero and of course...they fall in love.
I love a good survival/love story. There's the constant tension of keeping themselves alive coupled with a good reason to spend most of the book in each others' company. Lilac is a pain in the a** at the beginning of the book, but soon develops into a fighter. Tarver is the tough, survivor-type, but he gets a chance a role reversal when Lilac has to take care of him.
This book is told in alternating points of view, there are two authors, so the POVs are distinct and believable. There's also some world building, it's not spectacular but it is passable. There definitely could have been more information and building around the different social classes since that was the real conflict for our couple being together.
The best bit is when the reader is unsure what is happening with the life (or lack of life) on the planet. It gets a little creepy, nothing like visions and hearing voices to add a little intrigue.
The pull for this book is really how the characters grow and change and become good for each other and it doesn't hurt that it has a HEA.
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