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.
My Review:
Oh, wow, I really enjoyed reading this book! It was so captivating, from this whole world of mocks and the technology, as well as having left Earth to colonize these new planets. And then, there was the whole, she doesn't know that 100 years have past, thing, and wondering when she was going to find out!
I loved how this story was told, we had Will, whose situation is pretty bad, and then we go back 100 years to Talia and her 18th birthday, going back and forth until the events that led Talia to be in the pod that Will discovers. And then back and forth between the two in the present, yeah, it was great storytelling!
On one hand, the way that humans treated mocks was really terrible. On the other, the mocks, once they had the power, dished it right back to the humans. So both sides did wrong, and hopefully they'll both work together in the future, like Talia and the gang did!
I kinda guessed that Ailat was the Queen. It just made sense, given what happened in the past. She had the knowledge of how to rule, and had the emotions to fuel actually winning and to then rule. I wish Talia could've broken through to the girl she knew, but alas!
This book was really incredible, and I can't wait for the sequel! For some reason, I feel like the prince dude she was supposed to marry will have a big part, dead or alive! Can't wait!
Authors: Audrey Grey & Krystal Wade
Series: Untitled #1
Read: March 9th, 2018
Source: Good Choice Reading Promotions Review Copy Review
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2018 Book!
Publisher: Blaze Publishing, LLC
Published: March 6th 2018
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Hi! I’m an award winning and USA Today bestselling author of several books, including the Moonbeam Children's Award bronze finalist, SHADOW FALL. I live in the charming state of Oklahoma with my crew: one husband, two little people, four mischievous dogs, and one poor cat. You can usually find me hiding out in my office from said crew, surrounded by books and sipping kombucha while dreaming up wondrous worlds for my characters to live in.
In between the chaos—What's for dinner? Stop pinching your sister! Homework! Dishes!— and my writing, I make time for various projects. An admitted paintaholic, I've painted, sprayed or transformed nearly every piece of my house at least once. I even painted my husband's beloved fabric chair. Oops!
I thrive on creation: starting from an idea, a blank canvas, or perhaps an outdated room, and using my imagination to create something new and emotionally engaging that’s all my own. But stories have always been my first love. Weaving together complex worlds full of flawed, conflicted characters allows me to express myself in a way I could never do otherwise.
I started creating stories during the sweltering Oklahoma summers spent laboring in my father's wheat fields. Alone and bored, I dreamed up wild fables of vampires (the Anne Rice kind), cave men, and love-torn ghosts. By college my tales had grown more persistent, and I started to actually write them down.
Now, fiction is my life, and I look forward to sharing my characters and their stories with all of you.
I’m happily married to the love of my life (don’t gag) and raising three beautiful children in the gorgeous state of Virginia. We live just outside Washington, D.C., and every day I wake up to find myself stuck in traffic trying to get there.
The horrid commute gives me plenty of time to zone out and think about my characters in full, brilliant details (I’m a safe driver; don't worry). Stories give me a way to forget about the sometimes smelly strangers sitting next to me on the fifty mile trek into town (I pick up hitchhikers every day. True story. Check out www.slug-lines.com if you don't believe me).
I've been a part of organized hitchhiking for nearly fifteen years, but that’s just one small aspect of my oh-so-large life. When I’m not working, commuting, or chasing after my three children (four if you count the man), you can usually find me outside talking to my chickens like they're the cutest things in the world (they are), or training my amazing dogs how to herd said chickens (which they love), or curled up on the sofa with a good book (why can’t that be 100% of the time?).
I hope you love my stories (or just like them a little; that would be okay, too). And I hope that one day you find your passion, because there’s nothing in life better than doing what you love while surrounded by people you love.
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