Be careful what you wish for…
Lyra has always been ahead of the curve. Top of her class in school, a budding astronomer, and with a best friend like Darren she barely has time to miss the mother who abandoned her family years ago. She's too busy planning to follow in her father's footsteps, and to become the youngest astronomer at Space Exploration and Discovery.
When a star goes missing Lyra is determined to get to the bottom of it only to discover her braniac dad is the mastermind of a top-secret government experiment. They promise to build a perfect world, one galaxy at a time, but with every tweak of the present, a bit more of the future starts to crumble.
Lyra has to go undercover to reveal the truth and let humanity decide if the consequences are worth more than wishing on a star.
My Review:
So I really enjoyed this book! Only a few snags. Like the length. It was pretty short, and it was just over in a blink! And then with the cliffhanger, and the excerpt of the 2nd book-but there's no news as to if there's a 2nd book, so yeah, we might have to live with that cliffhanger forever! Yeah.
First off, the entire concept of the Cricket Project, to use science and astronomy, to convert a star, into a wish, that could actually be used? That's pretty cool. And it was science governing that, not magic. But then there's the whole moral of it-especially when the project is limited in people knowing about it, and being able to use it.
Lyra is really smart. Like, really, really smart. But in only really in the brain intelligence area, she doesn't have a lot of social cues, which makes for some awkward moments, but as true to actually High School, there wasn't actually any bullying, just a shrug off on both sides of the equation! Though sometimes she didn't make the best of decisions!
Then the ending! It's a pretty high cliff, and like I said, right now, it's a stand alone book, but there is that potential of a sequel, but we don't have that confirmed yet. Which really sucks because I want to know what's going to happen next!
Really enjoyed this book, it was really entertaining, and yeah, I hope we get a sequel!
Author: Kelley Lynn
Read: November 17th, 2014
Source: YA Bound Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC Book
Publisher: Bloomsbury Spark
Expected Publication: November 24th 2014
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Eventually the day came when the voices in Kelley Lynn’s head were more insistent then her engineering professor’s. So instead of turning to her Thermodynamics book, Kelley brought up a blank page on her computer screen and wrote. Somewhere along the way she became a Young Adult author.
Kelley was born and raised a Midwestern girl. She’s not afraid to sweat and fills her free time with softball, soccer and volleyball. (Though you probably don’t want her on your volleyball team.) She occasionally makes guest appearances as a female vocalist for area bands. Music plays a large role in her writing process as well as the characters and plot lines within her stories.
You can find Kelley hanging out at her blog, titled in her name, as well as the group blog she shares with her fellow critique partners, Falling for Fiction. Kelley is a member of the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators.
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ReplyDeleteI know, right? So interesting!
DeleteThank you SO MUCH for taking the time to read and review my work! It means so much. I'm very glad you enjoyed it and don't worry, there will be a sequel :)
ReplyDeleteNo problem :) Thanks for writing it! And yeah! Sequels are great! I wants it!!! :D
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