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A review by abbysbookwor1d
The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe
4.25
One of the most fascinating concepts I've ever come across.
📚 Disguised as Tarquin’s new bodyguard, Naira plans to destroy his ship before it lands. But neither of them expects to end up stranded on a dead planet. To survive and keep her secret, Naira will have to join forces with the man she’s sworn to hate. And together they will uncover a plot that’s bigger than both of them.
✨ Review ✨
This is a action-packed character driven sci-fi with a tense, mysterious atmosphere.
I absolutely loved this, the science of it was so interesting. In this world everyones neutral mapis backed up and they can reprint themselves into new bodies. Leading to humans living extremely long lives.This also makes death a really interesting concept as what they experience in their old body can have devastating effects on their new body. I would have liked more history behind how humans became this but either way this had me gripped.
There is a creepy horror element that I absolutely adored in this. At one point I had genuine goosebumps like it creeped me. The s cond half is less creepy which was a little disappointing because I was really enjoying it. Which brings me onto the prose which was stunning the imaginary and foreboding she creates in her writing was fantastic.
I loved the characters. They are perfectly flawed, and there development and growth is fantastic. I also loved the side characters. It's hard to talk about characters without spoilers because part of the mystery is figuring out who people are. But I loved the dymanics between characters and how they bounced off one another.
The one thing that didn't work for me was the romance and it's not that it's a bad romance. For me it was just the least interesting part of story and it's like 40% romance. It's has a strong romantic subplot and whenever it was at the forefront I found myself just wanting to get back to everything else.
I can't wait to pick up the next book in the series. Lama was right!!!
📚 Disguised as Tarquin’s new bodyguard, Naira plans to destroy his ship before it lands. But neither of them expects to end up stranded on a dead planet. To survive and keep her secret, Naira will have to join forces with the man she’s sworn to hate. And together they will uncover a plot that’s bigger than both of them.
✨ Review ✨
This is a action-packed character driven sci-fi with a tense, mysterious atmosphere.
I absolutely loved this, the science of it was so interesting. In this world everyones neutral mapis backed up and they can reprint themselves into new bodies. Leading to humans living extremely long lives.This also makes death a really interesting concept as what they experience in their old body can have devastating effects on their new body. I would have liked more history behind how humans became this but either way this had me gripped.
There is a creepy horror element that I absolutely adored in this. At one point I had genuine goosebumps like it creeped me. The s cond half is less creepy which was a little disappointing because I was really enjoying it. Which brings me onto the prose which was stunning the imaginary and foreboding she creates in her writing was fantastic.
I loved the characters. They are perfectly flawed, and there development and growth is fantastic. I also loved the side characters. It's hard to talk about characters without spoilers because part of the mystery is figuring out who people are. But I loved the dymanics between characters and how they bounced off one another.
The one thing that didn't work for me was the romance and it's not that it's a bad romance. For me it was just the least interesting part of story and it's like 40% romance. It's has a strong romantic subplot and whenever it was at the forefront I found myself just wanting to get back to everything else.
I can't wait to pick up the next book in the series. Lama was right!!!