Star Bringer
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4.4 • 77 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Firefly meets The Breakfast Club in this snarky, new adult romance.
The sun is dying…and it’s happening way too damn fast.
With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets’ only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artifact it’s carrying. Which is why it really sucks when some jackass doesn’t want the universe saved and blows that station up—while you’re still on it.
So if your only choices are flaming death or stealing a flying hunk of space junk—you pick that busted-ass spaceship. Even if it leaves seven strangers with deadly secrets trapped together: a princess, a prisoner, a con artist, a warrior, a priestess, a mercenary, and an a*****e in charge of us all.
Now every faction in the galaxy is hunting this ship—from the Sisterhood to the Corporation, and the rebellion’s joining in on the fun, too. We just need to stop drinking, fighting, and screwing long enough to evade them all and save the freaking universe...somehow.
Because apparently the only thing standing between a dying sun and ultimate salvation is seven unlikely misfits…ahem, heroes.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A gang of misfits is the only hope for a solar system on the brink of destruction in this romantic sci-fi adventure. The sun of the heavily populated Nine Planets is dying, with billions of lives on the line. Meanwhile, an explosion at a secret space lab traps seven unlikely compatriots in an unruly starship—and they careen through space in an effort to reach the sun and repair it before their enemies catch up. Told through multiple first-person narrators, this boisterous tale is like a grown-up Breakfast Club in space. The fights, frustrations, and steamy romances that erupt between the well-drawn characters make for an exciting read that feels fun, intimate, and real.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Romance powerhouses Wolff (the CRAVE series) and Croft (the Dark Desires series) come together for a high-energy space opera replete with juicy interpersonal personal drama and budding love. A diplomatic tour of a research station dedicated to preventing the explosion of the Senestris System's sun ends with the whole structure imploding and a mismatched crew escaping together on a self-flying ship. Now "a princess, a priestess, a bodyguard, a prisoner, a con artist, a goofball," and the "self-appointed asshole in charge of them all" are trapped together. United by desperation in the face of numerous threats, the group develops close relationships: self-designated captain Ian becomes enthralled with Princess Kali, despite her naivete about the damage her family has done across many planets; and priestess Rain discovers first love with pilot, ex-rebel, and recent prisoner Beckett, whose use as an unwilling experimental subject has left her both scarred and angry. The setting is hastily sketched, the science is largely technobabble, and the intergalactic politics are unsubtle to the point of parody, but the fun is in the forced proximity of the colorful cast. The authors' relationship-building is so top-notch that it would be hard to leave this without a slew of new favorite characters. Readers will gobble this up.
Customer Reviews
A new FAV for a gal who doesn’t consider Sci Fi a fav genre
I was THRILLED to read this book because Tracy Wolff is one of the authors who wrote it. Sci fi is normally not my thing. So I went into this excited to read another adventure, but being a little nervous because again…space? Not my jam normally. Knowing how much I LOVE how Tracy writes characters especially, I figured I would enjoy it anyways. Even if I wasn’t a fan of the setting…surely I would love the characters right?
Far beyond my expectations for this book! Don’t love sci fi? Pick it up. Still. I beg you! Right away I was drawn to the characters that were being introduced. For all of the Crave fans out there I know you must be wondering…well…did you like anybody as much as the Katmere gang? Yup! It’s hard not fall head of heels for these misfits. I’ve cleared a spot on my shelf already for my physical preorder.
Space? Did it throw me off one bit? Not a chance. I found myself flipping quickly to the next page eager to learn more and more about these planets and this universe and somehow I lost track of time itself because I flipped and suddenly I was at the acknowledgments.
The story is amazing and the twists and turns were so enjoyable, suspenseful and full of laughs. I was at the edge of my seat for this adventure, especially from the middle to the end. If anybody knows me…they know I call Tracy the Cliffhanger Queen. And can I just say, I will be not so patiently awaiting what’s next for my beloved Star Bringer characters!
And I know many folks are excited about the rating on this book because it allows for some spice and romance. And you will not be disappointed!!! So well written, in such a way, to really understand the emotional depths of these misfits and cheer for them even more along the way.
Could not finish this book
The first 30% of the book should have been condensed. Most of the book is the crew arguing on a space ship about what to do next or raging hormones and horny thoughts. Not much depth. If I could refund this book I would have. I got 65% of the way done and couldn’t read it anymore. I ended up googling the ending so I knew how it ended. Only gave it 2 stars because the underlying storyline is interesting just the execution was poor.
Eh
Difficult to get into. Skipped through a lot of it. Regret the purchase