I would have been all right with the very familiar ring of this story if only the book had not employed other tropes as well. So we have a guy and a girl from polar social classes who are passengers on a spaceship headed for catastrophe.
He’s from humble roots and made a name for himself as a war hero she’s known everywhere thanks to her incredibly rich and powerful father.
These Broken Stars is told from the perspectives of its two main characters, Tarver and Lilac. I kept waiting for the magic that had enthralled so many readers to kick in, but alas, I couldn’t find it. It would seem like I’d read a good number of pages, but when I checked, I’d discover that I hadn’t gotten very far at all. I feel like this book took forever to read. Sometimes they don’t, though, and I’m sorry to say that These Broken Stars falls into this category. I can’t help the curiosity that accompanies much buzzed about titles, and sometimes they work out. Review: Count These Broken Stars among the numerous books I decided to read because I’d seen it everywhere.
Stranded for what may very well be the rest of their lives, Tarver and Lilac are forced to work together in order to survive on a planet where no one else seems to have been able to do so. That’s unavoidable, however, when disaster strikes the Icarus and Tarver and Lilac’s escape pod crash lands on a planet with no apparent signs of other humans. Lilac, so accustomed to people trying to use her as a means to get to her father, makes it blatantly clear to Tarver that she wants nothing to do with someone like him. To Sum It Up: A chance encounter on board the spaceliner the Icarus puts military hero Tarver Merendsen in the path of Lilac LaRoux, the daughter of the ship’s builder and a man with wealth that Tarver can only dream of.
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