Starflight by Melissa Landers

In times of trouble, I like to re-read my favorites. Here's my previous review -

Summary: "Former high school enemies Solara Brooks and Doran Spaulding must team up when they find themselves aboard a renegade spaceship."

Oh.My.Gosh. I LOVED Starflight! What a fun and refreshing read! This novel has everything I love: 

+ band of misfits, 
+ enemies to lovers trope, 
+ a lost princess, 
+ cage fights, 
+ adventure, 
+ space exploration, 
+ pirates --- 
+ SPACE PIRATES!

What more could you ask for from a novel? I can't explain all the good parts of this book without spoiling it, but it was a solid read!

359 pages

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Starfall by Melissa Landers

Starfall by Melissa Landers
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It breaks my heart to rate this so low, as I typically love Landers. This is actually a 2.5 for me. I confess there were times when I just wanted it to end.

It’s a situation where there are caricatures, instead of characters. People who should be dynamic feel flat, including the much beloved couple from Starflight. They become side characters in this novel, and I barely recognized them. In fact, I only became sure it was actually them when I looked it up online to reconfirm it. They were so one-dimensional that nothing but their names seemed familiar.

I struggled to pay attention and push forward throughout this story. Something just went wrong here. I suspect this story did not go through as much rewriting and editing as it truly needed. There was some good stuff hidden between the mess and the blah, but it was not enough to hang a story on.

What sucks the most is that I adored this pair until they got their own story. Then they become boring, and their love story felt trite and full of clichés. I finished this book yesterday, and I can't even remember how it ended.

Pages: 368

Alienated by Melissa Landers

Summary: "High school senior Cara Sweeney gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to participate in earth's first intergalactic high school exchange program."

Melissa Landers is such a fun and relatable author. Her characters are real, flawed and intriguing. Their personalities really jump off the page! I enjoyed this book and look forward to continuing the series.

344 pages

Starflight by Melissa Landers

Summary: "Former high school enemies Solara Brooks and Doran Spaulding must team up when they find themselves aboard a renegade spaceship."

Oh.My.Gosh. I LOVED Starflight! What a fun and refreshing read! This novel has everything I love: 

• band of misfits, 
• enemies to lovers trope, 
• a lost princess, 
• cage fights, 
• adventure, 
• space exploration, 
• pirates --- 
• SPACE PIRATES!

What more could you ask for from a novel? I can't explain all the good parts of this book without spoiling it, but it was a solid read!

I am eagerly anticipating the next novel, Starfall, due out next February! 

359 pages