The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

by Lauren James

A sci-fi thriller with a killer twist from the beloved author of The Next Together series

Romy Silvers is the only surviving crew-member of a spaceship travelling to a new planet, on a mission to establish a second home for humanity. Alone in space, she is the loneliest girl in the universe until she hears about a new ship which has launched from Earth - with a single passenger on board. A boy called J.

Their only communication is via email - and due to the distance between them, their messages take months to transmit. And yet Romy finds herself falling in love.

Can you fall in love with someone you've never met, never even spoken to - someone who is light years away? But what does Romy really know about J? And what do the mysterious messages which have started arriving from Earth really mean? Sometimes, there's something worse than being alone...

• ISBN10: 0062660268
• ISBN13: 9780062660268
• Publish Date: 14 May 2019 (first published 7 September 2017)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[Joséphine]

September 13, 2017

Full book review is up on Word Revel.

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September 2, 2017

Initial thoughts: The Loneliest Girl in the Universe is a decent book worth reading, especially if you enjoy books involving space travel. I liked how it delved into the psyche of a girl who was born and had grown up in space, all while headed towards a potentially habitable planet. Too bad the pacing didn't do it for me.

The book started out understandably slow, as you might expect with a single character carrying the plot through the first few chapters. Thing is, 80% of the book went on at exactly the same pace, building up towards a climax and resolution that were conflated in the blink of an eye. The framework of the book was great, as were the backstories but the build-up and details ran a little thin.

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Note: I received an advanced reading copy from a local distributor in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.