Review originally posted at Simply Adrift.
I love most books that are set in space, or on a spaceship, so I knew I would really enjoy Starflight by Melissa Landers. To be honest I wasn't that big of a fan of Landers' Alienated series, I've only read book one though and I do plan on picking book two up at some point just because I want to see where the story goes - but this book was really fun to read.
For some reason I'm having a hard time writing a book review for Starflight. I enjoyed the book, I enjoyed the storylines, there were some really surprising moments but I can't seem to put my words on paper. Here goes my attempt at organizing my thoughts.
The Book
Starflight was an enjoyable and entertaining read with a few twists and turns, we learnt about the characters the more we read which I liked, we didn't get an info dump at the beginning. Solara was a strong character only because she was forced to be, she was brought up an orphan never having been loved, she did something stupid which earned her having a run in with the law and tarnished her hardworking reputation. With no money and no where to go, she resorts to begging the rich as they boarded the last flight for months to the outer realms. Luckily (Or unluckily) for her, Doran Spaulding - her high school nemesis and handsome arsehole, decides to pay for her ticket on the basis that she is his maid for the whole duration of the journey. Solara jumps at the chance, and so begins our story.
My initial thoughts
At the beginning I wasn't a fan of Solara because she lied a lot and did things underhandedly but as the story went on I started to like her more and more. Doran on the other hand was portrayed as an arsehole for most of the book, except that we started to understand why he acted the way he did and grew accustomed to his charm and humour. I liked the Captain of the ship Solara and Doran accidentally ended up on, and the crew mates who were all really different.
I kind of want more of a story with two of them so I have a feeling the next book may be based around these two characters. UPDATE: The next book is on these two characters. Yay! I'm pretty excited about this because I felt like their story was a tad more interesting.
The story
As far as the story goes, there was a lot going on. It felt like every time something big happened, it was resolved and everything was fine, right up until the next big thing happened. I felt like it was clear to see a pattern of obstacles and answers to overcome those obstacles. With each new obstacle it felt like nothing could go right for Solara because nothing went right first time round - every single obstacle. In the end it ended up okay, so each time a new problem arose I knew she wouldn't get out of it easily but I also knew she would get out of it in the end. Because of this there weren't many surprises going on.
That is until the last quarter of the book. There were twists revealed that I didn't exactly see coming, I may have had an idea about a few but I was still a little surprised. The story really picks up at the end and I really enjoyed it.
Starflight ended up being a fun read with a few twists and turns that took the story in an interesting direction. I really enjoyed it and definitely want to see what's going to happen next.
Have you read Starflight? What did you think? Did you enjoy it or not?
Always,
Jordon
This review was originally posted on Simply Adrift