Beyond Our Stars

by Marie Langager

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I love Sci-Fi but I also love stories about thieves. Well thieves like Renna that are not evil piles of garbage. So combining those two makes an interesting read for me. Plus there are also space pirates, who doesn’t like a plot with space pirates. I really enjoyed the story especially when it starts to pick up midway through the book and things start coming together. There are a couple of mysteries that the crew is out to solve and some that they stumble by on accident. I really liked the feel of the story and even though at the beginning some of the tech slightly confused me. Just because I sometimes have problems picturing things like that in my head without seeing it. You really get absorbed into the story enough that things click together more easily. I really like the twist and turns this plot takes.

Renna is tough as nails, snarky and just overall badass. I loved her personality because even though she had this tough exterior she had a softer side too. She shows that with her fondness of Myka. Even though she considered leaving him at first she attached herself to him pretty quickly and I loved this instant bond they had from her saving his life.

So I did like Renna off the bat but at first I was like why is she shoving her boobs in the face of Ninjas. They are Ninjas why would they care. I thought it was strange but it turns out to be her thing and the more you read the more it kind of goes. There are many women in Fiction and History that use their sex appeal to overthrow men. It doesn’t make them any less of a strong women. I actually thought of Belle from Gone With the Wind when I was thinking about it or Anne Boleyn. I think in a way it’s an important part of the story, especially between her and Finn. I thought it was interesting with one exception she often didn’t defend herself even when he was wrong. She kind of did the, this your opinion of me you don’t know me so why am I going to argue with you. I thought it was kind of cool of her. The whole thing calms down as the book progresses and she becomes really submerged in the mission and more involved with Finn. Renna sometimes could be harsh on her views of women and men but she has also had a very rough life and different upbringing. We do learn more about her and by the end of the book you are going. Ahh okay I get it.

I love the rag tag group that forms towards the end of The Star Thief, we seem to have someone from all forms of walks of life. I don’t want to give too much away because some of the characters sides are not so clear in the beginning. Especially because the military types are less than fans of Renna. Obviously rule followers versus rule breakers.

The romance between Renna and Finn is sweet and develops very slowly. These are two people who have spent a lot of time together before but due to misunderstandings were separated. Well Renna thought Finn was dead but besides that they had some pretty huge things to cross. As far as triangles there are none here but some of Renna’s past does make reappearances and it’s funny to see Finn deal with that. I like the pace of the progression.

I think New Adult had a bad rap when it first started out as a genre. This book is a good bridge between YA and NA. It’s got that YA feel but also the sexy time and more mature characters to make it NA. If your not so sure about NA definitely give this book a go.

As far as cliffhangers, well ya it has one but not in the scream and throw things kind of way. It’s a natural cliff hanger and needed one for the plot. It didn’t come out of nowhere and it completely made sense. To me at least.

So if you love Sci-Fi and traveling around in space ships as I do. This is a good read for you. Like I said there is a kick ass female thief and pirates. How can you not love that.