Cristin Terrill

Bridgerton meets Illuminae in this explosive, romantic space opera where danger and deception lurk behind glamour and wealth.

Vika Hale longs for a better life than that of a barmaid on a struggling planet, but her dreams have always seemed out of reach despite the mysterious benefactor who bankrolled her education. When the elusive billionaire dies and names Vika in his will, she’s whisked away to a glittering and glamorous new world as the ward of his heir. Suddenly, her wildest dreams don’t seem so impossible.

But when someone targets the will’s heirs in a series of terrifying bombings, Vika’s new life is thrown into uncertainty. Knowing that she may be next, Vika teams up with the one person she’d rather keep at arm’s length―her guardian’s mysterious new assistant, Sky Foster. She doesn't trust Sky, but he may be the only one who can help her discover the bomber’s identity before she becomes the next victim. As Vika grows closer to Sky, she realizes she may not escape these new threats unscathed. Sky is keeping a secret and it's one that could unravel everything.


In The Stars Between Us, Cristin Terrill sweeps readers away to a world where secrets are currency and love is the most dangerous risk of all.

The Stars Between Us

I know Vika will eventually be proved wrong, because that’s how character arcs work, but I agree 100% with her statement here.

Liz Griffin

“I’d rather be secure and comfortable and know that the people I love are, too, than try to find some supposed soul mate I would probably tire of in a few years anyway. Money is a safer bet in life than love will ever be.”

The mystery (and main plot) takes a backseat for the majority of the book, and one of the major reveals comes a bit too early. 

Holly

The mystery (and main plot) takes a backseat for the majority of the book, and one of the major reveals comes a bit too early. 

Sky pining though>>>>>

Fey Reid

Rating: 3/5 🌟
Characters: 2.5/5🌟
Cover: 3/5 🌟
Story: 2/5 🌟
Writing: 3/5 🌟
Type: Novel
Worth?: on the fence

Young Adult Sci-Fi
Unique “who did it” story flow
It was hard to get into the book but I do not like DNFing novels. Writing style was inconsistent. The characters is also what made it hard for me to finish the novel. Never cared enough to root for the MC

Christine Bruce

Vika Hale used to live a privileged life, until it all came crashing down. Since then, she's felt she deserved more from life. And a mysterious benefactor helping her family over the years did nothing to sway her sense of self-worth. But then the benefactor dies, and he leaves an unusual will- for his son to marry, he must marry Vika. Becoming accustomed to the glittering life of opulence and privilege, Vika is regularly annoyed by the presence of a man from her past who reminds of her daily of where she came from. Then it becomes apparent someone is after the heirs listed on the will, and Vika is the only one who sees the connection. 

I won't lie, this was a very difficult book to get through. The world building was fabulous, the mystery engaging, and every side character was well constructed. But Vika was the literal worst. Even at 50% she was still a spoiled, self-entitled, rude menace that had such an over-inflated sense of self that she was insufferable. When other characters proclaimed themselves in love with her I could only ever pause reading out of confusion as I sat in my disbelief. She had done nothing to deserve her wealth, but constantly felt entitled to it, to the point that when another character implied she was sending money home to her still poor family (she wasn't) she berates him and acts even more high and mighty, thinking to herself that she deserves her riches, while they don't. It's maddening. I kept waiting for SOMETHING to trigger her change in character, but it never comes. All we have instead is forced proximity for two weeks that we aren't even shown. We see a small handful of scenes and then its magically two weeks later and I'm supposed to believe she's a vastly different person? A single lunch chat and she sees the worth of a character she's been berating and insulting the entire book? For no reason, I might add?

So many things, especially toward the end, were told to the reader that it made the last 15% or so really difficult. Once Vika, as a character, became bearable, it was like the story lost all value and needed to just end. I found the entire book tedious and frustrating, let alone disappointing. The mystery had me guessing until the reveal itself, but that was the only thing that kept me going.

Belated review - I finished this one a while ago. My favorite way to describe it is “Jupiter Ascending meets Bridgerton”. Vika is mysteriously selected in a benefactor’s will to receive an unimaginable fortune. The catch: she has to marry the benefactor’s son, a stranger. With complex family dynamics, interplanetary politics, a whodunnit, and romance, this book is a delight from start to finish.

Thank you NetGalley and Wednesday books for the eARC.

Belated review - I finished this one a while ago. My favorite way to describe it is “Jupiter Ascending meets Bridgerton”. Vika is mysteriously selected in a benefactor’s will to receive an unimaginable fortune. The catch: she has to marry the benefactor’s son, a stranger. With complex family dynamics, interplanetary politics, a whodunnit, and romance, this book is a delight from start to finish.

Thank you NetGalley and Wednesday books for the eARC.

Latitude Tamarind

well, I hated Vika. I gotta stop reading books that describe themselves as "Bridgerton" because when I read that I think "full of gossip!" but when publishers write that, they mean "Latitude specifically will hate all of the characters". there's some fantastic imagery here but it doesn't make up for the fact that I hated Vika, even as she grew and changed over the course of the story. Also, I found the ending, Vague and Disappointing. I like the cover though! Three stars.

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