Ahoy there me mateys! I take a second look at a previously enjoyed novel and give me crew me second reflections, as it were, upon visitin’ it again . . .

This series was on the list to finish. I wasn’t planning on rereading the first book but I needed a new audiobook and this was one of the few available possibilities at the time. So I started the series over again. Sad how time changes things.

The first time I read the novel, I really enjoyed both of the characters. In listening to it, I still liked the character of Tarver but thought Lilac sucked a lot more. Some of this was due to the voice acting of Cynthia Holloway. I am not sure if the choices made were from Disney or from the actor but Lilac comes out very whiny and annoying. I kinda wanted to stomp on her face. The two male voice actors were fine but not great. I want to chalk that up to production choices.

The premise of the story is that there are two survivors of a spaceship crash that end up on a mysterious planet with a secret. I still found the set-up for the book to be fun. But even with me shoddy memories of the plot, the pacing seemed off and the tension lacking. I was kinda bored with the character interactions. The action stalls quite a bit. I did still love the plot twists in how the romance does not proceed in typical fashion. But me rating has gone down.

While I wasn’t thrilled with the reread, I already had the second book in audiobook form (and nothing else) so I started that one. I was immensely confused by the new characters and lack of cohesion between the ending of the first book and the beginning of the second. I honestly thought I had somehow downloaded the wrong book. I gave up fairly quickly.

When I got back to internet, I looked up the rest of the series on Goodreads and discovered it actually was the correct book but the series features “Three worlds. Three love stories. One enemy.” That spoiled me mood because the first book ended on a cliffhanger. The desire to read the other two books died so off the list they go! The good news is that I just took that series off the list. Saved time for the 76 other series I need to finish! Arrrrr!

Side note: The series apparently has a novella as book 1.5 to talk more about what happened to Tarver and Lilac after the fact. Should have been book two! But dang those covers are pretty . . .

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I wish I could remember which blogger talked about this novel so that I could thank them because I really enjoyed this young adult space adventure. But I suck. I will try to be better about remembering in the future.

The two main characters, Tarver and Lilac, are pretty cool. Well, Lilac kinda starts out as a snot. Though major improvement happens, and I like how she turns out by the end of the novel. Tarver, I pretty much liked from the very beginning.

The premise of the story is that the spaceship that two characters are on crashes into a planet. And they seem to be the only survivors. The relationship developing between the two characters was what kept me interested. Both characters have strengths and weaknesses and both characters are necessary to their survival.

However this story has multiple plot twists I did not see coming. Very enjoyable ones which I will not ruin for ye. Super fun though. I rather enjoyed all the discoveries made on this planet. While some seemed a little silly at first, I find meself ignoring the usual things that might annoy me and just enjoyed. I find I sometimes have a hard time not picking apart novels for flaws. This may have some but none come to me at the moment and I just don’t care.

Oh and the other two books in the trilogy are already out. Bonus!

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