How much space does one princess need?
The sun is dying . . . and it's happening way too damn fast.
With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets' only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artefact it's carrying. Which is why it really sucks when some jackass doesn't want the universe saved and blows that station up - while you're still on it.
So if your only choices are flaming death or stealing a flying hunk of space junk - you pick that busted-ass spaceship. Even if it leaves seven strangers with deadly secrets trapped together: a princess, a prisoner, a con artist, a warrior, a priestess, a mercenary, and an asshole in charge of us all.
Now every faction in the galaxy is hunting this ship - from the Sisterhood to the Corporation, and the rebellion's joining in on the fun, too. We just need to stop drinking, fighting, and screwing long enough to evade them all and save the freaking universe . . . somehow.
Because apparently the only thing standing between a dying sun and ultimate salvation is seven unlikely misfits . . . ahem, heroes.
Title : Star Bringer
Author : Tracy Wolff & Nina Croft
Format : Physical
Page Count : 687
Genre : Sci-Fi/Romance
Publisher : Piatkus
Release Date : September 7, 2023
Reviewer : Micky
Rating : ★ ★ ★ ★
Micky's 4 star review
Headlines:
An unlikely crew
Two key couples
Universal catastrophe
I really didn't know what to think jumping into this chonker of a sci-fi romance but it really did work for me. The story revolved around a royal visit, some ancient but advanced technology, a doomsday approaching, a high priestess and a trio of unusual siblings. That might sound an eclectic mix but these authors made it gel together.
The plot thrust together a crew of seven; all suspicious of one another and unfriendly outside of prior allegiances. There were two couplings that emerged and liked both of them. One couple was an endearing and opposites sapphic pairing of Rain and Beckett. The straight couple were Kalli and Ian. Ian was a morally grey character who underwent some serious improvement in my estimation as this story evolved. Talking of Ian, that reveal about him and his siblings was something else...
The plot was long but deep and even so, it kept my attention. It wasn't too complicated. One of the elements of the story I particularly enjoyed was the ship and heptosphere. I am dying to know more about the ancients and what the purpose of the ship is.
Having read one of these authors before I wasn't 100% sure the narrative style would work for me but it did. The style isn't too YA and the on page steam seals that deal. It ends on a what??? note and I will be reading on.
**All Micky's reviews will now link to a great independent bookshop in the UK called Blackwells which offer free international delivery. All to take some of that power away from the big Zon. Self-pub and Indie books probably won't have a buy link.**
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Star-Bringer-by-Tracy-Wolff-Nina-Croft/9780349439969
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