I'm really excited to be a part of the Blog Tour for Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn. I've read other books by Pintip Dunn and have liked them all, so that made me even more excited for Star-Crossed. I want to thank Entangled Teen, Pintip Dunn, and YA Bound Book Tours for letting me be a part of this fun tour. I was provided with a free e-arc for review purposes, but all thoughts and opinions are 100% honest and 100% my own.
Title: Star-Crossed
Author: Pintip Dunn
Released: October 2, 2018
Synopsis: In
a world where nutrition can be transferred via a pill, and society is
split into Eaters and Non-Eaters, seventeen-year-old Princess Vela
has a grave dilemma. Her father, the king, is dying, and only a
transplant of organs from a healthy Non-Eater boy will save
him.
Vela is tasked with choosing a boy fit to die for the king, which is impossible enough. But then Carr, the boy she's loved all her life, emerges as the best candidate in the Bittersweet Trials. And he's determined to win, because by doing so, he can save the life of his Non-Eater sister.
Refusing to accept
losing the boy she loves, Vela bends the rules and cheats. But when
someone begins to sabotage the Trials, Vela must reevaluate her own
integrity—and learn the true sacrifice of becoming a ruler.
My Thoughts: Yet another Pintip Dunn book that I thoroughly enjoyed. I liked Star-Crossed a lot! I love a good sci-fi tale, and this one had it all. Planets and Colonists, tough choices, greater good, mystery, romance, heartbreak, it had alllll the things I like in a book.
There were a lot of tough circumstances in this book, sacrifices that characters had to make for the greater good. It was very thought provoking to read. I don't think I could ever survive in most of the book worlds I visit, and I probably wouldn't have survived in this one either, but I love reading tales of hard choices and what humanity will do to keep going.
The romance was everything I wanted it to be. Sweet, steamy, and it gave me all the feels.
The world was really fun to read about. As I've stated before, I've been a big fan of sci-fi lately. Part of that probably stems from my obsession with The 100 and Bellamy Blake and of course Firefly, which was canceled TOO SOON! I really enjoy reading books set in a future where humanity has to contend with different, dangerous challenges.
The characters were great to follow. I liked reading about them.
I'd definitely recommend Star-Crossed and Pintip Dunn books in general to everybody. Star-Crossed was good, really, really good.
Meet the Author
Pintip Dunn
Pintip
Dunn is a New
York Times
bestselling author of young adult fiction. She graduated from Harvard
University, magna
cum laude,
with an A.B., and received her J.D. at Yale Law School.
Pintip’s
novel FORGET TOMORROW won the 2016 RWA RITA® for Best First Book,
and SEIZE TODAY won the 2018 RITA for Best Young Adult Romance. Her
books have been translated into four languages, and they have been
nominated for the following awards: the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire;
the Japanese Sakura Medal; the MASL Truman Award; the Tome Society It
list; and the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award. Her other
titles include REMEMBER YESTERDAY, THE DARKEST LIE, GIRL ON THE
VERGE, and the upcoming STAR-CROSSED and MALICE.
Thank you for stopping by my Blog Tour Stop for Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn. If it sounds good to you, pick it up. I definitely recommend it. Thanks again to YA Bound Book Tours, Entangled Teen, and Pintip Dunn for letting me be a part of this fun tour!
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