Defy the Stars
by:
Claudia Gray (author)
Noemi is a young and fearless soldier of Genesis, a colony planet of a dying Earth. But the citizens of Genesis are rising up - they know that Earth's settlers will only destroy this planet the way they destroyed their own. And so a terrible war has begun.When Noemi meets Abel, one of Earth's...
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Noemi is a young and fearless soldier of Genesis, a colony planet of a dying Earth. But the citizens of Genesis are rising up - they know that Earth's settlers will only destroy this planet the way they destroyed their own. And so a terrible war has begun.When Noemi meets Abel, one of Earth's robotic mech warriors, she realizes that Abel himself may provide the key to Gene
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781471406362 (1471406369)
ASIN: 1471406369
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Series: Defy the Stars (#1)
Audience: Young Adult Noemi and Abel are enemies in an interstellar war, forced by chance to work together as they embark on a daring journey through the stars. Their efforts would end the fighting for good, but they're not without sacrifice. The stakes are even higher than either of them first rea...
I think I should have known there would be a problem when the book just starts off with one of the characters (Noemi) going into why her planet (Genesis) is at war with the planet Earth. We hear about a fatal run they are gearing up to do, Noemi worries about her best friend, and only friend it seem...
This reminds me a bit of Illuminae with the space setting. Except Illuminae does it soooo much better. I never fully got into Defy the Stars. The audiobook was tough to get into as I hate when they have two narrators but don't use it for the character all the way through. There are robots, an int...
I received a copy from Netgalley. Another one I was really looking forward to but after about 100 pages turns out I just don't like it. I'm not interested in the plot, there seems to be a bit of a religious theme at the beginning which I really didn't care for at all. I'm not connecting to the cha...
6 years ago
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