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These Broken Stars by Meagan Spooner, Amie Kaufman
3.0

3.5 stars

This is a romance story in a survival/slightly SF setting, being on another planet. There wasn't much worldbuilding but the SF angle becomes more apparent as part of the survival story as it progresses.

I actually enjoy this type of story, and I thought the characters here were both mostly likeable. There wasn't as much spark in the telling as I was looking for, although I did think the last 100 pages or so turned up the emotions.

[b:Starflight|21793182|Starflight (Starflight, #1)|Melissa Landers|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1456568054s/21793182.jpg|41045510] by [a:Melissa Landers|5804715|Melissa Landers|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1333392569p2/5804715.jpg] is a better version of the dislike-to-love space adventure/romance, with more action, and more interesting characters.