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The Stars We Steal
by Alexa Donne
The Stars We Steal was Persuasion in space, with heavy nods to The Selection. While it was a pleasant enough escapist read, it really didn't wow me as I thought it might.
Our main character, Princess Leonie - known as Leo - is used to trying to do the right thing. It's for this reason that she broke off her engagement to Elliott, the boy she loved, as her family didn't feel the match was appropriate. It's for this reason that she spends her days trying to come up with ways to save her family/people from poverty. And it's for this reason that she's desperately unhappy.
We begin with Leo and her sister being strong-armed to take part in the annual ball, an attempt to arrange a good match for families of a certain level in society. The whole process is crazy, and it brings out the worst in many of the characters, all desperate to make their mark.
While the description of the dating and the developing relationships between characters was entertaining enough, it was clearly a vehicle to explore some of the bigger issues in the novel. Unfortunately, since there wasn't a lot of info about the world given, this didn't really leave me with much of a lasting impression.
Many of the characters were superficially depicted, and I found Elliott and Leo infuriating. Everyone could see how things would end up...apart from them. And I found the 'stunning revelation' at the end rather obvious. However, what comes next could be rather more interesting.
Our main character, Princess Leonie - known as Leo - is used to trying to do the right thing. It's for this reason that she broke off her engagement to Elliott, the boy she loved, as her family didn't feel the match was appropriate. It's for this reason that she spends her days trying to come up with ways to save her family/people from poverty. And it's for this reason that she's desperately unhappy.
We begin with Leo and her sister being strong-armed to take part in the annual ball, an attempt to arrange a good match for families of a certain level in society. The whole process is crazy, and it brings out the worst in many of the characters, all desperate to make their mark.
While the description of the dating and the developing relationships between characters was entertaining enough, it was clearly a vehicle to explore some of the bigger issues in the novel. Unfortunately, since there wasn't a lot of info about the world given, this didn't really leave me with much of a lasting impression.
Many of the characters were superficially depicted, and I found Elliott and Leo infuriating. Everyone could see how things would end up...apart from them. And I found the 'stunning revelation' at the end rather obvious. However, what comes next could be rather more interesting.