This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book.Ĭlaudia Gray was one of the first authors that I read when reading YA, and when I heard about this new series I couldn’t wait to pick it up. I received an arc of Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray from Allen and Unwin in exchange for an honest review. Each step brings them closer – both to each other and to the terrible decision Noemi will have to make about her world’s fate, and Abel’s. Stranded together in space, they go on a whirlwind adventure through Earth’s various colony worlds, alongside the countless Vagabonds who have given up planetary life altogether and sail forever between the stars.

If she destroys him, is it murder? And can a cold-blooded murder be redeemed by the protection of a world? Noemi begins to realise that if Abel is less than human, he is more than a machine. More than that, he has begun to develop emotions, a personality and even dreams. He’s a unique prototype, one with greater intelligence, skill and strength than any other. Abel is bound by his programming to obey her – even though her plan could result in his destruction. When Noemi meets Abel, one of Earth’s robotic mech warriors, she realizes that Abel himself may provide the key to Genesis’ salvation. 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. Noemi is a young and fearless soldier of Genesis, a colony planet of a dying Earth.

Pride & Prejudice by Jennifer Adams