kids while their prep-school friend Finn is a scholarship student from the 'hood), ethics, and politics. She manages to pack in commentary about class (James and Marina are both rich Washington D.C. Em at 20 - who has survived the unthinkable and doesn't take anything for granted - doesn't have much in common with her entitled, snobbish 16-year-old self, but her sense of loyalty and her desire to protect the people she loves remain steadfast parts of her character.Īlthough time-travel plots can get bogged down in the time travel paradox, Terrill explains it away and let's you get caught up in the characters - both the worldly older versions and the clueless younger versions. The book's two time settings also make it clear how much people can change in just a few years, from adolescence to early adulthood.

In The Stars Between Us, Cristin Terrill sweeps readers away to a Dickensian-inspired world where secrets are currency and love is the most dangerous risk of all.Terrill's debut is an impressive page-turner that explores how tragedy and the desperate desire to fix the past can consume people. But Sky isn't who he seems to be, and Vika may not escape this new life unscathed. As Vika and Sky delve into the truth of the attacks, they uncover a web of secrets, murder, and an underground rebellion who may hold the answers they've been looking for. She doesn't like or trust Sky, but when she narrowly escapes an explosion and realizes someone is targeting the will's heirs, Vika knows Sky is the only one who can help her discover the identity of the bomber before she becomes their next victim. The only blight on Vika's lavish new life is the constant presence of Sky Foster, a mysterious young man from Vika's past who works for her benefactors. Invited to live on a glittering neighboring planet, Vika steps into a world she can hardly believe is real.

Until one day Vika learns that her benefactor was a billionaire magnate who recently died under suspicious circumstances, and Vika has shockingly been included in his will. Now, Vika longs for a bigger life than one as a poor barmaid on a struggling planet, but those dreams feel out of reach. Ever since she was a child, she’s had an unknown benefactor providing for her and her family, making sure that Vika and her sister received the best education they could. There’s always been a mystery to Vika Hale’s life.

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