*I received a free copy of Starflight from via Tantor Media. This has in no way influenced my voluntary review, which is honest and unbiased *
Starflight Series: Starflight #1 on 2 February 2016
Length: 9h 44m
Life in the outer realm is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for it. Just out of the orphanage, she needs a fresh start in a place where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles. She's so desperate to reach the realm that she's willing to indenture herself to Doran Spaulding, the rich and popular quarterback who made her life miserable all through high school, in exchange for passage aboard the spaceliner Zenith.
When a twist of fate lands them instead on the Banshee, a vessel of dubious repute, Doran learns he's been framed on Earth for conspiracy. As he pursues a set of mysterious coordinates rumored to hold the key to clearing his name, he and Solara must get past their enmity to work together and evade those out for their arrest. Life on the Banshee may be tumultuous, but as Solara and Doran are forced to question everything they once believed about their world—and each other—the ship becomes home, and the eccentric crew family. But what Solara and Doran discover on the mysterious Planet X has the power to not only alter their lives, but the existence of everyone in the universe...
Starflight was a fast-paced and action filled space adventure with great characters and a fantastic storyline!
Starflight was such an exciting, fast-paced space adventure I’m kicking myself for not listening to it sooner! The characters were all complex, and the overall storyline amazing. Fights, more than one climax, plus all the feels – I just fell completely for this one. The complexity of the storyline and the well fleshed out characters were the main reason I loved the story. I was amazed at how one of the characters started out as an antagonist – whom I detested! – and then, little by little, the character changed and became one of the protagonists and I cheered them on.
The action is what kept me wanting more and more and more, though, and it was so well down, because there was never a lull, something new was always happening, while still going after the one story line that was there at the very beginning. On top of the romance and the action, there was also loyalty and friendships, and the sense of family none of the characters had ever felt before. And the humor got me chuckling more than once, sometimes so hard I had to go back and listen to something again, since my laughter had drowned out the narration.
Starflight was my first listen by Dolan, and I have to say she did an excellent job at keeping me hooked, her voices for the various characters, as well as her accent for the Pirate captain. I can’t wait to start listening to the next book in the series, as I am sure there will be many more adventures for this mismatched band of friends to have.
She had no idea what the future would hold for any of them, beyond possibilities as infinite as the stars. And really, that was enough.
Doran set it in front of her with a grin that made her want to slap him so hard his grandkids would feel it.
At one point, Doran took a blow to the head so hard he saw the future.
And he wasn’t in it.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2017 Blogger Shame
- Audio Challenge 2017
About Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms
Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
Yikes! You remind me. I need to read this one. I have it and it has just sat there. I’ve obviously been missing out. I love the action-packed stories and it sounds like it has a good dose of humor and mystery in it as well.
Enjoyed your review, Lexxie!
Oh you should, Sophia Rose, very well done. I found the adventure and space travel to be such fun!
I wonder if this one had worked better for me on audio cos reading just did not work
It’s strange how a good narrator can completely change a story, no?
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I need to get this one out and try it as I have put it off myself.
I’m sure you’ll love it, Stormi! I can’t wait to get started with Starfall!
I really need to read this book! It seems like everyone seems to love it. I am glad that the audio worked well for you.
I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did, Carole 🙂 The audio kept me alert during my drive back home from Spain last weekend 😀
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Starflight has been on my radar for a while now. Nothing like a well developed characters fast pace sci-fi! That’s not easy too achieve in sci-fi since usually the world building takes most of the attention. AND all the feels??? WOW this seems to have it all! I’m bumping it up to the top of the TBR 🙂 Great Review Lex!
You’re right, it really did have everything I look for in a good story, Daniela!
This sounds good, although I’ve never really liked any audiobooks I’ve tried. Maybe this one will convert me. Great review Lexxie!
If you don’t enjoy audiobooks, you should get it in another format. It took me a while to enjoy audios, as I had to play with the speed a little bit.
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I’m really funny about YA books, but I do love fantasy. Sounds interesting. I’m really glad you enjoyed it.
It was really good, Melanie, and the characters were definitely more mature than many YA characters can be. Partly due to the harsh world they live in.
gah I been in the mood for sci-fi and currently on my library wishlist. Hopefully soon because it sounds fantastic, the world, the characters.
Oh I hope you’ll get it real soon, Lily 🙂 And that you’ll enjoy it as much as I did!