4.25 
 these broken stars left me with a very bad case of book hangover last year. so when i got approved for this shattered world i braced myself for the inevitable. and well, yes, this book left me hangover, but now i can handle the drama much better and i was able to continue reading afterwards xD 
 this second book is quite different than the first one. for instance, there are more settings, more characters, more of everything... flynn and lee are not alone in this new planet and that makes the story very different. 
 i read this book with the knowledge of what happened in the book before, so i was expecting something similar on every corner and every twist in the plot, but when it came, i didn't realize it until almost finishing the book, because ti was very different. 
 hmmm... let's summarize this book: it was different than the first one... 
 about the book per se and not in comparison: 
 + i loved jubilee and her badass demeanor. she is really a strong female character that discovered herself and her heart in the course of the book. 
 + i really like flynn and his pacifistic ways. he was kind of inspiring. 
 + their relationship was intense, but they were both realistic of the situation they were in and they suffer because of that. in some way, i really appreciate that and also i appreciate again that the love story was developed through the book and was no instalove or similar. 
 + i love the possibilities this book just open for the third one to look for answers about the whispers and laroux industries. 
 + it is action-packed and impossible to put down the moment you start reading. 
 + even if it is full of action, there are a couple of beautiful thoughts and introspection 
 + tarver and lilac have an stellar appearance *happy dance* 
 things i didn't like so much or didn't add up: 
 - they were constantly coming and going to the same two places and it was getting repetitive. also, it didn't add up how much time and how difficult it was to get from one place to the other. 
 - the development of the plot in the direction of the whispers felt a bit too long and was a bit uneven. perhaps it was because i started the book without having these broken stars that fresh, but it took a while to make the connections between the weird behaviours in the base and the aliens from the first book. probably it was supposed to be a plot twist (since the books in the series were supposed to stand alone by themselves), but in the end it didn't work that good for me. nevertheless, i only realize that after finishing the book, so in the end it is not as bad as it sounds 
 - the last couple of chapters were a bit hurried and chaotic, because there were a lot of things happening (view spoiler)[(the shuttle, the landing, the facility, the chip, the whispers taking flynn over, the battle outside, the conversation with the whispers) (hide spoiler)]. there was too much in too little time. 
 - there were two things that bugged me in the end and this could be slightly spoiler-ish: one was the identchip that i thought it was lost, but it reappeared at the end when they needed it O.o the other one was jubilee getting shot in the right shoulder when climbing (because she lost hold with that hand), but stating later that a few inches over and it would have perforated her heart. Huh?! Anatomically speaking the heart is a bit further from the right shoulder than a few inches fO.o 
 all in all, this series is becoming one of my favourite. one that made me suffer but love the characters and love to accompany them in their journey. 
 starbound is really an unique science fiction series, very different than the normal young adult science fiction books you find released each year. worth your time! 
 thank you to netgalley and disney hyperion for providing me with a copy of this book.