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 This was not what I was expecting. At all. 
 I needed more science fiction, so I picked up this book, hoping it would be good. 
 It was good. 
 It just wasn't what I'd expected then. I don't even know what I was expecting. This book was on my TBR pile for a LONG time. No, not really. 
 This book certainly had a plot twist that caught me off guard. 
 And it was really better than I thought it'd be. 
 The writing was something I missed, something I hadn't seen in a pretty long time, done well. 
 The two main characters, Lilac. No. Great. No I'm thinking about These Broken Stars and breaking down. Aria and Perry had alternating POVs, which I hadn't seen done well since the Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu. 
 I really liked that instead of love at first sight, like some authors do, Aria and Perry just form a formal, friendly relationship, that wasn't too deep. Of course, I knew they were going to get together, but I liked how Rossi slowly developed that relationship. 
 And of course, there's Talon. He reminds me a bit of Zu from The Darkest Minds and James from Shatter Me. These people all have on thing in common - they're young, but they're awesome. 
 How could I forget Roar? Roar is really kick butt. I really enjoyed his character, he's probably my favorite character. I also really wanted to see him with Liv, Perry's sister...but that's for another time...right??? *hopeful looks* 
 Aria was a dry character in the beginning, but she really did develop. I started to find her less annoying as time went on. 
 Perry was meh for me. He's the typical hero in a story. I didn't hate him, but I didn't like him that much either. 
 The world building was also kind of meh for me. Sometimes, I got confused on where and what was going on, which happens a lot in science fiction. 
 However, overall, I liked this book a lot. Definitely checking out the second book.