I ordered this book when I saw it on amazon and recognized the author, Amy a. Bartol. I read a book in her other series years ago and I remember enjoying it a lot, so I thought I'd give this one a try. And I am so happy I did! 
 I did not expect this book to be sooooo great! 
 It starts off a bit confusingly, but is that not the case with most new books that heavy on the fantasy/sci-fi? But by the end of chapter one, I was obsessed and needed to constantly have this book in my hands. This book was addicting! 
 Kricket Hollowel, I thought her name would bother me but it didn't (and when we found out the meaning behind her name, oh gosh<3), has been on the run from social workers. She has no parents and had been in the foster care system until she ran away. When we meet her, she's a few months shy from her eighteenth birthday which means she a few months shy from FREEDOM! 
 But on a train ride home, Kricket is confronted by three mysterious guys (the leader of which is trey *wink wink*). He tells her that he has come to take her home where she must pay for her "crimes"! 
 "You cannot thrive under the wrong stars, Kricket . . . the stars here are in opposition to you." 
 Of course Kricket is all "oh hell no!" and douches them with pepper spray like a strong, independent main character! (Seriously, this scene though? so funny!!) She is feisty, daring and hilarious! I laughed at her comebacks and sarcastic replies. 
 Kricket is seriously bad ass. She is stone. She cannot be broken even though earth has tried to. But she is eventually kidnapped and taken to her "home" which happens to be in another freaking universe! Because she is in fact not even human! She's from a planet called Ethar! And that is her home. And even though a home is what she wants most, she isn't going to go easy. She was kidnapped after all! 
 "It's done. I'm theirs. I just have to figure out how to navigate this world and you can't help me with that." 
 See, Kricket may be in a completely new planet, alone and helpless, but she isn't going to stay that way for long. She wants her freedom. And she is willing to do it alone except that she isn't so alone anymore. Not when she traveled from one planet to another with Trey Allairis. But wait! Don't go lumping UDS with many of the other YA books that have insta-love because this doesn't happen. 
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