How I got a hold on the Starflight

I just felt like going on an imaginary space journey. That's all.

Going on a bumpy Milkyway

The fairytale of the young rich ball-gowned heir of a space empire and the tacky-yet-handsome felon takes a right-about turn and we're sailing on uncharted waters.
Am I a horrible human being if I say I didn't mind watching Doran as Demarkus beat the hell out of him? It is the very first I don't get along with the male character. In other cases I'm drooling all over them. In this case I'd rather spit him straightforward in the face. Gotcha!

Solara, on the other hand, can take her destiny in her own hands and not afraid of having the most arrogant, egoist, obnoxious, self-centered, careless, greedy (I let you look up all the words that describe a playboy) golden boy on toast. Well done little girl! It's good to have a female mechanic in the first row of male sexists. I can't detect any trace of damsel-in-distress. Do you?

Although they stated off on the wrong foot, it doesn't mean they can't turn over a new leaf. Absolutely not insta-love. But I wonder how much of this pure hatred can be transformed into a throbbing, smoldering, all-consuming love. I'd better not think about it too hard. The bottom of it they happen to be on board of a more than well-functioning ship. Who thought they had so much in common? I should add, that close-knit shuttle has something to do with the imminent sense of attraction. I am just saying...

There may have been some moments when I wished they were better off on separate paths. But all that running-away from the common enemy helped to boost the sparks between them and there was no turning back. Unless they would have fallen into a black hole...

Twinkling stars of the Starflight

—After the stuck-up fellon stopped eating exotics from the golden plate, Doran turned out to be a decent working mule.
—The thrilling manhunt across the galaxy.
—The makeshift mob of a "bespectacled kleptomaniac, a star-crossed seducer and his displaced princess, and an infuriating blue blood". Quite a golden team.
—Most importantly, the big Doran-smack-up. That's the climax of the entire story. I'm hoping in a great come-back.

And some shooting stars...

It's too soap opera for my taste with its resurrected twin-brother and all of it predictability, which took much from the stir-up. I don't go for cheap thrills.

P.S.
Although I'm not a fan of four-wall living space, it's pretty amazing traveling with the light speed of intergalactic imagination. I love space. Possibly I won't be the first to get married on the Moon but I'd love to circle around Neptune and Saturn just for fun.

"She had no idea what the future would hold for any of them, beyond possibilities as infinite as the stars."

How I feel after reading

On the fence.

Rating

3 out of 5

Songs

Coldplay - Sky full of stars

Cara arrives to l'eihr.
Aelyx makes a splash on Earth.

She tries to blend in.
He's far too noticable.

She'll never be one of them.
He'll never be welcomed.

Intergalactic love –blazing stars of the universe

Maintaining a long distance relationship is hard enough on general ground but what if a whole galaxy seperates the youngs madly in love with each other?

Cara's spitfire personality is mere different than people of Aeigis got used to. The auburn mane, freckles all over her face mark Cara as the strangest creature in the universe. Although she has to face some serious hostility, she sticks to the plan of forming an alliance between Earth and Aeigis in favour of saving human kind. So noble of her.

Meanwhile Aelyx is eager to put the alliance across so he can return home and to Cara as soon as possible. In the meantime, he is trying not to die due to the cuddling hospitality of his mundane hosts.

Over the hills and far away

Apart from the ethnic differences, which is hard enough to cope with, they're at loggerheads, problems are waiting to be solved. They don't see eye to eye in the matter of where they should built their cosy nest together. Obviously Cara doesn't feel home on his dull planet that is devoid of human emotions and Aelyx doesn't get why anyone would make a permanent home on her lively-all-clolourful-Earth. The first division in their otherwise fruitful relationship. It's a pitty I can't see them together. But! It's a nice whisp of air in the trilogy. I love a bit down-to-earth science-fiction. Their bickering gives authenticity to the otherwise make-up, travelling-between-worlds-at-lightspeed backstory.

Between earth and infinite sky

Cara makes up her mind and though her heart is shattered, she has no choice left but making a clean break with Aelyx. A bit of sorrow mixed in her emotions. Why is she the one who needs to give up everything for him? It should be the other way round. Her return to home proves to be a lot harder than she ever thought to be. But put the bitter sweet aside, both of their worlds are in danger. Another alien race threatens to swipe out the life of their planets. My head is spinning in this newly emerged alien-swamped empire.

"I know how humans love. Their passion burns like a lump of sugar—quick and hot. And when the fire dies, they seek a new flame. They chase sparks instead of collecting the warmth of old embers.”

Constellations in the ever-changing universe

Personally I travel on an emotionally roller-coaster all along: I simultaneously feel fear for Cara and Aelyx, abashment by David's treachery and sympathy for Syrine. Losing someone twice in a row is a huge kick in the ass. There's isn't such thing as justice on Earth...maybe she'll be luckier on Aeigis. If it wouldn't be enough,  my heart sinks to the bottom when Aelyx nearly winds up dead. But to my claim for compensation, the big reunion with his Elire gives me goose-bumps.

Hitch the wagon to a star

Cara makes the world govaround in the brand-new alien government at seventeen without graduation or any sea change brought to the table. We (plain boring human beings) never have the chance to live the dream in posession of MSc but she's lived enough to suffice her ambitions and hit the jackpot in a legislative body influencing lives of millions.

It's only a matter of time that higher intelligentsia will peer down to our earth and it'd be our turn to make a wish-list...then mine would be that I can breath underwater. That would be awesome! With the little fish and everything...

Favourite scene: There's no more effective way to show Cara how much he missed after months of separation than a simple 'Get over here' and a long session of making out afterwards. <3 <3 <3

"In choosing to settle on another planet, I’m letting go of one dream to embrace another."

Rating

5 out of 5 (What else?)

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