Title: Hold Back the Stars
Author: Katie Khan
Pages: 308
Publisher: Transworld Digital
Release date: 26th January 2017
Blurb from Goodreads:
We’re
going to be fine.’
He looks around, but there’s nothing out here: nothing but the bottomless
black universe on their left, the Earth suspended in glorious technicolour to
their right.
Carys and Max have ninety minutes of air left. None of this was supposed to happen. But, perhaps this doesn’t need to be the end…
Adrift in space with nothing to hold on to but each other, Carys and Max can’t help but look back at the well-ordered world they have left behind – at the rules they couldn’t reconcile themselves to, and a life to which they might now never return.
For in a world where love is banned, what happens when you find it?
My Review:
*I
received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Random
House UK, Transworld Publishers and NetGalley*
Carys and
Max are floating in space with only ninety minutes of air remaining before they
die.
As Carys
and Max count down the minutes left, they contemplate their home and the rules
they broke by loving each other.
Hold Back
the Stars was an emotional, unique read.
Carys and
Max come from Europia, a utopia in a world where the United States and the
Middle East wiped each other out. In Europia people are encouraged to make a
name for themselves as individuals while they are young before settling down later
to have a family. I thought this was an interesting idea but, obviously, it
wouldn't work for everyone.
I liked
both Carys and Max. They had very different upbringings and beliefs but they
brought the best out in each other. I thought the romance was sweet.
The plot
was interesting and went in a direction that I wasn't expecting. I got rather
emotional in places.
I enjoyed
the writing style, which held my attention and made me want to read on to find
out what happened to Carys and Max.
Overall
this was an interesting, unique read that I would recommend.
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