for darkness shows the stars by diana peterfreund

I think it’s because I have read it before, and for me, I think I would have liked it more if I had those details fresh in my mind. Even if you haven’t read Persuasion, it holds up well on its own.įor me, I really wish I had re-read Persuasion first, because I felt like I was missing something. It’s been several years since I’ve read Persuasion, so while I can’t tell you how good of a re-telling it is, I still think it’s something Jane Austen fans would really like! From what I have re-read so far, and from what I vaguely remember, it is better than a lot of other re-tellings. It was a little weird at first, because you know something has happened between them, but you’re not quite sure what, until the end of the book.

I like that you see them throughout the book and how things changed for them and between them over time. I really liked the letters, because it really showed how different Elliot and Kai were, and how much they didn’t know about each other’s worlds. It was a little hard to get into at first, with the letters and then the story. Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, For Darkness Shows the Stars is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it. And again, she’s faced with a choice: cling to what she’s been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she’s ever loved, even if she’s lost him forever. And while Elliot wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she let him go.īut Elliot soon discovers her old friend carries a secret–one that could change their society. Since then the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress, and Elliot’s estate is foundering, forcing her to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth–an almost unrecognizable Kai. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family’s estate over love. It’s been several generations since a genetic experiment gone wrong caused the Reduction, decimating humanity and giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.Įlliot North has always known her place in this world. Genre: YA Sci-Fi/Dystopic/Re-telling/Post-ApocalypticĬheck out For Darkness Shows The Stars on goodreads Goodreads Summary:

Where I Got It: checked out the e-book from the library! Published June 2012 by Balzer + Bray|293 pages Book: For Darkness Shows The Stars by Diana Peterfreund

For darkness shows the stars by diana peterfreund