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Violence
Some
Survival violence and some action sequences in the sci-fi adventure register
Language
Barely any
Mild language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Slow-burn romantic tension between the leads; sweet rather than explicit
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate: the survival stakes and the mystery of the planet create genuine tension; the novel turns unexpectedly dark in its latter half
What this book is about
Lilac LaRoux, daughter of the most powerful man in the galaxy, and Tarver Merendsen, a decorated military hero from a poor background, are the only survivors when the luxury spaceliner Icarus is torn from hyperspace. Stranded on a seemingly uninhabited terraformed planet, they must survive — and the mystery of what happened, and what is happening on the planet, grows increasingly strange and dark. Kaufman and Spooner's YA sci-fi romance balances survival stakes with a compelling slow-burn romance.
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