A year ago I had woken up with no memory of who I was. No one seemed to know anything about me and for months the police investigated only to find nothing. The only thing I had was a necklace with the name Angela Starr.The government gave me an ID with that name and let me enroll in a community college to get my GED. All the psychologists that they had examine me thought that would be best and … best and going to school might jog some memories since they figured I was in my late teens. Well, it did, as I ran into a boy my age that I felt I knew, but before I could fully recover those memories, we found ourselves being chased into a portal that led to the other side of the universe.
But why did this other planet seem so familiar?
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A young girl has amnesia. She has no memory of who she is or where she came from. Her name is Angela Starr or that is the name on the necklace she was wearing when they found her. When no one could predict her age they thought it to would be best if she took a few courses at a community college to see where she stands with her education.
The two guys who have been following Angela have finally caught up with her. They are trying to knock her down as they are trying to get inside her apartment. Who are these guys and what do they want with Angela?
A Falling Starr is a very intense read that kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish trying to figure out who this girl was. The secrets and the twists just kept piling up one after the other keeping me in suspense at all times as I raced to the end so I could find out.
Book Review/Book Recommendation
A Falling Starr (The Complete Trilogy)
Author – Dani Hoots
Ebook – Genre – Sci Fic/Fantasy YA
My thoughts
Firstly I would like to thank FoxTales Press/Dani Hoots for gifting me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This book is now published.
Who is Angela Starr? ….. Well this is a girl, who thinks thats what her name is.
Angela, after having an accident, wakes up in hospital and discovers she has amnesia. She knows she lives in Portland, her therapist decides it’s best for her to go to a community school. So, we as readers follow her around the new chosen college and we are slowly introduced to new friends and circumstances along the way. However, life is more complicated than that and Angela discovers men dressed in black snooping around. The mystery continues from there. On one hand putting the puzzle together on who she is and in the other hand keeping a watch on these men in black. There is also Emmerich, a boy that Angela meets through school, there is definately a connection between the two, although to me, Emmerich seems a bit too sleek and suspicious for my liking.
I loved Dani Hoots writing. It’s very light and suits the genre of Fantasy/Sci Fi well. I was so pleased that the author made Angela independent, sensible and created a realistic approach. well, apart from roaming all over the place in her pjs, although, kittens on pjs are excusable. Yes and Dani Hoots makes sure Angela leads a reasonably normal life as a student, microwaving is very essential these days.
The author knew my weakness in food and we have a platter throughout the book, such as donuts (well you got to have those) crepes, cinnamon honey bananas! (oh yum!!) Fire patties.
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Emmerich led me to the little vendor that sold crêpes and, after a ten-minute wait, they were wrapped up and handed to us. I had ordered a strawberry cream, and he had ordered a cinnamon honey banana.
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Lots of references to songs in this book which was apt to the age group of Angela, such as, “Labrinth”, “Somebody You Used To Know” and some song verses were weaved into the story.
Angela also liked movies, TV programmes and again the author made it prominent in the story, eg, “Torchwood”. “Dr Who” was a major influence and it’s written in different forms of references throughout the book, I’m guessing the author is a huge fan.
Yes, the author lead me on a very curious hunt when it came to the mystery side of this story and I congratulate the author for keeping me in suspense, because at times it was hard to put this book down, a very nail biting lead towards the end of the story.
Recommendation
I highly recommend this entertaining book and will suit all YAs out there that are interested in Fantasy and Sci Fi. Anyone who is after a mystery, as this had me scratching my head all the way through.
So this book is three short episodes rolled into one which I’m guessing makes it a lot more affordable than buying three separate instalments. It’s YA sci fi about amnesiac Angela who has no recollection of her life before the past year. She thinks in and speaks a different language but is now ready to go to college and get some qualifications so that she can earn a living and go on to have as normal a life as possible. Sadly Angela is never going to have a normal human life because on her first day in class she spots Emmerich who seems awfully familiar and then there’s the two goons following her ! You see Angela isn’t really from around here and she’s a long way from home !
I found the first instalment very interesting but once Angela leaves Earth everything seemed rather hurried along without a lot of world building. I had an idea that she might be someone important but sadly couldn’t believe in the rather obvious bad guys who play a part here. Plus for this reader her romantic relationship just felt weird but then I’m not the target age for this so will not mark it down because of that. I will however say the writing felt clunky at times particularly compared to the initial section with a rushed ending .
This voluntary take is of a copy I requested from Netgalley and my thoughts and comments are honest and I believe fair
I love nothing more than a box set, and this one did not disappoint. This was my first read for this author and I’m excited to read more, I enjoyed the premise of the story and the storyline kept me hooked the whole time. 4.5 stars.
A Falling Starr is a YA SciFi tale of a young woman with amnesia and her journey to finding herself. This is a trilogy but reads as one story. I enjoyed watching Angela find her strength and courage to fight for what she believes in. An enjoyable escape.