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.
Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family's estate over love. 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. 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.
But Elliot soon discovers her old friend carries a secret--one that could change their society . . . or bring it to its knees. 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.
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.
My Rating
-4/5-
This book can defiantly be confusing if you don't pay attention. Though if you do pay attention it is a really good book. A lot happens like so much it's hard to know where to begin.
Warning: I do a horrible job at describing how good this book was!
Elliot lives in this world where you are either one of three people. 1. Reduced who are apparently dumb, they don't understand much, they hardly talk and they can only do simple tasks and they must be supervised. 2. Luddites, they are basically the top of the line, they own everything and Elliot is a Luddite. 3. Post, Post-reduction, or CORs Children of reduced; basically they come from reduced but they are born normal, like the Luddites, they can do harder stuff and they understand more. Also no Post has a child that isn't a Post, and one out of about 20 kids is born a Post. But Posts are treated the same as Reduced, like slaves more or less.
As a kid Elliot was friends with a Post named Kai, and when Kai decided to leave Elliot choose helping run the estate then to go with him. For 4 years Elliot helps her Father and sister run the estate. Helps take care of the Posts and Reduced. She cares for the people lower then her she cares if they have enough food. How they will survive the winter. She takes a lot of time and dedication into the estate.
Soon Kia comes back into her life as Malakai Wentforth. Elliot loved him before she left and she still loves him. Kia, though he hates her, he doesn't even glance at her. Won't talk to her. Says she doesn't care about her works. He even shows interest in another girl. This tears Elliot apart. She can't stand to be around Kia, she offten avoids him and focus on her work.
Though out all that Kia has to deal with other problems like trying to make sure everyone on the estate gets enough to eat over the winter. She has to choose if breaking the Luddites protocol on everything is for the better. She has to deal with her grandfather leaving dying and leaving his estate to her. She has to deal with her family basically using her. Plus more. It's a surprise Elliot even holds together. There is basically so much in this book that goes on it's hard to write it all down.
Now to the characters. The characters are great there was a lot to the characters like Elliot, Kai, Elliot's family, and many others. There wasn't much to Ro and Dee but that was more of the point of those characters which was awesome. All the characters were more or less really good for this story. Elliot's dad and sister and even cousin where mean and horrible but had their moments. Kia was smart and strong, and stubborn, and not willing to give Elliot much of a chance. Elliot herself was lady like always keeping her composure. She hid things very well, she was extremely cautious and weighed her options. She was amazingly selfless to choose the estate over her own happiness so many times. I loved Elliot's character.
Okay I am not giving this book justice in this review. I mean there is just so much that goes on and it's all so complicated and there is this love aspect to it but it's just so hard to describe or put into words. It's a wonderful book though with a wonderful ending. The only thing that I didn't like about is it can be confusing. Everything was so nicely done. I just have to say go pick up this book and read it.
Oh a few other things I want to mention. The tittle is beautiful. Also I love Elliot's name it was such a nice name to choose.
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