"WOW! Excellent space adventure/romance!"
Skyra is bound and determined to rescue her little sister
Mayla from the man who destroyed her family, world and
life. Having joined the rebels she is fighting a loosing
battle, but nothing, not even her life is as important as
Mayla's survival: her little sister, is the heir to
Andromeda, their home world. Eagle is assigned to a backwater space station of some
importance processing incoming children captured in the
war. Their minds are erased and they are given new
identities. While he despises this process, his entire
life, and his beliefs are about to change when one little
girl arrives that his father desperately wants. TO TOUCH THE STARS surprised me. The beginning of the story
was choppy and a little hard to follow because there was a
lot of information getting introduced all at once. However,
the story takes off and is very engrossing. Tess Mallory
also is very good at misdirecting the reader, which I
really like in a story. It makes it very hard to be able to
put the book down! Skyra is possibly one of the strongest female characters I
think I've ever read. She is a very driven woman and won't
let anything stand in the way of getting her sister back.
This is all very surprising because she comes from a very
gentle, non-violent race of people and some of the things
she does in the course of the war go totally against her
inner nature. And yet, she is still very much a woman,
passionate and wanting to be feminine. Eagle is the son of Zarn, Skyras sworn enemy and while
Eagle doesn't know (for most of the book) Mayla is Skyra's
sister, he is bound and determined to find the little girl
and use her for his own means. He is burnt out on his
fathers' war and sees Mayla as a means to make peace. In
the meantime, he's dealing with Skyra who is both very
formidable and someone he is very attracted too. TO TOUCH THE STARS is a very touching and emotional story
that brings two characters together that can have no
future. They hate each other, but because they are forced
to work together to serve their own needs an attraction
builds between them, I think that starts out of respect.
The end of the story came as quite a surprise and rather
than feeling rushed, was very believable. If you are looking for an excellent story, I would highly
recommend TO TOUCH THE STARS you can find a copy of this
out of print book. Reviewed by Cynthia Eckert
Posted December 12, 2005
Reviewed by Cynthia Eckert
Posted November 21, 2006
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