The Lost Stars

No enough recap

It took me a little bit to get into this story because it had been so long since I had read the first one, Atrophy and I just didn’t feel there was enough recap to catch me back up.  I feel if you were reading these stories back to back you would be totally fine.  If you are like me and read hundreds, no exaggeration, hundreds of books a year some of the finer points get lost and I found myself scrambling to try and remember who was who and what happened. 

As the story unfolds Mae is sent on a covert mission to capture Zander so Rian can determine if he is a shape-shifting alien.  However, things don’t go as planned and there are three attempts on Zander’s life in a very short time frame.   She and Zander are left stranded in a jungle for days, ALONE, with a budding attraction despite their suspicions of each other.  He thinking she has something to do with the attacks, her thinking he is an alien.  Tempers and sparks fly and attraction and chemistry overcome's suspicion.  But that was just the beginning.
The story was jam packed with action and intrigue that didn’t stop and you really get two stories in one.  Zander and Mae and then Rian.  Ah, Rian who I feel is the real main character of this entire series.  I keep wondering when he will get his own book.  However, I am glad he gets equal time in each book so far.  He is damaged, and dominate yet its hard not to want to be in his corner.  

I really enjoyed Quantum and the only reason it isn’t getting a 5 is because it just needed more recap.  If you even tried to read this book first you would be completely lost.  As it was with so much of a gap in between my reading times (over a year) I felt lost.