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The Blurb On The Back:
Can you fall in love with someone you’ve never met, never even spoken to – someone who is light years away?
Romy Silvers is the only surviving crew member on a spaceship bound for a new planet. She is the loneliest girl in the universe, until she hears that a second spaceship has launched from Earth, with a single passenger on board. A boy called J.
Their only communication is via email, and the messages take months to transmit, yet Romy finds herself falling in love. But what does she really know about J? And what do the strange new messages from Earth mean? Sometimes, there’s something worse than being alone …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Lauren James’s YA SF psychological thriller is strong on the psychological elements (with Romy’s depression and anxiety being credibly portrayed) but the thrills are weak and predictable, the antagonist two dimensional and I found the ending to be a bit of an anti climax such that while I would read James’s other books, this didn’t really work for me.
THE LONELIEST GIRL IN THE UNIVERSE was released in the United Kingdom on 7th September 2017. Thanks to Walker Books for the review copy of this book.
Romy Silvers is the only surviving crew member on a spaceship bound for a new planet. She is the loneliest girl in the universe, until she hears that a second spaceship has launched from Earth, with a single passenger on board. A boy called J.
Their only communication is via email, and the messages take months to transmit, yet Romy finds herself falling in love. But what does she really know about J? And what do the strange new messages from Earth mean? Sometimes, there’s something worse than being alone …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Lauren James’s YA SF psychological thriller is strong on the psychological elements (with Romy’s depression and anxiety being credibly portrayed) but the thrills are weak and predictable, the antagonist two dimensional and I found the ending to be a bit of an anti climax such that while I would read James’s other books, this didn’t really work for me.
THE LONELIEST GIRL IN THE UNIVERSE was released in the United Kingdom on 7th September 2017. Thanks to Walker Books for the review copy of this book.
