![]() and she's also kind of intrigued by Seth, a moody loner. Waverly, on the other hand, just doesn't feel ready to settle down. ![]() ![]() pushy Kieran appears to be a shoe-in for taking over as Captain of the ship one day, and he's eager to marry Waverly and start a family. Waverly finds the society on her spaceship vaguely misogynistic. There are a lot of interesting controversial topics tackled in this book: religion, infertility, and gender roles. ![]() Everyone is curious and concerned to meet up with another starship, the New Horizon which should be light years ahead of them. Waverly and her friend Kieran are the first generation to be born aboard the Empyrean, a secular farming ship. Just after this first line, setting up what an amazing world readers find themselves in - stars! spaceships! nebula! - the female protagonist, 15 year old Waverly Marshall, says, "Our ships are so ugly." Ah, I love it! It's just another boring old day on the starship for them. It takes place in a generation starship, designed for over a century long journey to a new world. ![]() This book had so many things that I liked about it. First line: "The other ship hung in the sky like a pendant, silver in the ether light cast by the nebula." ![]()
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