I LOVED the transition of this story. i wish i would have re-read these broken stars before! ( )

I LOVED the transition of this story. i wish i would have re-read these broken stars before! ( )

4.0

This novella tells the story of how Tarver earns his "war hero" status and promotion to Major, six months before he meets Lilac aboard the Icarus. I enjoyed the insight into that evening and while the story was a little dry as far as depth goes, it was quick paced and introduces an interesting character I hope to see again in the sequel novels.

Altogether, I see this novella adding some points to the overall plot that will be crucial as the story progresses, even if they are only briefly touched upon in this installment. ( )

This was a really great tie-in novella! Loved it! ( )

A novella about an incident which happened to Tarver when he was posted on Patron, months before These Broken Stars. The flashbacks are interspersed with a conversation about said incident which takes place after These Broken Stars, so this is almost a prequel but not quite.

This wasn’t available from the library until after I’d finished the trilogy. It doesn’t really connect with the second book, but it explains something from the first book which none of the other books really address, something I’d been wondering about, and it introduces a character who turns up in the third. So it’s definitely worth reading, and worth reading before the third book. It’s also a reasonably tense and satisfying adventure in its own right. ( )