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    Amid Stars and Darkness

    By Chani Lynn Feener

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    A high-stakes space opera that combines science fiction and romance, this debut novel features plenty of action and a heroine whose unique brand of humor and tenacity make her easy to root for.

    Delaney’s entire world is thrown into chaos after she is mistaken for Lissa Olena, an alien princess hiding out on earth in order to escape an arranged marriage. Kidnapped by the princess’ head bodyguard, Ruckus, and imprisoned in an alien palace, Delaney is forced to impersonate the princess until Olena can be found. If she fails, it will lead to an alien war and the eventual enslavement of the entire human race.

    No pressure or anything.

    Factor in Trystan—the princess’ terrifying betrothed who is intent on unraveling all her secrets—and her own growing feelings for Ruckus, and Delaney is in way over her head.

    Chosen by readers like you for Macmillan's young adult imprint Swoon Reads, Chani Lynn Feener’s debut novel Amid Stars and Darkness is a thrilling space adventure complete with perfectly detailed alien planets and a super sexy secret romance.

    Praise for Amid Stars and Darkness:

    "A thoughtful, sexy adventure with winning characters just begging for a bedtime read." —VOYA

    "Feener’s world-building is excellent, and readers will feel engulfed in the culture, politics, and technology." —School Library Journal

    "This debut makes for fun, fluffy reading." —Booklist

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJul 18, 2017
    ISBN9781250123756
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    Amid Stars and Darkness
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    Chani Lynn Feener

    Chani Lynn Feener has wanted to be a writer since the age of ten during fifth grade story time. She majored in Creative Writing at Johnson State College in Vermont, and graduated in 2012. To pay her bills, she has worked many odd jobs, including, but not limited to, telemarketing, order picking in a warehouse, and filling ink cartridges. When she isn’t writing, she’s binging TV shows, drawing, or frequenting zoos/aquariums. Chani is the author of Amid Stars and Darkness and the teen paranormal series the Underworld Saga, originally written under the penname Tempest C. Avery. She currently resides in Connecticut, but lives on Goodreads.

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    • 5/5
      This book was an old-fashioned science fiction romance. Here's the scenario: a teen is kidnapped by aliens because she looks like their missing princess. She's brought back to the alien planet where she needs to keep impersonating the missing princess to keep two countries from going to war and incidentally conquering Earth.Delaney isn't a big fan of the aliens who visit Earth unlike her roommate who is something of an alien groupie. One night she accompanies her roommate to a dance club where she can meet an alien she'd been talking to online. Just before Delaney decides to leave she runs into a girl who zaps her with an alien invention that turns her into a duplicate of the missing princess.When the princess's bodyguard spots her, he captures her and takes her to his alien spaceship determined to bring her back home so that she can do her duty, pledge herself to her betrothed, and keep the countries from going to war. Delaney can't convince Ruckus that she is not the girl they are looking for.So Delaney finds herself dropped into an alien world with a fiance she doesn't like and who really doesn't like her and the target of assassination attempts because neither of their countries want the two to marry either. Her only source of strength and information is Ruckus who she falls in love with. But once the real princess is found, Delaney will be returned to Earth and will have to leave Ruckus behind.I liked Delaney who was a smart-mouthed, independent character who has a real problem with authority. She hid her very real fears behind a mask of bravado. I liked Ruckus too. He had guarded his princess out of duty because she wasn't really a likeable person but he falls in love with Delaney too. I even liked the princess's fiance Trystan despite the fact the he wanted her dead and was a really scary guy.I can't wait to read the next book to find out what happens next.
    • 5/5
      Amid Stars and Darkness is an enthralling, engaging, and exciting piece of work by Chani Lynn Feener.The story was all about Delaney being kidnapped and mistaken as Olena, the alien princess. She was taken to their planet and now, she has to pretend as the Princess or else there will be war and it might also lead to human enslavement. But, pretending was not easy because aside from assassination attempts, she also needs to be careful around Prince Trystan and she needs to control her feelings for Ruckus.I am not fond of aliens story but after reading this book, I am already thinking of reading the other books with the same theme. This novel let me see how aliens are able to live and co-exist with the humans and I could say that it's exciting to see it happens in reality.The story-line is incredible especially how the author written this book. Her writing style engrossed me and I know, when I read one, that her other books will also engage and entertain me. I like how her work can pull me into the story she had created and how I feel like I’m there, watching how it all played in front of my eyes as if I’m just watching a great show.The characters really entertained me. I am still not sure whom I like for Delaney to end up with. I like Ruckus for her but I also like Trystan. Well, I’m more of shipping Trystan and Delaney but I can’t deny that Delaney also have this chemistry with Ruckus. I hate how the author gave her two amazing guys! And no, I won’t ship Trystan and Delaney anymore. I want her to end up with Ruckus and then Trystan would be mine. Just kidding haha! Seriously, both of the guys have great chemistry with her and for me, the chemistry between Delaney and Trystan is much greater than with Ruckus.Talking about Delaney, she was somehow rebellious and it was because of her parents. She liked pulling some annoying acts just to irritate her father. She was also smart and tough. Pretending to be a princess was really hard especially when her personality with the real Olena differed. Yes, they both liked displeasing their parents but their ways were somehow different.Now, Ruckus is the kind of guy you will like to be around you all the time though there are parts/scenes that turned me off of him. He was the savior/hero-kind-of-guy and he was also sweet and caring. He protected Delaney from any harm even if she was not the real princess.For Trystan, I had viewed him as an evil prince on the first few pages but I took it back after noticing how his character changed and developed throughout the story. He was able to act differently from what he usually does and that includes sacrificing his life for the Lissa (Delaney).The ending was unexpected! I am in SO MUCH excitement to have the next book in my hands. I am so eager to read it and end this agony I’m feeling right now.I am just hoping to see more improvements on the world-building. I’m also interested to know some side story about Delaney’s best friend, Marina.Overall, this is a great read. I am really recommending this book to everyone who likes to delve in a world full of aliens. If you are also interested on reading a book that involves aliens, then I suggest for you to try this novel.Disclaimer: I received an advanced reader copy from the publisher via Xpresso Book Tours and NetGalley.
    • 5/5
      Amid Stars and Darkness is an enthralling, engaging, and exciting piece of work by Chani Lynn Feener.The story was all about Delaney being kidnapped and mistaken as Olena, the alien princess. She was taken to their planet. Now, she has to pretend as the Princess or else there will be war, and it might also lead to human enslavement. But, pretending was not easy because aside from assassination attempts, she also needs to be careful around Prince Trystan, and she needs to control her feelings for Ruckus.I am not fond of aliens story, but after reading this book, I am already thinking of reading the other books with the same theme. This novel let me see how aliens can live and co-exist with humans, and I could say that it’s exciting to see it happens in reality.The story-line is incredible, especially how the author has written this book. Her writing style engrossed me and I know, when I read one, that her other books will also engage and entertain me. I like how her work can pull me into the story she had created and how I feel like I’m there, watching how it all played in front of my eyes as if I’m just watching a great show.The characters really entertained me. I am still not sure whom I like for Delaney to end up with. I like Ruckus for her, but I also like Trystan. Well, I’m more of shipping Trystan and Delaney, but I can’t deny that Delaney also has this chemistry with Ruckus. I hate how the author gave her two amazing guys! And no, I won’t ship Trystan and Delaney anymore. I want her to end up with Ruckus, and then Trystan would be mine. Just kidding haha! Seriously, both of the guys have great chemistry with her. For me, the chemistry between Delaney and Trystan is much greater than with Ruckus.Talking about Delaney, she was somehow rebellious, and it was because of her parents. She liked pulling some annoying acts just to irritate her father. She was also smart and tough. Pretending to be a princess was really hard, especially when her personality with the real Olena differed. Yes, they both liked displeasing their parents, but their ways were somehow different.Now, Ruckus is the kind of guy you will like to be around you all the time though some parts/scenes turned me off of him. He was the savior/hero-kind-of-guy, and he was also sweet and caring. He protected Delaney from any harm even if she was not the real princess.For Trystan, I had viewed him as an evil prince on the first few pages, but I took it back after noticing how his character changed and developed throughout the story. He was able to act differently from what he usually does, and that includes sacrificing his life for the Lissa (Delaney).The ending was unexpected! I am in SO MUCH excitement to have the next book in my hands. I am so eager to read it and end this agony I’m feeling right now.I am just hoping to see more improvements on the world-building. I’m also interested to know some side story about Delaney’s best friend, Marina.Overall, this is a great read. I am really recommending this book to everyone who likes to delve in a world full of aliens. If you are also interested in reading a book that involves aliens, then I suggest you try this novel.Disclaimer: I received an advanced reader copy from the publisher via Xpresso Book Tours and NetGalley.