Star Bringer by Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft is a wonderful adult scify adventure aptly described as breakfast club meets fire fly . These two authors have seamlessly blended their writing styles to create a cohesive and immersive story . This adventure’s greatest strength and weakness is found in its multi pov structure which impressively gives each main character a distinctive and fully developed voice but also switches points of view at a dizzying pace . The main premise of a solar system on the brink of demise immediately drew me in and the characters personal arcs kept me hooked . Fans of the found family trope and of quest arcs that feel like the hobbit in space are in for a good time .

I loved this book! It was entertaining as hell with all of the twists and turns trying to see our main characters try to save the solar system. The characters were great. This had amazing romances, drama, and more. It truly was like The Breakfast Club meets Firefly!

My attention span def needed help in the beginning of the book. I don’t read sci-fi much, so my brain is trying to comprehend things, but once I got into it, I really enjoyed it. It sucked me in, and it was truly such a good read. It’s a great book to lose yourself in for a day.

The writing was really spectacular. It was charismatic. I loved the whole lingo such as the “hot steaming drokaray droppings”. Fun!

I already cannot wait to reread this one.

Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft have reignited my love of sci-fi. Star Bringer is 'The Breakfast Club' in a space setting and I couldn't get enough! Seven misfits, one spaceship, and everyone seems to be against them. But even with their backs against the wall, readers will enjoy the action, drama, romance, and banter!

When I first started reading the book, I was hooked. I loved the multiple POV's and it was easy to get wrapped up in each character's story. My favorites off the bat have to be Kali and Ian. They are total opposites, but the chemistry is fiery. And soon, the rest of the group became my favorites too. It all started because of an attack that led Princess Kali and six others who flee and found their way on a spaceship called Starlight. Everyone on board doesn't get along, but they have to if they want to survive.

After deciding to follow Ian's leadership, everyone seems to find their role on board. Sure there are fights and arguments, but amid the anger, the truth and secret are starting to emerge. So much of their lives have been built on lies and they are trying to figure out fact from fiction. I understand how delicate the subject is because how would you not believe the closest people in your life? But once everyone, especially Kali and Beckett, starts to realize that they don't have to become their mothers/parents it's easier to decipher the lies.

Although this book is a long one, with 100 chapters, I felt like I never wanted it to end. The character developments were out of this world, and seeing the bonds everyone created put a smile on my face. This does end on a cliffhanger, so be prepared to need book 2 like yesterday. There are lots of shocking moments as well and to say that I was on the edge of my seat the entire time would be an understatement. I will end by saying that Star Bringer was one of my favorite reads of the year!

Holy hell, this was a good book. On the tail end of @tracywolffbooks finishing her Crave series, this was a refreshing new side of her that I really enjoyed. I’m not a huge fan of sci-fi, but this was more a tale of a found family, set in space.

I love everything about this book. The made up places, animals and society. The characters and all their quirks. The plot. It is everything.

The last 20 chapters of this book had my jaw dropping and me begging for Tracy to stop hurting me. Well worth it though. I will not rest until I find out what happens next though!!!

Amazing job, Tracy and @ninacroft_writer and thank you @redtowerbooks for letting me read this early!

Prepare for sci-fi themed activities in this multiple POV, enemies to lovers, galactic adventure with mysterious twists while searching for solutions to problems back home. Intricately detailed world building primarily centered around a political regime. Well developed characters who show growth throughout. Contains spice and diverse characters/relationships.

Filled with wit, banter, angst, and romance sprinkled in as well.

"Terror rolls through me at the thought of what we're about to do - and what will happen if we get caught. But some things are worth fighting for. And so are some people."

"Now I know the universe has turned upside down."

5*****

This book is absolutely awesome i would describe as marvel meets divergent lots of friendships diverse romance adventure are all in this book fans of lgbtq romance friendships and quests definitely try this book

Star Bringer by Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft is a journey of self-discovery and adventure. This merry band of misfits have one unfortunate turn after another that reminds the reader about two famous pop culture icons, Firefly and The Breakfast Club. With this book, you will not only find out and empathize with these characters, but readers have reported that they experience a journey of self-discovery as they read about this world. Authors have different styles that makes their books distinctige. Despite this book is being written by two authors, their styles are seamless and come together brilliantly. Two voices come together as one to tell the tale of a futuristic society where one should be wary on who to trust along the way. This sci-fi fantasy book is a must-read! If you love to cheer for the underdog, grab this book today and go on an adventure with the merry band of misfits in space.

Reading the story the book has possibilities of a good story. The action scenes are entertaining. The characters all nine of them are intriguing to the plot. The book is a page turner for readers of sci- fi. The dialogue I have to say though is more towards late teen early twenties language. This is one of things that was hard for me to be engaged with the book. I continued reading the book. I think the book was an alright read. I received a copy of this book for a voluntary honest review.

When I first heard The Breakfast Club meets Firefly I thought how on earth would that work, and now I know.

We see everything from an assassination attempt, the potential for the ultimate betrayal, a cliffhanger that had me staring at my Kindle angrily wishing I had just one more chapter and then some.

Now after reading the Crave series, I know Tracy Wolff loves a cliffhanger but she and her counterpart Nina Croft have taken it to a new level, not only is it completely unexpected it's something that ties so much together while being something that was seamlessly added in the last few pages.

This book made me think about relationships, how hard it can be to get along with the people around you, how much pressure you can be under to please your parents, or even how love or something like it can send you to the stars.

I can't wait to see what happens next for our rag-tag group of space travelers, I'm deliberately not saying a lot about the story, I think it's more fun than just reading people's reactions.

I do have to say that the first 3/4 of the book went a little long for me, I wish we had gotten to a couple of the reveals earlier than we did but that's my issue, I like knowing what's going on from the very beginning and just going with it.

This is a solid 4.5-star book for me but I'll be rounding it up for review purposes. Thank you to Red Tower Books for providing an advance copy of this ebook, I have voluntarily read and reviewed it and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

I am in Love with this book, if you're a fan of the Illuminae files, Aurora Rising, Or Skyward you're going to love this!. We have unlikely heros, found family, romance, and a bad of absolute misfits. . This book is fast paced, full of space and action and I am in Love! The character, the background, the world building it was amazing. Baby wait for everyone to read it

This has been compared to Firefly and the Breakfast club, which is pretty accurate! Think of a rag tag group of teens that don’t necessarily like or trust each other, from ALL walks of life being stuck on a spaceship together. I loved the world building and all the people from various planets. The spaceship itself was so so cool (I really want one)! Kali was a little one dimensional for me but overall grows as a character. Rain and Beckett were my favorite overall! I loved all their adventures (and misadventures) in their plight to save the mysterious Milla and the universe itself! Highly recommend to anyone who love YA Sci-fi with the ragtag found family, princess who learns to not be entitled, and insta love tropes!

A book described as Firefly meets Breakfast Club sounds like the dream. And I definitely see the inspiration, but unfortunately this book gets off to a stuttering start, which is a pity as I really wanted to love it seeing the praise others are giving it as the book to get you over a Fourth Wing hangover.

What didn't work for me were the POVs. I'm a firm believer that Sci-Fi and Fantasy are typically best served with multiple POVs because it allows readers more insight into the new universe and its ways of working. So I was glad to see this book had multiple POVs, but disappointed that for the most part, the characters are always together so they describe the same scenes with no new insights. And then they're so secretive, you really don't get any personal details from these POVs for the first 70% of the book except that the characters are attracted to each other.

I also found the story guilty of a lot of repetition and over explanation. E.g. "'That's not a good idea, Kali.' Ian looked worried." Well, yeah, that worry already seemed clear from what Ian said...

When the book does start revealing more about why the characters hid certain things and actually shows insights into their motivations, I do get hooked and I am actually optimistic for the sequel. The last 30% is fast-paced and has some great altercations, reveals and sequel set ups.

An ensemble cast of characters are thrown together on a sentient star ship left over from an ancient culture and have to start running for their lives. Princess Kalinda is told she is needed to save their solar system, but it seems that every faction in the system is willing to kill her and her companions regardless.

I think the comparisons to the vibes of Firefly are quite appropriate and loved the way these enemies became friends and family (and some became lovers). I adore the ship and its crazy shenanigans. Several times my heart broke for what the characters had or were going through. I cannot wait for the next book to see what happens now.

This book took me on a ride through space and had me wonder struck the whole way! The way two authors came together to create a seamless and stellar book is nothing short of amazing! Star Bringer definitely gives off firefly and breakfast club vibe, but it gives off GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY even more! The characters, the atmosphere, the cliff hanger at the end…. Chefs kiss!💜✨

When there’s a bombing on the space station and you do whatever it takes to make it out alive….you end up with a princess, priestess, con artist, warrior, prisoner, mercenary and a scoundrel all on one old ship. Well they think it’s just an old ship - it might be so much more - just like this group. Kali is on her first official trip from her mother the empress, but it’s not going so well and she’s finding out more about the empire than she’s been led to believe. Plus she might have to thank an annoying handsome rogue captain for saving her life. Kali our resident princess isn’t the only one on the ship having revelations about their place in the world and their friends/family. The rag tag crew makes this story memorable and so hard to put down!

Star Bringer gave me all the snarky, action and adventure vibes of Firefly along the drama and romance we all wanted if the show continued. The book gives us multiple povs (which I loved) so we got to explore and learn a bit about each of the characters. I am hoping in future books that we can dive into some other characters as well.

Get this book now! It’s amazing!

This was another fantastic book by the most wonderful Tracy Wolff. Reading this book was an out of this world experience that took you for quite the adventure. I’m not one to usually read sci-fi books, but I’m more than happy to have had an opportunity to read this one. All the characters were phenomenal and I felt like I knew them personally. I genuinely felt like I was living this tale with the characters in this story. If there is a sequel, I will be head over heels to read it and see how the characters grow in a new chapter of their story!

Thanks to ,Entangled: Red Tower Books for the ARC!

This was such a fun sci-fi romance read, and my first read in this genre! We follow a band of misfits through space in the best spaceship ever - one that thinks for itself and honestly became such a lovable character. While the page count is long, Star Bringer is so worth it and I can’t wait to see where this series goes. I loved every character aboard the Starlight, enjoyed gasping through multiple twists, and can’t believe we were left with that ending!!! This is pretty light sci-fi, so if you’ve been scared of the genre but love other fantasy (including Tracy’s CRAVE book series), try this out! Red Tower Books is killing it with these book releases this year and I’m so excited for what’s coming next!

Read if you:
- like The Breakfast Club / a band of misfits
- enjoy cheering for fun side characters
- like romance with your sci fi / fantasy
- can handle a cliffhanger at the end of a book

“Everything came to life about five minutes ago. I pressed that big red button over there—“ He waves a hand at the big red button in question.
“Why?” I demand. Did the asshole not think we didn’t have enough problems? He needed to create more? “Because it’s big and red and I wanted to see what it would do.” He says it like it’s the most obvious thing in the world.
And, okay. Sure. What else are big red buttons for if not for morons to press?
Then I walk over and push the big red button for what apparently is the second time. Because it’s big and red and how much worse can we be fu**ed than we are already?”

Red tower books has done it yet again, somehow they’ve managed to slip crack in the pages and I’m a full blown addict! Star bringer is a non stop,fast paced, edge of your seat adventure that I couldn’t put down. I admit this is a book I don’t know if I would’ve picked up on my own accord, typically sci-fi isn’t my thing but when I got an opportunity to read an E-Arc I decided what the hell I’m in a slump from Fourth Wing maybe this will do the trick coming from the same publisher and I was not disappointed. It’s advertised as having firefly and the breakfast club vibes both of which I haven’t seen, I have however seen Guardians of the Galaxy and that’s all I could think about while reading this. This book has it all, it’s told from multi pov which I was unsure of but loved, it allowed me to understand and love each and every character in the book that much more. This book has corrupt government, found family, adventure, action, twists and turns,LGBT+ rep and so much more in sure I’m forgetting to mention. The world building is amazing and character growth and development truly beautiful and hilarious at some points. The sarcasm in some of the dialogue is top tier and one of the characters, Ian reminds me so much of my husband it’s uncanny. One of my all time favorite scenes in the book was the one I opened this review up with the “big red button” It lives rent free in my mind and has me laughing every time I read it or think about it and it was that scene that had me fully in love and hooked into the book. I think everyone should take the leap and read this story, even if it’s not your usual go to because it wasn’t mine either and I couldn’t put it down. I’m so thankful that I picked it up and started it. The cliff hanger and twist at the end of the book has me waiting not so patiently for book two, I can not wait to continue this adventure with my merry band of misfits. Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft truly knocked it out of the park with this story. I doubt this review even gives the book the true recognition it deserves, I never have the right words to explain it when I love a book. Take the chance and go on the adventure Star Bringer is worth it! 💙💙💙

I was THRILLED to read this book because Tracy Wolff is one of the authors who wrote it. Sci fi is normally not my thing. So I went into this excited to read another adventure, but being a little nervous because again…space? Not my jam normally. Knowing how much I LOVE how Tracy writes characters especially, I figured I would enjoy it anyways. Even if I wasn’t a fan of the setting…surely I would love the characters right?

Far beyond my expectations for this book! Don’t love sci fi? Pick it up. Still. I beg you! Right away I was drawn to the characters that were being introduced. For all of the Crave fans out there I know you must be wondering…well…did you like anybody as much as the Katmere gang? Yup! It’s hard not fall head of heels for these misfits. I’ve cleared a spot on my shelf already for my physical preorder. 📖

Space? Did it throw me off one bit? Not a chance. I found myself flipping quickly to the next page eager to learn more and more about these planets and this universe and somehow I lost track of time itself because I flipped and suddenly I was at the acknowledgments. 🫣

The story is amazing and the twists and turns were so enjoyable, suspenseful and full of laughs. I was at the edge of my seat for this adventure, especially from the middle to the end. If anybody knows me…they know I call Tracy the Cliffhanger Queen. And can I just say, I will be not so patiently awaiting what’s next for my beloved Star Bringer characters! 🚀

And I know many folks are excited about the rating on this book because it allows for some spice and romance. And you will not be disappointed!!! So well written, in such a way, to really understand the emotional depths of these misfits and cheer for them even more along the way. ♥️

This book was such a fun ride! It kept me reading from start to finish!! Great conflict. Excellent writing. Amazing character development. I want sure I love this sci fi book, but I did! I love her premise. The sun is dying and seven strangers are throw together for an exciting adventure! Great poolside book. Huge thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book!