I'm sorry I was not able to read and review this book before it was archived due to serious health issues.

Breathtaking! I am in utter awe of this spellbinding book!

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Kricket Hollowell never wished upon stars. She was too busy hiding in plain sight, eluding Chicago’s foster care system. As her eighteenth birthday approaches, she now eagerly anticipates the day she’ll stop running and finally find her place in the world.
That day comes when she meets a young Etharian soldier named Trey Allairis, who has been charged with coming to Earth to find Kricket and transport her to her true home. As danger draws close, he must protect her until she can wield the powers she cannot use on Earth…and he soon realizes that counting a galaxy of stars would be easier than losing this extraordinary girl.
Kyon Ensin knows the powerful depths of Kricket’s gifts—gifts he’ll control when he takes her for his tribe and leads the forces that will claim Ethar and destroy his enemies, starting with Trey Allairis. Now, Kricket faces the most difficult choice of her life: whether to wage a battle for survival or a fight for love.

Well, this was disappointing. I was excited when I read the blurb for this book (and the cover is kinda cool too) - but it just didn't deliver what I was expecting.

Instead, what this book gave me was insta-love (with a kidnapper, no less), a love triangle, and a bunch of aliens that were more caricatures than serious characters. I just couldn't get into it.

Also, Kricket was just not a MC that was a mish-mash of every lead you can think of - beautiful, special powers upon special powers, and the "I don't know anything" answer to her kidnapping was just frustrating...so was her need to tell us the colour of her hair...OFTEN! Just pointless.

I forced myself to finish it as I don't like to leave books unfinished. This one was a real struggle.


Paul
ARH

Kricket Hollowell never fit in, running and making it on her own, she is counting down until her 18th birthday. On that day, she can finally be free, no longer on the run from social services. But one desperate night, one careless wish, she finds herself being hunted by two sets of men who seem to know more about her past that she herself. It turns out there was a reason all along as to why she never fit in, a gift from her mother that has been passed down to her, a gift so valuable, making her wanted by all...

Two very dangerous men, with two different motives. Kyon, from the Alameeda Brotherhood, seems far too at ease when it comes to delivering a lie with a smile. Trey, a general from Skye, a Rafe citizen, seems to be the only one she can trust. At least he has been upfront with his intentions, even if they mean that she would be paying for crimes. Torn between her mother and father's people, Kricket the product of her parent's illicit love affair seems to be the trigger to the impending war between Rafe and Alameeda. While the other houses need to decide who to allay themselves with, for it is inevitable and it seems that Kricket's gifts can be most useful.

Trey and his most trusted men are believed to be the best of the best, so delivering a simple human female to the Reagent of Rafe should be easy now that they found her but they never anticipated for all that is Kricket. She has managed to surprise them and knock them off their feet; with her strength, charm and drive. And while Trey is driven by rules and orders, he can't help how protective and possessive he feels about Kricket. Even if she drives him mad. But under the stars when the walls are down, anything can happen and bloom.

“You trying to stop her heart, sir?” Jax asks in a concerned tone, coming to me and checking me for injuries.

“No, she’s stopping mine,” Trey replies softly

This was a great read! I cannot wait to read more of Krickets story and to learn more about Trey and Kyon! I am obsessed with Trey and Kricket, but I also sort of want to see what it is like for Kricket to be with Kyon. I highly recommend this book who enjoys paranormal books.

I received an ARC through NetGallery in exchange for an honest review.