Terra's mother a baker dies of cancer at the end of a 500-year trek to a new planet for a group of Jews, leaving her with her father and brother. Terra is an artist, but upon school graduation is assigned to work for the botanist. She witnesses a murder and joins the Children of Abel, who are rebelling against the strict rules of the council. A bit slow, some tortuous love stories, and an ambiguous ending make this 2.75 stars. ( )

I usually like space dystopia/post-apocalyptic stories, but this was a little stranger than I was expecting. Once I got more into it and changed my expectations I liked it a little better, but it was still rather strange. ( )

It started off like a good book but I didn't like how the events happened and what caused them. ( )

Understatement of the century: this is an intense book, almost to the point of being uncomfortable to read. Of course, I'm an empathetic reader, so I find that's the case with a lot of books I pick up. North certainly has a talent for prose and creating characters. Granted, you may not like some of those characters . . . ( )

3.5 hearts

The blurb tells of secret rebellions, and takes place on a spaceship, sounds interesting right? Terra has live her entire life on Asherah, but this ship harbors some major secrets and so do the people on board.

Terra was pretty great character, she is looking for her “bashert”, her soul mate, and mostly everything she does is for this reason. She makes some dumb mistakes, and sometimes has an attitude, but she does what she believes in her heart so I can’t fault her for that. the love interest, or shall I say love interests. Yes there is a triangle, so we’ll just get that out of the way now. Koen is, well I guess you could call him her betrothed who just s a sweet guy all around and Silvan, who is mysterious to a degree and ot to mention hot. This really wasn’t the typical love triangle, there is a twist to it that I thought was done very well, so in no way did it bother me. Oh, I have to mention Rachel, who is Terra’s best friend, she was just amazing, I adored her.

The story take place in space on a ship named Asherah, they are stores, and and everyday building just like on here, but the government controls everything. Where you work, what job you get, who you are allowed to marry and even when you can and can not have children. The Jewish culture was entwined throughout the story, and their beliefs. It was a little too much for me at a few points, I’m not a very religious person and I don’t know much about the Jewish religion, so some of it was confusing for me. The ship is close to landing and the rebellion that Terra has found herself part of is putting plans into motion, so there isn’t really a dull moment. Things don’t always go as planned, and Terra does find herself in a dangerous situation. Some of what happened were events that I knew were bound to happen, which took away a little for me plot wise. On to the romance, it was between Terra, Koen Who is her, I guess you could call him her betrothed, and Silvan, but this really wasn’t the typical love triangle, there is a twist to it that I thought was done very well, so in no way did it bother me. The ending is definitely a cliffhanger, but sets the story up well for the next installment.

Starglass has government conspiracy’s and secrets rebellions, and some science fiction along the way. Overall, this turned out to be a pretty good one. ( )