For Darkness Shows the Stars
Readers rate it 3.6 (30 on Hardcover)
260 pages · Released Jun 12, 2012 · Harper Collins
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This YA dystopian romance adapts Jane Austen's Persuasion into a post-apocalyptic setting with themes of class conflict, questioning authority, and personal agency. The story centers on emotional tension and moral dilemmas rather than graphic content, though it includes some violence related to the dystopian world and mild sexual references. Readers should be mature enough to engage with themes of social hierarchy, systemic oppression, and romantic heartbreak.
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Fans of Divergent will love Diana Peterfreund’s take on Jane Austen’s Persuasion set in a post-apocalyptic world. In the dystopian future of For Darkness Shows the Stars, a genetic experiment has devastated humanity. In the aftermath, a new class system placed anti-technology Luddites in absolute power over vast estate... Fans of Divergent will love Diana Peterfreund’s take on Jane Austen’s Persuasion set in a post-apocalyptic world. In the dystopian future of For Darkness Shows the Stars, a genetic experiment has devastated humanity. In the aftermath, a new class system placed anti-technology Luddites in absolute power over vast estates—and any survivors living there. Elliot North is a dutiful Luddite and a dutiful daughter who runs her father’s estate. When the boy she loved, Kai, a servant, asked her to run away with him four years ago, she refused, although it broke her heart. Now Kai is back. And while Elliot longs for a second chance with her first love, she knows it could mean betraying everything she’s been raised to believe is right. For Darkness Shows the Stars is a breathtaking YA romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.
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- Young Adult Fiction
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
- Adventure
- Fiction
- Science fiction
- Romance
- Dystopian
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ISBN 9780062114372 · Harper Collins