Sky Without Stars

System Divine, Book 1

By: Jessica Brody, Joanne Rendell

Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Joy Osmanski, Emily Woo Zeller

In the tradition of the Lunar Chronicles, this sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amid the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.

A thief. An officer. A guardian.

Three strangers, one shared destiny....

When the Last Days came, the planet of Laterre promised hope, a new life for a wealthy French family and their descendants. But 500 years later, it’s now a place where an extravagant elite class reigns supreme; where the clouds hide the stars and the poor starve in the streets; where a rebel group, long thought dead, is resurfacing.

Whispers of revolution have begun - a revolution that hinges on three unlikely heroes....

Chatine is a street-savvy thief who will do anything to escape the brutal Regime, including spy on Marcellus, the grandson of the most powerful man on the planet.

Marcellus is an officer - and the son of a renowned traitor. In training to take command of the military, Marcellus begins to doubt the government he’s vowed to serve when his father dies and leaves behind a cryptic message that only one person can read: a girl named Alouette.

Alouette is living in an underground refuge, where she guards and protects the last surviving library on the planet. But a shocking murder will bring Alouette to the surface for the first time in 12 years...and plunge Laterre into chaos.

All three have a role to play in a dangerous game of revolution - and together, they will shape the future of a planet.

Power, romance, and destiny collide in this sweeping reimagining of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, Les Misérables.

©2019 Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell (P)2019 Simon & Schuster

Too long but not much character's development.

I was very excited to listen to this book, I thought it was very promising and I was loving it at first. I really like the Les Miserables vibe and that it was at space, but we really didn't see anything related to space except mentions of others planets, that was all. It was also very long, and in the end we didn't have a lot of plot going on, just running around. I struggle to finish to be honest and won't be listening the second one. In the end, I hated Aloutte or whatever her name was, she didn't know anything and I felt she was very cruel to her father when she learned the true. Not the great characters I was expecting.

It's not Stupeeeeeddd; it's STUPID.

Great Book but they pronounce stupid like stupeeed, which is stupid. Very annoying.... Love the Author and the story.

loved all but the ending

loved it and read most of it in one sitting bc it was so hard to put down. I just didn't care for the ending. it was a cliffhanger but it didn't wrap anything up! not cool

Les Mes in Space!

This is straight up Les Mes is space and I am here for it! I love the gentle nods to the original source of Alouette’s dad being called Huge (the author of Les Mes), of keeping his prisoner number of 24601, and the reason for the revolution! If compared to the book/movie/musical (I had to go watch the musical when starting the book), it’s centered around the characters Chatine (Epony), Alouette (Cosette) and Marcellus (Marius). Javier is a cyborg!!!! I’m curious how the authors are continuing the story as it’s a trilogy and how they use Les Mes to influence this French Revolution in space.

Long Read

Longer than I expected and I'm sure the next novel will be just as long. I enjoyed the female narrators however the Male narrator drove me crazy.