SuitabookIdentity and reinvention
Aerin considers whether she can scrub away the person she has been and become someone different.
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Anne Osterlund - Author
Expect a character-led science-fiction story built around rivalry, secrets and a gradually changing relationship. Its school setting includes debate and sparring, while family power, past harm and ethical questions appear to broaden the focus beyond romance.
With a past too terrible to speak of, and a bleak, lonely future ahead of her, Aerin Renning is shocked to find she has earned a place at the most exclusive school in the universe. Aerin excels at Academy 7 in all but debate, where Dane Madousin—son of one of the most powerful men in the Alliance— consistently outtalks her. Fortunately Aerin consistently outwits him at sparring. They are at the top of their class until Dane jeopardizes everything and Aerin is unintentionally dragged down with him. When the pair is given a joint punishment, an unexpected friendship—and romance—begins to form. But Dane and Aerin both harbor dangerous secrets, and the two are linked in ways neither of them could ever have imagined.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceExpect a character-led science-fiction story built around rivalry, secrets and a gradually changing relationship. Its school setting includes debate and sparring, while family power, past harm and ethical questions appear to broaden the focus beyond romance.
Aerin considers whether she can scrub away the person she has been and become someone different.
Aerin and Dane harbour dangerous secrets; Dane is described as having no patience with deception while openly being drawn to trouble.
Dane is the son of a powerful Alliance figure, while the pair attend an exclusive academy and receive joint punishment.
Pay attention to how the story handles Aerin’s terrible past, Dane’s anger towards his father, imprisonment, dangerous secrets and sparring. The relationship’s treatment of recovery and power may be worth discussing rather than assuming it is straightforward.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough.
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