Star Wars: Lost Stars is a duel Point of view story following best friends Thane and Ciena; children from opposite families on one planet striving for the same goal: to be the best imperial officers they can be. Thane grew up the youngest son of Second wave settlers on the outer rim planet Jeculan. His parents and older brother create a terrible home environment for him which he dreamed of escaping by joining the Empire. Ciena is the only surviving daughter of Valley parents. Ciena lives her life for both herself and her late twin sister. Her biggest wish is to one day show her sister the galaxy outside of the remote planet. Thane and Ciena meet the day the Empire arrives on Jeculan and the two bond over their shared passion for flying. Over the years the pair train together to attend one of the Empire’s prestigious training academies. Together they travel to Courousaunt and their bond is seemingly stranger than ever until Ciena is framed for altering Thane’s project causing him to fail the assignment. Now the once unstoppable duo can barely stand to look at each other. Though the years they grow together despite being assigned to opposite sides of the galaxy. What was once a childhood friendship turns into a passionate love that is only uncovered after a betrayal. Now they are reminded that despite the differences they have to work together to save each other.
Star Wars: Lost Stars has a heavy focus on honor and loyalty. Ciena was raised in a first-wave family. these first-wave settlers uphold a strong sense of honor. When Ciena swears her oath of loyalty to the Empire her loyalty is cemented. As long as she had been with thane she had never known her to dishonor anything but now that Thane has disregarded his oath Ciean has to decide if she can be loyal to Thane and still honor her oath to the Empire. Together they have to discover that you can be loyal to more than one thing.
I absolutely love this book, it is one of my top 2 books and I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone even if they don’t like Star Wars. Part of the appeal is that the book doesn’t neassecarily have to be a Star Wars book, it could be its own story without having to have a whole franchise to build off of it which I thinkdraws a lot of new readers to the book but it is an excellent book whether your reading it because it is a Star Wars book or not