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Amina is special – or as her father would say – a freak. With the ability to move things with her mind, she dreams of joining the Interplanetary Peace Squad, but her family won’t hear of it. So she sneaks away one night, takes a leap of faith, and joins the training program. This beginning portion of the book was a bit choppy and rough. The initial interactions Amina had with people at the training program were a bit cliched. They were very stereotypical – the shy girl, the flirty rich girl, the cute slightly older guy every girl wanted.

Once we got more into the heart of the story, things took a really great turn for the better. People started becoming a little more dynamic (but still a tad on the cliche side), and personalities started showing up. Amina is assigned her first training mission, and she has a chance to show the crew and her captain (the hot guy everyone wants) that she can handle herself. And she handles herself well, but not perfectly – which is great.

The romance that has been budding throughout the story didn’t always seem to fit in. There were too many times that the mission should have fallen apart because of the flirty-times going on. Eventually, the romance starts to straighten itself out, and by the end, I felt more like it was a natural thing between the two characters. But getting there was a bit rough.

**I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book**

Title: Sunstar (Peacekeepers #1)
Author: Annalise Whelan
Genre:​ Young Adult, SciFi Romance
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Amina has a secret her father’s rage and shame has forced her to keep. When she finds an invitation that offers to set her free she’s determined to accept it before it’s too late. First, she must escape her father’s world of prejudice and fear. She must find within herself the strength to stand against everything she’s ever known and enter a new life. But that’s just the beginning of her journey. She discovers others with Abilities like hers, discovers within herself heart and confidence and skill as she trains, hones her power. She’s no longer alone but she’s part of a specially trained unit that patrols the star system maintaining peace. Now that she’s discovered freedom nothing will take that away, even love, and she must tread a treacherous ledge to protect her heart. Two men tempt her heart and her peace but one may not be who he seems and the other may hold the power to destroy her. She finds mystery friendship value in her new life but also the heat and emotion of passion, the greatest depth of betrayal and grief and possibly the truest form of love. A YA scifi adventure romance with heart. Clean romance. â€‹