The Stars Too Fondly, Emily Hamilton
The Stars Too Fondly, Emily Hamilton
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The Stars Too Fondly
A Novel

Author: Emily Hamilton

Narrator: Vico Ortiz

Unabridged: 11 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/11/2024

Synopsis

In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton weaves a suspenseful, charming, and irresistibly joyous tale of fierce friendship, improbable love, and wonder as vast as the universe itself.So, here’s the thing: Cleo and her friends really, truly didn’t mean to steal this spaceship.They just wanted to know why, twenty years ago, the entire Providence crew vanished without a trace. But then the stupid dark matter engine started all on its own, and now these four twenty-somethings are en route to Proxima Centauri, unable to turn around, and being harangued by a snarky hologram that has the face and attitude of the ship’s missing captain, Billie.Cleo has dreamt of being an astronaut all her life, and Earth is kind of a lost cause at this point, so this should be one of those blessings in disguise that people talk about. But as the ship gets deeper into space, the laws of physics start twisting, old mysteries come crawling back to life, and Cleo’s initially combative relationship with Billie turns into something deeper and more desperate than either woman was prepared for.Lying somewhere in the subspace between science fantasy and sapphic rom-com, The Stars Too Fondly is a soaring near-future adventure about dark matter and alternate dimensions, leaving home and finding family, and the galaxy-saving power of letting yourself love and be loved.

About Emily Hamilton

Emily Hamilton is a science fiction author who writes about women kissing in space. She is also an award-winning staff writer at the alt-weekly newspaper Seven Days. She lives in Burlington, Vermont, with her wife and their tiny dog Mimi.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on June 15, 2024

gotta make sure the queers in space have their iced coffees and rom com fixes The Stars Too Fondly is a cozy and queer science fiction debut about the price of progress at the expense of the many, and a generation seeking salvation among the stars. Featuring: a diverse cast and fun twisty spacetime......more

Goodreads review by nikki ༗ on January 31, 2025

Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. rating: 4.25★ a grown-up heartstopper meets andy weir's the martian meets x-men, i adored this and desperately need more sapphic hope-punk science fantasy! It’s stupid how mu......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on June 10, 2024

This book had a little bit of everything (seriously it was sci-fi, fantasy, romance, comedy, heartwarming). I’m a little surprised this was a debut because it was such a treat to read. I’m glad I found this on vacation so I could devour it in one day because it was a wonderful ride. I would love to......more

Goodreads review by Joyly on April 20, 2024

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me an ARC. All opinions are my own. I’ll be completely honest, the moment I read that title my mind immediately went to the quote “I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night” and with a pretty cover like that, an instant need to......more

Goodreads review by Mike on January 18, 2024

This is being pitched as a “science fantasy sapphic romantic comedy.” My only complaint with that description is, in my experience, rom-coms usually don’t have nearly this much depth, and very rarely this much heart. The story here starts 20 years before the book itself does. The privately-owned star......more

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