For Darkness Shows the Stars: Jane Austen Meets Post-Apocalyptic YA in a Dystopian Sci-Fi Romance of Second Chances and First Love

For Darkness Shows the Stars: Jane Austen Meets Post-Apocalyptic YA in a Dystopian Sci-Fi Romance of Second Chances and First Love

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<p>Fans of <em>Divergent</em> will love Diana Peterfreund€s take on Jane Austen€s <em>Persuasion</em> set in a post-apocalyptic world.<br /> <br />In the dystopian future of <em>For Darkness Shows the Stars</em>, a genetic experiment has devastated humanity. In the aftermath, a new class system placed anti-technology Luddites in absolute power over vast estates€"and any survivors living there.<br /> <br />Elliot North is a dutiful Luddite and a dutiful daughter who runs her father€s estate. When the boy she loved, Kai, a servant, asked her to run away with him four years ago, she refused, although it broke her heart.<br /> <br />Now Kai is back. And while Elliot longs for a second chance with her first love, she knows it could mean betraying everything she€s been raised to believe is right.<br /> <br />For <em>Darkness Shows the Stars</em> is a breathtaking YA romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.</p>