Janelle – Ellie – lives in an Ilori-controlled building where she and her family and friends are locked up and live under tough restrictions. The Sound of Stars started out quite well. Oh well, might as well get my first bad book of the year out of the way right now. The two embark on a wild and dangerous road trip with a bag of books and their favorite albums, all the while making a story and a song of their own that just might save them both. M0Rr1S has a lot of secrets, but also a potential solution-thousands of miles away. They’re both breaking the rules for love of art-and Ellie inspires the same feelings in him that music does.Įllie’s-and humanity’s-fate rests in the hands of an alien she should fear. The trouble is, he finds himself drawn to human music and in desperate need of more. When he finds Ellie’s illegal library, he’s duty-bound to deliver her for execution. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her.īorn in a lab, M0Rr1S (Morris) was raised to be emotionless. All art, books and creative expression are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library.
Deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, humanity’s emotional transgressions are now grounds for execution. Seventeen-year-old Janelle “Ellie” Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world’s population. Opening line: The invasion came when we were too distracted raging against our governments to notice.Ĭan a girl who risks her life for books and an alien who loves forbidden pop music work together to save humanity? A girl risking her life for books and an alien who secretly loves human music? How could I resist? Plus, the premise sounded too good to pass up. I picked this up because I’ve seen it on a few recommendations lists and I haven’t read that many 2020 YA books yet.
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