Defy the Stars

Noemi is a human from Genesis, an idyllic planet trying to escape from earth control. Abel is a prototype android from Earth, built with superhuman skills and, it transpires, the Capacity to Love. They meet and turn out to be conveniently heterosexual and into each other, while also trying to save Genesis from Earth in a way which doesn't involve a mass suicide assault. As a rule, it takes quite a lot to get me to read YA romance-like things these days, but I loved both of Claudia Gray's Star Wars tie-ins, and one of those is a YA romance-like thing (Lost Stars), so I thought I'd give this a go. It was fun, with some likeable characters (including the central pairing) and a plot that wasn't super straightforward. I struggle to say there was anything spectacular about any of the worldbuilding or the issues raised, however, and I'm not sure I care enough about the future of Earth and/or Genesis enough to pick up a sequel.