For Darkness Shows the Stars

Generations ago, a genetic experiment gone wrong—the Reduction—decimated humanity, giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.
Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family’s estate over love. Since then the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress, and Elliot’s estate is foundering, forcing her to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth—an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliot wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she let him go.
But Elliot soon discovers her old friend carries a secret—one that could change their society . . . or bring it to its knees. And again, she’s faced with a choice: cling to what she’s been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she’s ever loved, even if she’s lost him forever.
Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, For Darkness Shows the Stars is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.

**************MY REVIEW<3****************************************************


This book was so good. And her name is Elliot..how cool is that?
Elliot lives in a world with posts and reductionists. They are the result of an attempt by Gavin and Carlotta , two scientists who tried to be god, who tried to make humans better. The result was humans who were mute and who were forced to work on plantations with C.O.R who have normal qualities ( they can speak)
Elliot needs money, so when she gets a request from captain wentworth's fleet to rent her grandfathers boat right estate, she takes the chance. little does she know that Captain Malakai Wenthworth is her childhood love, Kai. The fleet comes with sun carts, and they show abilities that are too good to be true.The book contains letters to and from Elliot and Kai, which shows why Kai was mad at her. When Elliot was 14, she was forced to make the decision between love and all of the lifes on the plantation. This book was a sweet, Jane Austen esque read, and I absolutely adored all of the characters, even though some gave me the extreme urge to smack them.

 Four running shoes!