The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James

Summary From Goodreads:

A surprising and gripping sci-fi thriller with a killer twist

The daughter of two astronauts, Romy Silvers is no stranger to life in space. But she never knew how isolating the universe could be until her parents’ tragic deaths left her alone on the Infinity, a spaceship speeding away from Earth.

Romy tries to make the best of her lonely situation, but with only brief messages from her therapist on Earth to keep her company, she can’t help but feel like something is missing. It seems like a dream come true when NASA alerts her that another ship, the Eternity, will be joining the Infinity.

Romy begins exchanging messages with J, the captain of the Eternity, and their friendship breathes new life into her world. But as the Eternity gets closer, Romy learns there’s more to J’s mission than she could have imagined. And suddenly, there are worse things than being alone….

Review:

I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this quite as much as I did. I have to admit that there was one review I read on Goodreads for this book that just gushed about this so much, I had to read it for myself. All it takes sometimes is one glowing review. And I’m so glad I read that review. And then I’m even gladder that review stuck with me when I went to the bookstore and found this book.

I could easily have seen this book boring me to tears. What’s so interesting about being so drastically alone? Well…everything. I read this in one sitting. I was on the edge of my beach chair the whole time I read this…There were moments when my jaw dropped in shocking surprise. And there were moments I held my breath for way too long. This book takes suspense to whole new intergalactic level. It’s probably the most suspenseful book I’ve read all year. It’s kind of what I was hoping the movie Passenger would have been…

I also absolutely cannot go into any kind of details about the plot because it’s best going into this blind. All you should know and all I knew going in, was that there are plenty of twists, and crazy levels of suspense. This is not he cutesy book the summary on the back kind of makes this sound like. It’s definitely a suspense story.

It’s also a book for sci-fi fans. I’m by no means a space expert, but it reads like the author did her research. And if space ships, astronauts, and the universe are not your thing, this is not the book for you. I feel like you need at least a slight appreciation for sci-fi to really love this.  This book is also for the suspense lovers. It’s not a huge character driven story –mostly because there are so few of them…but, it’s a good story.  I give it a 9/10.