Brightest Stars Trilogy (Brightest Stars #1-3) - Anna Todd

Written by Anna Todd
Read by Jaime Lincoln Smith, Lauren Ezzo
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The Falling (Brightest Stars #1)
Narrated By: Lauren Ezzo

A new love story from Anna Todd begins with The Falling, the first novel in a new trilogy from the number one internationally bestselling author of the After series.

Twenty-year-old Karina is proud of the independent life she is trying to create for herself in Ft. Benning, Georgia.

A dutiful officer’s daughter, supportive sister to a troubled twin brother, and caring friend to her roommate, Elodie, Karina always puts the needs of others ahead of her own and prides herself on being a fixer of broken things—whether it’s the house she’s just bought or the fragmented family she works hard to keep intact.

Like anyone who has grown up around an army base, Karina also knows the background noise that follows men and women home from war.

And when she meets Kael, a handsome soldier on the cusp of discharge, she’s immediately intrigued by his brooding presence and enigmatic silence.

As their uncertain and unexpected friendship starts to turn into something more, Karina tries to piece together Kael’s story: he is emotionally closed off, recovering from wounds and other trauma in the aftermath of two tours in Afghanistan.

In her practice as a physical therapist, Karina has a strong desire to help him heal, and though it challenges her many insecurities and anxieties, she has an equally strong desire to trust him.

But that trust is fragile, like the preciousness of a soldier’s life. It can be gone in an instant.

Ultimately facing a crossroads, their relationship will be tested by the one thing that Karina cannot accept, forgive, or understand.
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The Burning (Brightest Stars #2)
Narrated By: Jaime Lincoln Smith, Lauren Ezzo

Twenty-year-old Karina is proud of the independent life she is trying to create for herself in Ft. Benning, Georgia.

A dutiful officer’s daughter, supportive sister to a troubled twin brother, and caring friend to her roommate, Elodie, she always puts the needs of others ahead of her own, and prides herself on being a fixer of broken things―whether it’s the house she’s just bought or the fragmented family she works hard to keep intact.

Like anyone who has grown up around an army base, Karina also knows the background noise that follows men and women home from war.

And when she meets Kael, a handsome soldier on the cusp of discharge, she’s immediately intrigued by his brooding presence and enigmatic silence.

As their uncertain and unexpected friendship starts to turn into something more, Karina tries to piece together Kael’s story: he is emotionally closed off, recovering from wounds and other trauma in the aftermath of two tours in Afghanistan.

In her practice as a physical therapist, Karina has a strong desire to help him heal, and though it challenges her many insecurities and anxieties, she has an equally strong desire to trust him.

But that trust is fragile, like the preciousness of a soldier’s life. It can be gone in an instant.

Ultimately facing a crossroads, their relationship will be tested by the one thing that Karina cannot accept, forgive, or understand.
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The Infinite Light of Dust (Brightest Stars #3)
Narrated By: Jaime Lincoln Smith, Lauren Ezzo

The heart-wrenching conclusion to the epic Brightest Stars trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Anna Todd

Karina and Kael have been trying to make it work for as long as they’ve been together.

The two broken souls have a lot of individual healing to do before they’ll be able to find happiness anywhere, never mind with each other.

As the world around them starts to crumble, Kael is consumed by the darkness of his PTSD, and Karina struggles to overcome her anxiety, which is at an all-time high.

Then someone from their past returns to invade their lives and wreak havoc on the fragile peace they’ve created.

If they’re going to have the future they dream of, they’ll have to commit to fighting this battle together.