To Sleep in a Sea of Stars misses the mark for me. Kira, the main character comes off as needy and a bit entitled. The romance between her and Alan is paper thin and comes across as a cloudy holographic projection of love, rather than a real relationship. The relationship was rushed and sorta insta-love. The problem was that there was too much ‘telling’ and not enough ‘showing.’ We were constantly told how much Kira cared for and wants to be with Alan, and that sentiment generally led into disjointed love scenes that began in a blur and ended in a disappointing fizzle. The plot itself is interesting but the execution was done poorly. Too many characters are introduced in the beginning and the author doesn't take time to really flush them out. I will say that this book was more horror that science fiction--but I'm actually okay with that. Unfortunately, this novel failed to excite me because of it's lack-luster effort to be an epic story.