Her father gives her no choice but to enter, but she continues to work on getting a patent to sell a water filtration system she has redesigned with hopes that this will be the way to maintain her autonomy without marrying for money to prevent the loss of their family ship. Because of her age this is her final year of eligibility in the Vlog. At sixteen, Leo was forced by her family to turn her back on her first love, Elliot the son of her father’s butler, and has refused to be part of numerous Vlogs which would force her into a loveless alliance. A two-tiered society has continued, with the titled and rich maintaining control through an elaborate tradition called the Vlog, a month-long event full of activities meant to match the most eligible young people for marriage and family alliances. Only the wealthy and titled of the world were able to escape to space along with a crew of servants and workers. These ended up in space, hundreds of years ago, after a catastrophic event plummeted earth into an unforgiving ice age. She carries the archaic title of princess even though the only thing she is heir to is a decrepit spaceship in the stellar settlement for the remnants of earth. The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne is a teen/YA story of love versus obligation for a futuristic young women, Princess Leonie who prefers to be called Leo.
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