The Xerus Galaxy Saga: Clean YA Space Fantasy

MommaSaurus
Feb 4
3 min read

Updated: Feb 7

The Xerus Galaxy Saga by E.A. Hendryx

Quick Summary:

Genre: YA, Sci-Fi, Space Fantasy, Romance

Recommended Age: 15+

Possibly Concerning Content: (details below)

🤬 Language: Level 1

❤️ Romance: Level 3

🛡️Violence: Level 3

Books in Trilogy

Book 1: Suspended in the stars

Review

The blurb on the back of the book said this YA space fantasy romance (we really need a shorter name for that) was "The Greatest Showman meets Star Wars." Say less!

Talie is a trapeze artists in a circus on a spaceship hiding a deadly secret. Renner is a muffin loving soldier on the run with evidence of corruption that could tear apart the galaxy. When Talie agrees to hide him, it becomes a fight for survival and a race across the galaxy.

I really loved the first book! The imagery of the circus and the worldbuilding is just wonderful! Every character feels like a real person with their own personalities, motivations and backstories! Even though this is a scifi, it leans more into the space fantasy genre. There was never a moment where I felt overwhelmed by the science or the terminology to the point that I was so absorbed I read it in a single sitting. The banter and romance between Talie and Renner is SO good! I Highly Recommend.

Official Blurb (drop down)

A girl in hiding. A boy on the run. The fate of the galaxy between them.

When Talie Zarna is forced to hide rogue soldier, Renner Cartha, her life isn’t the only thing threatened. Living as the famed Soaring Staress on the circus spaceship Midway masks her true identity, but Renner’s very presence threatens to draw unwanted attention.

As a former royal guard, Renner holds secrets of his own. Like evidence of a political assassination he is on a mission to deliver to the Xerus Galaxy’s governing council. Renner's flirtatious confidence is at odds with the seriousness of his mission, but when his former guard captain, Jas Uli-Tai, discovers him hiding among the circus performers, Talie risks everything she's come to cherish—going so far as to leave the safety of the Phenomena circus—to do what is right.

With Jas closing in at every turn, Talie and Renner come close to finding the High Council only to discover corruption at its core. Their only option for escape is a cocky smuggler who’s not quite what he seems and an underground resistance group called The Rising that’s fighting for change in the galaxy.

Faced with the weight of her true identity and the cost of embracing it, Talie must decide if she is willing to give up everything for the sake of saving the Galaxy, even if that means giving up the boy she loves.

If you like...

Fake dating
Space fantasy
Found family
Clean romance
Action and adventure
Fast pace
Amazing banter
Hidden Identities
Circus in space
Space rebellions

Possibly Concerning Content Guide*

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🤬 Language Level 1

None

❤️ Romance Level 3

Passionate Kisses only

🛡️ Violence Level 3

Gunfire
People are shot
Some bad guys perish

‼️ Heads Up

Two characters are nearly sold into slavery (Called the 'skin trade') to become pit fighters.

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