Love Is A Choice

Across the Universe #0.6

by Beth Revis

From Shards and Ashes

What events shaped Orion and turned him into the man he was at the start of Across the Universe? This story explores just that.

Orion started off as just another Elder, due to inherit the leadership of the spaceship Godspeed. When he starts to question the world around him, though, things quickly change. He meets a young woman that he may have feelings for. But if she gets in the way of his revenge, he can ignore his feelings for her...right? Or is love a choice after all?

Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Dystopia, Romance, Short Stories, Fantasy, Fiction

15 pages, ebook

First published February 19, 2013

About the author

Beth Revis writes books. She also eats too much chocolate, wishes she could travel more, and prefers puppies to people. Beth lives in rural NC with her boys: one husband, one son, two very large puppies.

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Man, I miss this series. Kinda want to re-read. Orion was one of my favourite characters.

[catherine ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A surprisingly enjoyable and interesting novella that added depth to a character I was already intrigued by.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me ha gustado mucho saber más sobre Orion. Es un personaje que puede dar mucho juego.

[Elyse · Rating 5 out of 5]

https://www.wattpad.com/story/1441881...

Forgot that I read this as part of Shards and Ashes in 2013! I did just re-read it because I didn't remember it. ;) But I really liked it! Makes me want to re-read the trilogy! I loved this trilogy!!

[Kamran Butt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is story had so much potential that I feel it should've been much longer. The name choosing of Orion and how he becomes the Recorder and how he kept doubting himself over his thoughts about revolution and We learn the circumstances under which Orion meets Mags and then they become involved in a romantic relationship, but it would have been nice if their relationship had been more fleshed out and how he CHOOSE not to love her. It really broke my heart. I liked Mag a lot, she was just so rebellious and full of life but I can see why Orion did what he did.

"Remember what you said about the baby, Mag? I ask gently
"No" she whsipers
"You said you didn't have to love it"
"I realized something then, Mag" I say, still using the gentlest voice I can muster. "I realized then that LOVE CAN BE A CHOICE."

[♡Julalicious Book Paradise♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

rating: 2.75/5

It explains some, but I feel it went over a lot of things so fast that you can't feel connected with the two characters. I feel that there should have been more for us to understand more.

[Madeleine Knutsson · Rating 3 out of 5]

wow.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a small novella that is included as part of the collection: Shards and Ashes. My review was given on the collection as a whole so it can be found there instead.

[Louisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great short story about Orion, picking out his name, taking over being Recorder, and yeah, it was really creepy but good!

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did wonder what Orion did to the last recorder. It was cool getting this bit of information in the form of a short story.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed learning more about Orion's personality and reasoning. He's a protagonist that never felt like a villain but who certainly wasn't meant to be a hero either. He never cared about that. He did questionable things but for understandable reasons, that's what I find interesting with this character.

I wish we had more scenes with Amy and Elder from his POV.

[Olivia Land · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was a very good novella. I was however not convinced this was the reason for Orion's plan. It never really explained Orion's feelings after big things happened and went straight into what he does without explaining. Exp: Orion figures out Mag shut off the Phylus (I forget the name) and it never says if he's angry and then BAM oh yeah I poisoned you. I wish we got more of Mag before she got political and I think she was smarter than her later actions showed. It was definitely not as good as As They Slip Away, her other novella, which impacted me more than most books I read and the best novella i've ever read. Overall, good novella, confusing judgement on the characters part.

[Kasandra Garrido Neira · Rating 4 out of 5]

"But I realized soon enough that asking questions was the worst possible thing I could ever do.
I did it anyways."

I'm so in love with across the universe's characters but I will always have a hate-love relationship with Orion. I guess I understand why he did everything, and that's frustrating.

This was really beautiful and sad :(

[Maria Jaramillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esta historia tiene mucho potencial, que creo que pudo explorar mas!!! Se quedo muy corta para todo lo que implica. Conocer mas sobre orion cuando aun era muy joven es muy interesante y su forma de pensar y de sentir es aun mas caotica y al mismo tiempo ordenada de principio a fin que te deja con escalofríos.

[Denisse · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll take anything about Beth Revis. Yes.

By this time I'm surviving thanks to short beth revis stories...I really-really-need a new book of her.


You can read this short story for free from Beth's wattpad page! Go! NOW!

[Oksana · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this novella tells the the story of Orion, the way he hid from Eldest and how he became the Recoder, I don't think that it's a must-read. The original series is great as it is and gives all the answers, but the true fans would certainly find this short addition interesting.

[❤︎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was okay. I didn't really feel like it was necessary to the overall story but I did enjoy reading a bit more about Orion's background and how he became what he became. This offered a bit of insight, still don't like his character though.

[Kasi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this, makes me miss the world of Godspeed. I just wish I would have read it closer to when I read the series because I have forgoten a lot. Great to read a story about a side character that has a very interesting past only slightly touched on in the core books.

[victoria ⋆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

[Briane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite it being years since I finished the main novels in the series, I still wanted to return to this world and read the novellas that give more background and history to the story. This one provides some back story to Orion, the main antagonist of the first book, Across the Universe, including how he got his name, how he became Recorder, and just how deeply his malicious intentions could go even at a younger age. Given the background provided in this super short, but effective novella my feelings from the original series towards Orion are just as strong, if not stronger.

[Crimelpoint · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jest to krótka historia Oriona. Dowiadujemy się, co nim kierowało, jak do tego wszystko doszło. Troszkę brakowało mi tutaj rozwinięcia. Jest to bardziej opowiadanie, przez co nie poznajemy za wielu szczegółów, a szkoda, bo ta historia zasługuje na osobną, pełnowymiarową książkę.

Język jest bardzo prosty i śmiało można ją przeczytać w oryginale, bo tak naprawdę nie ma tu za wielu trudnych słów.

[Elsa Carrion · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a few pages allows you to look deeper on what Orion had to do to survive and plans for the future on the ship along with Mag. It's been a while since I read the series so I'm not sure where Mag fits in along with her grandfather and the Doc but it was still great to read a little more about the space journey.

[Jamie Coudeville · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad. I can't really remember much from the first book, so I don't know if I liked Orion there but he was okay here.

[Nesdy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It doesn't really add much to the story, but it's an interesting enough look at Orion's past.

[Haley The Caffeinated Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish she'd do a prequel series about Orion, this was great, I loved it!

[Nicolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un poco de lo mismo, pero crea un contexto mucho mas complejo al personaje, siempre prefiero cuando los antagonistas no son creados en blanco y negro.

[Sanaiya V · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun to revisit the universe!

[Paulina ☾ (Taylor’s Version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love isn't a choice, you can't decide who do you fall in love with.

[Ottavia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, now I know how Orion became like that! Interesting 👍 I’m happy I’ve read it

[Zoha · Rating 3 out of 5]

The origin story could have been longer than Luthor's story. I wanted to know the years in the Recorder room that he was in and his perspective of Elder growing up. That would have been stellar.