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A MUST READ for all fantasy lovers.
"It was all real, Starlight. Everything we've been through. Everything I feel for you is real. When the dawn comes, please remember that."4.5 ⭐️!!✨ Tropes & Themes ✨✔️ Star-Crossed Lovers✔️ Villain Gets the Girl✔️ Vampires, Fae, Celestials & so much Magic!✔️ Secrets, Twists, & even more Secrets 🫠✔️ Slow Burn goodness 🔥✔️ Forbidden Romance✔️ A total and complete mental SUCKERPUNCHHHH*screams into the void*I’ve seen this book poppin’ OFF on my socials, and so I decided to satisfy that mood reader voice in my head that told me to drop everything and dive in. And I did. And I loved it.This book was so much fun, omg. And listen, I was confused a lot of the time. 🤣 turns out, you’re supposed to be a little confused the entire time. Trust 👏🏻 the 👏🏻 process 👏🏻We start off by learning about baby girl Astraea, our silver-haired, skittish FMC. She only remembers the last five years of her life, and we don’t know why. She’s hidden away, manipulated and used by he who must not be named. No really, what was his name? (😏🤣) and her only freedom is sneaking out to go visit her best friend, Cassia.The world is dangerous, vampires run amok and pray on humans for more than just their blood. Cassia is planning on competing in the King’s Games to protect her people and keep the vampires away. Astraea plans to come along with her.Spoiler territory, so I’ll start talking vibes in a minute. I thought I was predicting what was happening - but I was wrong, horribly wrong. 🥲🥲🥲 and poor Astraea, she goes through so much. She starts seeing someone, but this person isn’t totally there. He goes by Nyte, and he’s everything we love in our MMCs, but this one is like the true villain. 🤌🏽He shows up when she needs him, but he isn’t really there - and yes, we do find out why. Just waaaay later.I was very confused and had to read over pages a lot in this book - it could be bc I’m a little dumb, or it could have been the author’s narrative style being sneaky and making us confused so she can drop reveal bombs on us later that ROCKED OUR WORLD. 🤣🤣🤣Beautiful story, incredible banter, slow burn but with a delicious spicy scene, ugh! I loved this book, I really did. My physical copy is otw now so I can treasure it always until the next book launches. A must read for romantacy readers everywhere!!
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Unique World-Building with Room to Grow
As a first-time reader of Chloe C. Peñaranda, I found 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝔻𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 to have intriguing world-building that drew me in. The universe is rich and imaginative, setting a great foundation for the series. However, as the story progressed, I noticed similarities to other fantasy tales that distracted me from fully immersing myself in the plot.While the story holds promise, there were moments where it felt repetitive and drawn out. Some questions felt unanswered, and the pacing occasionally left me lost. That said, Nyte, one of the central characters, was a highlight for me. His depth and complexity stood out in a story that struggled to develop its protagonist, Astraea, as fully as I’d hoped.The hardcover edition is visually stunning, and the cover art alone makes it a collector's piece. Despite its flaws, I’m intrigued by the series' potential and plan to continue reading. I’m hopeful the next installment will provide more clarity and character growth.If you enjoy fantasy stories with immersive worlds and are willing to overlook some pacing and development issues, this could be a worthwhile read.𝟛.𝟝 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕤
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Confusing
I wanted to love this book so much but I just can’t.I originally saw a few videos on tiktok promoting this book months before it came out and I was immediately intrigued. I followed the author and when it was released, I read it.However, I’m not exactly sure what I read. The story itself has good bones, I just feel that it could have been pulled together more. It wasn’t bad, which is why my review is 3/5 stars.The FMC has no memories from past 5 years, yet she also has no desire to find out anything. She is an abuse victim, yes, however the author shows her trying to move into something powerful, but it’s not coming clear as the story progresses. The wording was difficult to comprehend, and at first I thought it was a reader error but after rereading multiple pages over and over again I still found myself confused on what was attempting to be said.I also understand the appeal of keeping a reader hooked by withholding answers but at 50% of the book the 3 questions I had at the beginning were now 70 questions and all unanswered.I also understand the appeal with mysterious MMC but he was so conflicting, one moment he was one person, the next, another, which makes it very hard to want to keep reading because you don’t really feel as if you know the characters at all and if they’re trust worthy which was a little frustrating, not to mention the way he spewed random statements? Astrea would ask a question and he’d shakespeare a reply out. Just be direct dude?The author has also very clearly taken some ideas from other popular books, I won’t name them but it is clear if you have read the series, which is always flattering if they are distantly related but it felt as if it was copied right out of other books.Overall, I understand this is the first book of a series and within a fantasy world, so world building takes time and perhaps the next book will provide some answers and clarity of what this first book even was. This book had potential and I was very excited for it. I waited for months, however after forcing myself to finish in hopes of a big reveal, I find myself disappointed and will more than likely not be continuing this series.
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