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The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod

cbrown_3's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

castle_samj's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I like that I read most of the book NOT expecting it to be a romance story. Basically the romance was a factor, not exclusively the plot.

jafeyrer's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

bringingflowers's review against another edition

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funny hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

booksnpaiges's review against another edition

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4.0

read time: 6 hrs 11 mins

booksmarty's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Good but honestly wayyy too long. Was bored for most of it i fear

bertharochestergraduates_8's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

amoodreadersnook's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

I Enjoyed the Story More then The Romance.

Toni Deserves so much more then Seb. Hayi no man.. This man is just bleh. 😑
He is not for me even as a fictional man he is yho hayi it's like his a real life man no man. 

The book and story was so good I loved the girls in the group they are such a fun family dynamic and I enjoyed that aspect a lot. 

kellyjcm's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Friends-to-lovers. Slow burn (mainly because the MCs needed to get back to friends status first). I love how the author writes about music, or characters interacting with music, even though I didn’t understand it. 

nadine_booklover's review against another edition

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4.0

Ever since this book first popped up on my timeline as upcoming new release in 2021, I wanted to read this. I have no idea why it took me 2 years to go for it. Xio Axelrod is another author that has been sitting on my tbr list patiently and as she'll attend RARE24Paris, I took this as clue to finally go for this book.

Oh, this one was different from what I've read this year. I think it was very well written and even though it's in dual 3rd POV, I found myself quickly attached to Seb and Toni. Their story is a total slow burn and regardless that I found the story sometimes dragging, I simply couldn't put it down. I found myself intrigued by all characters and really wanted to follow Toni on her journey.

How I see it, the whole story revolves around Toni and I wish we would have gotten a little more of Seb's story. I think we just scratched the surface here of what he has to tell. I also have some questions about things I feel that haven't been answered.

I'm looking forward to read Kyla's story soon! And I promise, I won't wait 2 years after it's released ;-)