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Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

22 reviews

rosy_posy's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm new to Brigid Kemmerer but I was so taken by this book, it was fantastic! I was so entrenched in the plot and wondering which side I should be aligning with. I loved all of the characters and the world she built. The relationships were developed so well, and it made me tear up at points! I will definitely be reading more by Brigid Kemmerer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

katiepreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault

crocus's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Miscarriage

leiaariel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I didn’t realize this book was a part of an already established world/series until I was about halfway through. I was little confused at parts because I felt I was missing some info/background, but I just thought that was the story telling style of the author. They do such a good job at telling the story that I didn’t need the background to thoroughly enjoy the book. I am so excited to read the rest of the series. It’ll be like I’m reading a prequel to this series lol. I will probably be reading everything done by this author now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Animal death

izzy9's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Death, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Miscarriage, War, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit

kori_dragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I didn't read the Cursebreaker series before this one. And it's do-able, but you miss a lot of the history and backstory to side characters who play a big part of the plot progression. The three main viewpoints are Jax and Callyn (two Briarlock villagers), and Tycho (who has history that is briefly mentioned). 

I really enjoyed this story and the intrigue about it. Three people who don't know who is on which side, and the villagers who don't know which is the right side.  Each chapter is a different viewpoint, so you get to see their opinions, viewpoints, and reasoning. The story starts slow but draws you in until you don't know what is happening. The last few chapters went fast and took a surprising turn which makes me eager for the next book in this series. 

Jax became my favorite character and I think he evolved the most. Callyn comes across as stubborn at times and not willing to admit they are wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault, Animal death, and Sexual content

the_ash37's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

this book was amazing. i am obsessed. it was so well written and the characters were exciting and loveable. i was hooked onto the story since the start, which rarely happens with books that are this long. i usually lose interest quickly but i was very surprised with how much i loved it. i had never heard of the book before but i saw it in a bookshop and i decided to try it. i hope that this book and all of kemmerers books get more recognition because she is a truly wonderful author. i cant wait to read her other books and fall in love with her characters again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Addiction, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

claireechalk's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage

bailey63's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I suddenly want to re-read the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault