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Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

10 reviews

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

caitlinjohnson's review

adventurous 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

4.25

tycho is (as usual) i delight to read

the book did the impossible, it made me genuinely like rhen again which I didn't think was possible but thank you

grey, while I understood his motives and actions, still annoyed me greatly but the ending scenes

with jax and tycho (even nakiis) (/spoiler> were amazing

JAX, MY LOVE <3

callyn was incredible as soon as she got her head screwed back on straight and (princess) nora was a ray of sunshine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: War, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

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

sealbrecht's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child abuse, Ableism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

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

speddle's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

Surprising romance!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Death, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Animal death

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Animal death, and Miscarriage

mali33102'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Brigid Kemmerer does it again. I love her books so much, and being able to revisit Syhl Shallow and Emberfall was great. I loved getting to see the old cast of characters once again as well as the new characters that were introduced. I also really appreciated how she sprinkled the plot of the Curse So Dark and Lonely throughout to remind past readers who may have forgotten some of it (AKA: me). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Sexual content

maira_h's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.5

4.5 brilliant stars!

Halfway through, I was prepared to give this book 3 stars. But then, things started picking up and I was at the edge of my seat.

The first half of the book felt very domestic. We were following Jax (a blacksmith) and Callyn (a baker) who were trying to make ends meet. I'll admit, I don't really care for the first half– the romance, the domesticity etc. But their desperation to earn silver to save their homes laid down the groundwork for a lot of important keypoints in the story– their inner battle of right and wrong as well as the bigger conflict in the Kingdom of Syhl Shallow and Emberfall– the anti-magic faction.

I've read Defy The Night by the same author and quite frankly, I can't comprehend how it was written by the same author. I loved the Cursebreaker Trilogy– and now this book– because of the way the bond between the characters were written. They didn't need to say anything much to each other but the hurt, betrayal and angst oozed from the pages. I love that kind of thing in a book. I can't quite understand why Defy The Night couldn't accomplish this level of emotional maturity and intelligence but then again, I might already be biased because of nostalgia.

I said that I loved the way the bond between the characters were portrayed. The conflict between Tycho and King Grey was something that started in the previous series. I'm glad that it was finally addressed in this book and becoming something vital in the plot. And that unlikely bond between Tycho and Prince Rhen, I'm living for it. Rhen is absolutely great in this book.

I wished we got at least one perspective from the old characters, either Grey or Rhen (I mostly just want to see what the hell Grey was thinking because like Rhen said, Grey never yields), but I guess we can't all have nice things.

Can't believe I have to wait for the second book now... 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Grief, and Miscarriage