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Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

12 reviews

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I thought this was an overall pretty cute love story between two different people, but I wouldn’t call it stand out in anyway.

I enjoyed most of the aspects of Of Fire and Stars. The relationship between Denna and Mare was cute and easy to get invested in, despite feeling a bit rushed. I thought the world building was well established early on and was interesting. I enjoyed everything I learned about the world and how it worked, and it was fairly easy to understand.

My biggest issues with the book were mostly poor foreshadowing, weird tonal inconsistencies in scenes, and some actions on the part of the characters that felt unrealistic. I didn’t find any of these particularly egregious though and they didn’t ruin my enjoyment.

Overall it’s a fairly simple fantasy romance that was easy to enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Confinement, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence and Sexual content

magical_sof's review

slow-paced

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

3.0

Took me a while to get into it. If you want a slow burn... this is it. The romance is good, I liked the tension. I thought the building of the characters was also good, I like Deanna, and I like Mare, and the author did a great job of getting me to hate Thandi. However, I felt like the ending was rushed personally and would've like to see that play out longer, like much of the character development. The writing was very descriptive, if you're into that, but not world building. And if you're a horse girl, this is DEFINITELY the book for you, a lot of focus on horses (which makes sense bc it's important to the plot and Mare, yes her name is really Mare) and I am not a fan of horses so that was uninteresting to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, War, and Blood

kew16's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, and Grief

beccaruthe's review against another edition

adventurous relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Xenophobia

swaggyfrog's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

4.5

very gooood!!!! u can tell it was written by a horse girl which is sweet.. hell yeah bestie, infodump all u want :o)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, War, Violence, and Vomit

nyxiee's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0⭐️

romance? repulsive. diversity? bland. writing? mediocre. fantasy? mundane. plot? where?

all in all, the worst book i have the displeasure of reading. buttt im optimistic so ill read the sequel to it since i already have it... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War

mxfahrenheit's review

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence

millow333's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Torture

annaluzia's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

this was very cute! not without flaws, but I don't understand the hate, tbh. it's a really enjoyable story! also, I love Denna so so much 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

kodiex's review

emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder