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Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

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morgancvtherine's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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ivereads's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

I am impressed with this book as much as the first, I can't begin to imagine the difficulties of writing this, of writing anything during Covid. I commend Rebecca Roanhorse and her team for striving forward through it and creating an excellent sequel. So excited for the third, almost so excited I wish I waited until June, with its expected release date. I am insanely impressed with the character development in Naranpa particularly. I didn't find much out of her in the first book, other than being an intergal part of the story. But she was really cracked open this time around.

I was in love with her magic turn around and Nara seeing herself in a new perspective really made her open up. This was just an observation based on my experience with being autistic, but she really feels neurodivergent. And it became even more evident in the end when she is faced with the grief of her brother and a fight with Serapio. Her empathy matches with mine and of course it's easy to fall in love witha character like you, but It's always refreshing to recognize an author might be thinking of a certain group when creating a character.

I was also impressed with Iktan and xer part in this book. I loved being able to see how xe thought, and why xe made the actions xe did. I felt like we didn't get a very strong why as to xer actions in Black Sun, and Fevered Star expanded upon it excellently. I love this series and I'm excited for the last book.

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salemander's review

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5.0

god i love a well made fantasy world.

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guessgreenleaf's review

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dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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matcha_pages's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Maybe it's been too long since I read the first book but I had a hard time getting into this story. There was a lot of setup and traveling that dragged the book for me.
The narrators in the audio book were teriffic!

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casdelvo's review

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adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

As in Black Sun, Roanhorse does a masterful job of bringing to life such a rich and complicated world in this second installment.

I always struggle a little bit with the second book in ANY fantasy series, simply because once the novelty of stepping into a new world and getting to know the characters fades, it becomes harder for me to keep track of (and therefore care about) all the complicated machinations of the plot.

But my investment in these characters kept me wanting to continue, even when all the politics and strategizing sometimes went over my head. I definitely appreciated that we got to spend more time with Iktan, because I found xir so interesting in the first book.

Where I tended to have the most trouble was understanding the characters’ wants and motivations, especially Iktan and Serapio. I wasn’t sure why they were doing what they were doing—what it was they were trying to achieve or what they were seeking (though this was eventually revealed pretty explicitly in Serapio’s case by the end)—and that took me out of the story a few times.

Other than that though, this really was great. I didn’t realize when I started that this isn’t a completed series, and I wish I’d thought to check because now I don’t want to have to wait to find out what happens next!! 😭

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