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Fevered Star

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.09 AVERAGE

cloudberry111's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional 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

dinipandareads's review against another edition

4.0

Becky and I have finally continued our buddy read of this series and I'm glad not too much time has passed between our reads of books 1 and 2. A couple of days have passed since I finished reading this and the more I think about it, the more I realise that I enjoyed it a little less than I said I initially did. That's not to say this was a bad book and I'm still rating it 3.5-4 stars (rounded up!) but compared to the intensity, action and excitement that book 1 roused in me, this one fell quite flat. The story in this book was very much a filler and "setting the scene" for book 3 and while that's not necessarily a bad thing, I expected more.

One thing that Roanhorse never fails to do is reel me in. As the story picks up immediately where book 1 ends—with the world shrouded in a darkness that leaves everyone feeling uneasy and restless, I found myself falling easily back into this world, the character's lives and their stories. I loved that we got more world-building. We learned in greater detail the history of Tova and the Meridian, and how this world as we know it today came to be formed. There was a new type of magic that was introduced that I found cool, especially after it was thought to be a lost art due to its banishment following the Treaty. In this book, we're also treated to some old perspectives from Xiala, Naranpa, Okoa and (partially) Serapio, and we also learn more about certain characters such as a certain assassin priest...

tabicatreads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

emma_thompson's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 rounded up

xx_demy's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging 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

marxamod's review against another edition

DNF at 60%, just couldn’t get attached to anything. Forgot to go back and read it

nicobella's review against another edition

4.0

I highly enjoyed this sequel to Black Sun. I did forget a lot from the first book and was often confused about what was happening, but I was entranced with this one and became invested in so many of the characters. I’m excited to see where this story goes.

charlie_borowicz's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jcrit15's review against another edition

4.25

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

rstankievech's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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

I love the characters so much. I found the first half of the book focused too much on plot and I didn't get as much character development as I wanted. But the ending was awesome and I'm so excited for the next book. A very good middle book.

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