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Secrets and Stardust
by Jeannin Counts
SECRETS AND STARDUST was a read that was both surprising and enjoyable. While I was reading it, I was reminded of the same vibe I felt while reading City of Brass and We Hunt the Flame. The vibe only, though, because the world and story have a wholly original feel to it.
The story has multiple POVs. We follow Iyana, who is training with her grandmother to be a healer. She very traumatically discovers she has magic when her village is attacked and her scream calls forth a star who takes human form. In comes Altair, the man my sister and I have started calling Star Daddy, who begins training her. Then we have Emmeric, a soldier of the empire, to whom Iyana is magically bound, but he is also the enemy. And finally we have Zane, the emperor’s son who is trying to stop his father’s tyranny.
One of the things I enjoyed most about the book is the strong emphasis on the family and found family that we have with this unlikely group of heroes. As for the romance, the love triangle is one of the good ones and both of Iyana’s love interests have good potential and amazing tropes to go on. I still haven’t wholly chosen a side. (I mean, personally I wouldn’t choose at all.) And the final part of the book was mindblowing! I wasn’t expecting it at all, and it gutted me.
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The story has multiple POVs. We follow Iyana, who is training with her grandmother to be a healer. She very traumatically discovers she has magic when her village is attacked and her scream calls forth a star who takes human form. In comes Altair, the man my sister and I have started calling Star Daddy, who begins training her. Then we have Emmeric, a soldier of the empire, to whom Iyana is magically bound, but he is also the enemy. And finally we have Zane, the emperor’s son who is trying to stop his father’s tyranny.
One of the things I enjoyed most about the book is the strong emphasis on the family and found family that we have with this unlikely group of heroes. As for the romance, the love triangle is one of the good ones and both of Iyana’s love interests have good potential and amazing tropes to go on. I still haven’t wholly chosen a side. (I mean, personally I wouldn’t choose at all.) And the final part of the book was mindblowing! I wasn’t expecting it at all, and it gutted me.
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