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A review by fennyisreding
The Symmetry of Stars by Alex Myers
3.0
"The twins will compete in the three areas of human ability - strong body, strong mind, strong spirit."
Personal rating: 3/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Two godlings, Nature and Nurture. Both can't live without each other. However, both were set to want to rule the world. With that in mind, they would bet their reign over the world by choosing themselves, each a set of twins for them to compete with one another at a certain age. One set was brought up by Nature, another by Nurture. We would read the book from the perspective of Nurture.
I feel that this was an okay read. Not the best, but not the worst. It was enjoyable but unfortunately not memorable. Best believe by the end of the week, I will forget what happens in this book.
Although the theme was Nature vs Nurture, I was rooting for all four twins. Marfisa and Ruggiero were brought up by Nature, with them calling him a demon. Then we have Ricardetto and Bradamante who were basically royals in some distant kingdom.
That's the thing, there is little to no world-building. All I know was that at one point their lives would intersect with one another and they will battle it out.
Honestly, there is a good premise to this story. However, I do think there were a lot of missed opportunities from world-building, character development, and the in-depth personality of every character.
Would I recommend this to anyone? Not really. As I said, it wasn't memorable as I wished it to be.
Thanks though, Netgalley and HarperCollins UK for providing me with this digital ARC. Deuces✌
Personal rating: 3/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Two godlings, Nature and Nurture. Both can't live without each other. However, both were set to want to rule the world. With that in mind, they would bet their reign over the world by choosing themselves, each a set of twins for them to compete with one another at a certain age. One set was brought up by Nature, another by Nurture. We would read the book from the perspective of Nurture.
I feel that this was an okay read. Not the best, but not the worst. It was enjoyable but unfortunately not memorable. Best believe by the end of the week, I will forget what happens in this book.
Although the theme was Nature vs Nurture, I was rooting for all four twins. Marfisa and Ruggiero were brought up by Nature, with them calling him a demon. Then we have Ricardetto and Bradamante who were basically royals in some distant kingdom.
That's the thing, there is little to no world-building. All I know was that at one point their lives would intersect with one another and they will battle it out.
Honestly, there is a good premise to this story. However, I do think there were a lot of missed opportunities from world-building, character development, and the in-depth personality of every character.
Would I recommend this to anyone? Not really. As I said, it wasn't memorable as I wished it to be.
Thanks though, Netgalley and HarperCollins UK for providing me with this digital ARC. Deuces✌