A review by neera_exlibris
An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows

Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

I really didn't like that sexual harassment and physical trauma were used very transparently as ways to make Saffron dislike her world and create a secondary reason for why she couldn't immediately go back to Earth. Additionally, the sexual harassment was used as a quick and easy way to make the reader sympathise with Saffron before she goes through the portal, instead of just allowing us to spend more time with her. A lot of things about this reminded me of old-school fantasy and not in a good way. The physical trauma was presumably also meant to show the reader how dangerous the situation in Kena was at that moment, but that could've been done in so many ways that didn't involve what felt like frankly unnecessary trauma for the main character. 

I'm very glad that I'd already read the author's more recent book, A Strange and Stubborn Endurance, before picking this up because otherwise I would've missed out on a great book!