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A review by shewwimonster
Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor
3.0
I liked this and I definitely think it's worth a read, but I'm not sure it wowed me.
Things I really liked:
+ Queer! Plus Aro/Ace rep
+ I really loved Nathanial and Anna.
+ General premise and the writing style
Things that were on the meh side of like:
+ Worldbuilding felt a little messy
+ I know I'm supposed to like Eliza, but I never did
+ Ending was super abrupt
+ We're supposed to believe that the three MCs have this really strong bond, but they've barely spent any time together, and it's hard to see that chemistry building in the time they do have together because of rapidly shifting POVs (and it being rather unclear how many days have actually passed). I believe it a little more from Nathanial because of his backstory, but it was hard. The back half of this book was just rushed.
+ Why tf are we giving sympathy points to someone who beats his child?
Things I really liked:
+ Queer! Plus Aro/Ace rep
+ I really loved Nathanial and Anna.
+ General premise and the writing style
Things that were on the meh side of like:
+ Worldbuilding felt a little messy
+ I know I'm supposed to like Eliza, but I never did
+ Ending was super abrupt
+ We're supposed to believe that the three MCs have this really strong bond, but they've barely spent any time together, and it's hard to see that chemistry building in the time they do have together because of rapidly shifting POVs (and it being rather unclear how many days have actually passed). I believe it a little more from Nathanial because of his backstory, but it was hard. The back half of this book was just rushed.
+ Why tf are we giving sympathy points to someone who beats his child?