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Defy the Stars
by Claudia Gray
*4.5 stars*
So I LOVED this book, much more than I thought I was going to! I've also read the Firebird Trilogy by Claudia Gray, and while I really appreciated the world and science in those books, I didn't really connect with any of the characters. In this book, though, I definitely did! Noemi and Abel were GREAT characters that I can't wait to continue reading about in the second book!
The world was really cool, and I can't wait to see what else is done with it. I also loved how Noemi and Abel interacted with people from each world but they didn't make like a *space crew.* While I love that too, this book was meant to be about THEM, and I found that was done successfully! My only real complaint is that sometimes I felt like the writing was a tad confusing. It's hard to explain, but overall there were just a few times I would read a sentence and not feel like I had all of the information. But obviously I still came out of the story knowing what went down haha. I was hoping for a slightly bigger showdown at the end of this book as well, but I have a feeling that might be being saved for later....
In the end, I think what truly gave this book stardom status in my eyes was the relationship between Noemi and Abel. I ADORE the "someone changing another and making them more human" idea, and that's exactly what this was. I thought it was done fantastically. I also loved the discussion about religion in this book. It wasn't overbearing and it was also respectful to all religions.
I actually had a couple quotes I wrote down from this book as well, which doesn't happen too often!
"The opposite of faith isn't doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty."
"Humans may mistreat those they love. Sometimes they abandon them entirely. They couldn't do that if they felt the way Abel feels in this moment. They couldn't even imagine it."
So I LOVED this book, much more than I thought I was going to! I've also read the Firebird Trilogy by Claudia Gray, and while I really appreciated the world and science in those books, I didn't really connect with any of the characters. In this book, though, I definitely did! Noemi and Abel were GREAT characters that I can't wait to continue reading about in the second book!
The world was really cool, and I can't wait to see what else is done with it. I also loved how Noemi and Abel interacted with people from each world but they didn't make like a *space crew.* While I love that too, this book was meant to be about THEM, and I found that was done successfully! My only real complaint is that sometimes I felt like the writing was a tad confusing. It's hard to explain, but overall there were just a few times I would read a sentence and not feel like I had all of the information. But obviously I still came out of the story knowing what went down haha. I was hoping for a slightly bigger showdown at the end of this book as well, but I have a feeling that might be being saved for later....
In the end, I think what truly gave this book stardom status in my eyes was the relationship between Noemi and Abel. I ADORE the "someone changing another and making them more human" idea, and that's exactly what this was. I thought it was done fantastically. I also loved the discussion about religion in this book. It wasn't overbearing and it was also respectful to all religions.
I actually had a couple quotes I wrote down from this book as well, which doesn't happen too often!
"The opposite of faith isn't doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty."
"Humans may mistreat those they love. Sometimes they abandon them entirely. They couldn't do that if they felt the way Abel feels in this moment. They couldn't even imagine it."