A review by hastings91
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

3.0

This book was solid on it's own but pretty underwhelming when compared to Outrun the Moon which was amazing. I did like the writing style (I think that's going to be consist with all Stacey Lee books) and that it had ownvoices Chinese representation but those were both in OtM as well. The main character Sammy (who's name I didn't realize until the last chapter if that tells you how invested I was) lacked personality which again, especially compared to Mercy in her other book.
I did like that the focus was more on Samantha and Annemae's friendship than the romance. Annemae was by far my favorite character in the book which influenced that. Overall this book was descent and I would recommend it if your looking for something with really pretty writing and some good rep, but not for a really engaging plot.