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A review by hunterkat
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
These Burning Stars 4/5
This book surprised me. What at first seemed like a fairly generic space opera turned into a layer of twists and turns that, despite a few being fairly predictable, were still surprising. There’s always another secret… true in Mistborn, and true in this book. I can’t say I absolutely loved it- I thought two of the viewpoint characters were fascinating, and I loved the flashback chapters. But I couldn’t connect to one character very well and felt her chapters were a bit of a drag. Overall, the characters are strong, the plot is twisty, and the prose is pretty good. Unfortunately, some of the worldbuilding felt just a *little* lacking, for one example that really stuck out to me- the gender system only seeming to have she/he/they while still being very progressive. I also wish a little more time had been devoted to the religious side of the world building. But overall a solid book and I’ll be reading the sequels
This book surprised me. What at first seemed like a fairly generic space opera turned into a layer of twists and turns that, despite a few being fairly predictable, were still surprising. There’s always another secret… true in Mistborn, and true in this book. I can’t say I absolutely loved it- I thought two of the viewpoint characters were fascinating, and I loved the flashback chapters. But I couldn’t connect to one character very well and felt her chapters were a bit of a drag. Overall, the characters are strong, the plot is twisty, and the prose is pretty good. Unfortunately, some of the worldbuilding felt just a *little* lacking, for one example that really stuck out to me- the gender system only seeming to have she/he/they while still being very progressive. I also wish a little more time had been devoted to the religious side of the world building. But overall a solid book and I’ll be reading the sequels