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A review by joanna77_
Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
"𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦."
Actual Rating: 3.75 ✨
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝:
The romance I've been waiting for eight books and a novella finally paid off, so yay! I've never cared about a fictional couple so much, and I swore if they didn't get together in this book I would riot (thankfully I don't have to riot. In addition to that, I also like how much Sophie grew in this book. I can really tell how much she's grown as a character and her characterization in this book was spot-on, especially with Keefe being gone.
Another thing I liked was how some of the massive questions we've had the whole time have finally been answered. It was clear that Shannon was tying up some loose ends, making me really hopeful that this will be the last book. I really enjoy this series, but it needs to end. It's too long and too dragged out.
I also really enjoyed Ro in this book. She was so much fun and I loved her and Sophie's interactions. It was also fun to see the gang back at Foxfire. The magical school aspect was one of the main reasons why I like this series so much.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞:
Besides the romance, not a lot happened in this book. It was probably 97% dialogue and 3% actual action. I've always had that struggle with the keeper books, and maybe it's just because I'm well beyond the target audience, but Shannon really needs to cut. This series could have been five or six books if some of the needless conversations were cut out.
I also think there are way too many characters in this series. And it just keeps growing. I really wish some of the characters would be cut, I feel like other than Sophie and Keefe, a lot of the other characters lack characterization because there are just SO many of them.
My main gripe remains that nothing has happened in the last couple of books though. Also, do have Keefe gone for 85% of this book was just mean!
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟐:
Nothing else really matters though because we FINALLY got the scene between Sophie and Keefe that we've been dying for and even though it wasn't nearly long enough or drawn out enough for me, I'll take it because it was MAGICAL. I am so glad that all of my sufferings paid off and that I stuck with the series long enough to see Team Foster-Keefe happen. I don't even care about the plot anymore. If these two don't have a happy ending I will never read another book again. To say I'm anxious about book ten (and possibly book eleven is an understatement. I'm just crossing my fingers that we get more sokeefe content and that I get a nice epilogue as I got in the HP series. I'll be rereading this chapter every single day until book ten is in my hands! '
Overall this book has the same issues as the rest of the series, but it still remains so near and dear to my heart and I'm so glad to see that my favorite ship has finally sailed.
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:
"𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐲, 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦."
"𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨."
"𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩."
Actual Rating: 3.75 ✨
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝:
The romance I've been waiting for eight books and a novella finally paid off, so yay! I've never cared about a fictional couple so much, and I swore if they didn't get together in this book I would riot (thankfully I don't have to riot. In addition to that, I also like how much Sophie grew in this book. I can really tell how much she's grown as a character and her characterization in this book was spot-on, especially with Keefe being gone.
Another thing I liked was how some of the massive questions we've had the whole time have finally been answered. It was clear that Shannon was tying up some loose ends, making me really hopeful that this will be the last book. I really enjoy this series, but it needs to end. It's too long and too dragged out.
I also really enjoyed Ro in this book. She was so much fun and I loved her and Sophie's interactions. It was also fun to see the gang back at Foxfire. The magical school aspect was one of the main reasons why I like this series so much.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞:
Besides the romance, not a lot happened in this book. It was probably 97% dialogue and 3% actual action. I've always had that struggle with the keeper books, and maybe it's just because I'm well beyond the target audience, but Shannon really needs to cut. This series could have been five or six books if some of the needless conversations were cut out.
I also think there are way too many characters in this series. And it just keeps growing. I really wish some of the characters would be cut, I feel like other than Sophie and Keefe, a lot of the other characters lack characterization because there are just SO many of them.
My main gripe remains that nothing has happened in the last couple of books though. Also, do have Keefe gone for 85% of this book was just mean!
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟐:
Nothing else really matters though because we FINALLY got the scene between Sophie and Keefe that we've been dying for and even though it wasn't nearly long enough or drawn out enough for me, I'll take it because it was MAGICAL. I am so glad that all of my sufferings paid off and that I stuck with the series long enough to see Team Foster-Keefe happen. I don't even care about the plot anymore. If these two don't have a happy ending I will never read another book again. To say I'm anxious about book ten (and possibly book eleven is an understatement. I'm just crossing my fingers that we get more sokeefe content and that I get a nice epilogue as I got in the HP series. I'll be rereading this chapter every single day until book ten is in my hands! '
Overall this book has the same issues as the rest of the series, but it still remains so near and dear to my heart and I'm so glad to see that my favorite ship has finally sailed.
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:
"𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐲, 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦."
"𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨."
"𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩."
Content Warnings
Minor: Torture