hilma 's review for:

Secrets and Stardust by Jeannin Counts

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Secrets and Stardust by Jeannin Counts is the story of Iyana, who always wants to look upon the stars, but her grandmother forbade this. When her village gets attacked, she shouts at the stars and her cry gets answered in a way she never thought would be possible. 

This is such a great fantasy book! I loved reading it; I loved the magic system and the mythology about the stars. It is a setting and plot I have not come across in any book I have read. The worldbuilding is so well described and the story about the Gods, the Stars and humans I just adored. 

The writing is fast paced and flowing and you get thrown into the action right from the very first. The multiple POVs, always a favourite writing style, also made that I could not stop reading. There is a lot going on, there is a great mystery and of course there is someone who knows more than he is letting on. Iyana is a great character and she learns she has this destiny, a destiny an enemy has to help her with. 

Secrets and Stardust is a great fantasy novel, with a great writing style, fantastic characters, mystery, mythology, danger, romance, and with fantastic world-building, a story I loved reading. I can’t wait to read the sequel!