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We Free the Stars
by Hafsah Faizal
Where to begin? This book took me on a journey. I’ve been reading this book for two month. It took me longer than expected because, I never just read one book, I love the chaos of reading 3+ books at once, but I also took a break after reading 3/4 of it and I’ll tell you why.
Let’s start with why I rated this book three out of five even though I still really enjoyed it. Just remember I find star ratings are a bit silly anyway and I don’t take them very seriously, but they can be helpful to others.
The book had too much of the same thing going on. I was initially really excited at the size, but as I was reading certain events felt a bit too repetitive for me. Having Zafira struggle with control because of the Jawarat was a great plot point, but for me it felt like again and again we found ourselves in the same scenario with little to add to the plot and I wish it wasn’t so revisited. It had been made clear that she was struggling with self control, especially as she begins to “talk to herself”.
I love a good slow burn romance, but this was excruciatingly painful. I was suffering and still am. I wanted more. Maybe I’m being greedy, but a huge part of this book is the relationship between Nasir and Zafira. Give me all of the sad prince love, I’ll take it all. When he said “tame me”... I was already packing my bags to go to his aid.
Now, to what I loved. It’s no secret that Hafsah Faizal is an amazing author. The book was written beautifully, the world building *chefs kiss* and the found family, just immaculate. Can we all agree that Altair is the superior character here? I would even argue that this book could be even new adult versus young adult just because of the complexity it holds. I personally think a younger demographic wouldn’t be able to easily follow the plot.
If you thrive on world building and found families, definitely pick this one up.
Let’s start with why I rated this book three out of five even though I still really enjoyed it. Just remember I find star ratings are a bit silly anyway and I don’t take them very seriously, but they can be helpful to others.
The book had too much of the same thing going on. I was initially really excited at the size, but as I was reading certain events felt a bit too repetitive for me. Having Zafira struggle with control because of the Jawarat was a great plot point, but for me it felt like again and again we found ourselves in the same scenario with little to add to the plot and I wish it wasn’t so revisited. It had been made clear that she was struggling with self control, especially as she begins to “talk to herself”.
I love a good slow burn romance, but this was excruciatingly painful. I was suffering and still am. I wanted more. Maybe I’m being greedy, but a huge part of this book is the relationship between Nasir and Zafira. Give me all of the sad prince love, I’ll take it all. When he said “tame me”... I was already packing my bags to go to his aid.
Now, to what I loved. It’s no secret that Hafsah Faizal is an amazing author. The book was written beautifully, the world building *chefs kiss* and the found family, just immaculate. Can we all agree that Altair is the superior character here? I would even argue that this book could be even new adult versus young adult just because of the complexity it holds. I personally think a younger demographic wouldn’t be able to easily follow the plot.
If you thrive on world building and found families, definitely pick this one up.