stephaninikole 's review for:

Cities of Smoke and Starlight by Alli Earnest

4.0

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I enjoyed this book! It totally gave me treasure planet and Atlantis: the lost empire vibes. It is a very slow burn romance. I’m hoping for a little more in the next book. Overall I thought the plot was pretty solid, though it did drag on at times. I also felt that everything was resolved too quickly. Several times in the book it’s stated that the mission will take a long time, and no one expects it to be finished before spring at the earliest (it’s fall when the story begins) but then it miraculously gets resolved before winter even truly begins. I wish that had been a little more consistent. I also felt that there were several questions that needed answering that I’m hoping are answered in the next book. I’ll definitely read the next one, and I did enjoy this book regardless of the couple of issues I had with it.