meghanalexandrarr 's review for:

We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

4.0

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This is more like a 3.5 but I will round up for Goodreads. I really enjoyed the characters and the setting again. My biggest complaint was that this one just felt really slow. In both books there is a lot of time spent in the characters' heads (especially Nasir and Zafira). It was insightful but it also got a bit repetitive. The characters do a lot of thinking but not really communicating which became frustrating. But when they did communicate I really enjoyed it- especially Zafira's relationships with Yasmine and Lana. I think the overall plot also suffered from the slow pacing. I wanted more urgency and buildup to the main conflict. Instead it just felt like a lot of going from one mission to the next.

Overall, I enjoyed this and I do recommend to people who enjoy slow, character based fantasy stories.