A review by whenimreading
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

The Stardust Grail delivered an engrossing space heist adventure story I entirely devoured in a couple days. I loved pretty much everything about this book - the world building was fantastic and imaginative with super likable characters. 

It was very fun to follow Maya, Auncle, Wil and, Medix on their interstellar space heist. The mystery of the grail and the history of Frenro made such an engaging plot that kept me guessing up until the end. Maya was a great MC, adding extra mystery with her visions, her shared history with Auncle was everything sweet I adored. I’m a sucker for wholesome and Auncle was hands down the best thing here, I loved their way of talking and thinking, it was very cute. Even Wil and Medix had heartfelt moments, and I like how the whole band had great chemistry. 

Katherine Chin’s narration and delivery was superb. I loved the voices she created for the various species, especially Auncle and their unique way of speaking, like saying Maya’s name with elongated y’s, it added a charming quality that made me so happy. 

All in, this is delightful and action packed, very much on the approachable sci-fi spectrum and I recommend it to fans of adventure and found family stories. 

Thank you Flatiron Books for the eARC and Macmillan Audio for the listening copy to review.