A review by nerdyforbooks_
A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

YA really isn’t my favorite genre, nor does it always manage to keep me totally engaged. After getting past a somewhat slow paced start - I constantly found myself wanting to know ok what next. 

This book is definitely more sci-fi than fantasy. It also has some weird pacing issues at time & super long chapters (nothing that super bothered me). I can understand the issue most critics have with this book as well - they do exist & they could be problems for some people. However, a lot of them didn’t bother me. Maybe it was the writing, maybe it was getting invested in the FMC, or maybe it was just wanting to know what the twist was (I mean c’mon - you just know starting this book there’s something that’s gonna happen). This was an enjoyable read with an interesting story. 

Are you left in the dark quite a bit? Yes. Is there insta-love that kinda makes no dang sense? Yes. This is definitely one of those books that will either make you love it or hate it. 
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