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A review by beesteele
The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner
3.0
This is probably a 3.5 in the end.
I waited a little while after finishing this to decide on my rating. This book reminds me of Sistersong by Lucy Holland mixed with some of the folkloric aspects of The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid, but it didn’t deliver in the same way.
Things I liked: the premise of the story, the twists and turns, the three different points of view, and the way that magic was woven into a very real-life setting.
Things I struggled with: a lot of the terminology (I spent the first hundred pages flipping back to the glossary every page or so, which made progressing through the story slow-going).
I just ended up feeling like this book didn’t stick with me as much as I’d hoped it would. It’s such a gorgeous book, and I really like the idea of it. I’d still recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Sistersong in particular, although I don’t think it quite stacks up!
I waited a little while after finishing this to decide on my rating. This book reminds me of Sistersong by Lucy Holland mixed with some of the folkloric aspects of The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid, but it didn’t deliver in the same way.
Things I liked: the premise of the story, the twists and turns, the three different points of view, and the way that magic was woven into a very real-life setting.
Things I struggled with: a lot of the terminology (I spent the first hundred pages flipping back to the glossary every page or so, which made progressing through the story slow-going).
I just ended up feeling like this book didn’t stick with me as much as I’d hoped it would. It’s such a gorgeous book, and I really like the idea of it. I’d still recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Sistersong in particular, although I don’t think it quite stacks up!