A review by lifeinpoetry
Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter

Did not finish book.

DNF @ 50%-ish.

Spoiler

While I went in knowing this was a misogynist dystopia this story moves like treacle and is rife with (semi-)incestuous moments both casual and ritual within the community (MC's brother & father feel entitled to 'read' her nude body for her/their fortunes via a series of birthmarks & moles, the ritual nude photographs by her father after she becomes a 'changeling' for the newly updated fortune telling birthmarks & moles), homophobia, toxic masculinity, toxic female friendships, a preachy MC (who enforces the misogyny, homophobia, and toxic masculinity), etc. It honestly felt like a barely there premise and there was zero warmth between the characters.

TWs: incest, rape, homophobia