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A review by mel_c_bell
Starlight Jewel by E.L. Lyons
5.0
Just give me a moment. I need to collect my thoughts because my world has just been ROCKED.
I think I need to reevaluate my whole rating system because giving this only 5 stars seems to be an injustice. Ok, enough with the dramatics but I am serious that I was NOT expecting what I got from this book.
1. An actual badass heroine who isn't sheltered, pure, naive, and trying to come to terms with her strength/power. Nah, she owns it from page one and it never feels arrogant.
2. World building that happens without exposition. We're talking an entire world that feels so real you can't help but get lost in it, and you aren't bogged down by Tolkien'esque adverbs.
3. A romance that is built, and rebuilt - not on trust - but on the faith in being able to trust. Real emotions are at play among these characters which I personally feel it's impossible to not relate.
4. Dialogue that puts Hannibal Lecter and Sherlock Holmes to shame; exchanges are so expertly crafted between certain characters.
5. A 'magic' system that just makes sense. It doesn't come across as forced, or overly complicated.
I could keep going but I don't know how to without completely spazzing out and taking a nose dive into the proverbial weeds, nor inadvertently dropping spoilers. This is now my new personality for the foreseeable future. #sorrynotsorry
Also, can y'all just read it so I can scream about the ending?!?!?!
I think I need to reevaluate my whole rating system because giving this only 5 stars seems to be an injustice. Ok, enough with the dramatics but I am serious that I was NOT expecting what I got from this book.
1. An actual badass heroine who isn't sheltered, pure, naive, and trying to come to terms with her strength/power. Nah, she owns it from page one and it never feels arrogant.
2. World building that happens without exposition. We're talking an entire world that feels so real you can't help but get lost in it, and you aren't bogged down by Tolkien'esque adverbs.
3. A romance that is built, and rebuilt - not on trust - but on the faith in being able to trust. Real emotions are at play among these characters which I personally feel it's impossible to not relate.
4. Dialogue that puts Hannibal Lecter and Sherlock Holmes to shame; exchanges are so expertly crafted between certain characters.
5. A 'magic' system that just makes sense. It doesn't come across as forced, or overly complicated.
I could keep going but I don't know how to without completely spazzing out and taking a nose dive into the proverbial weeds, nor inadvertently dropping spoilers. This is now my new personality for the foreseeable future. #sorrynotsorry
Also, can y'all just read it so I can scream about the ending?!?!?!