asteroula_t 's review for:

Stars Above the Never Sea by Evelyn Flood
5.0
adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

A wink to the Peter Pan story and not a retelling, in case someone gets confused.
I loved everything about this book.
The characters, the plot and the universe.
Selene, is the strong, no-nonsense FMC that we were longing for. She supposedly cannot feel much but that is neither here nor there. People around her believe that but we are in her head and we know better.
Callan is our golden retriever MMC, who loves his found family and he would do everything for them.
The magic system is really interesting in this one. There is a significant cost for using magic and it is not the same for everyone.
A bit of enemies-to-lovers and fated mates (even though this is not a concept in this world).
The cliffhanger cut deep and I am definitely impatient reading the second one.

Thank you to the author and #NetGalley for the copy!