Soul of Stars

I don't know why I find it so easy to be critical and yet so hard to be complementary on books. It's like, as soon as I love a book, all my high brain power leaves and I'm just left a ball of emotions that can't really string together sentences. (I think it's a defect on my part.) Anyway, I will try.

Being totally honest, I love the characters - but I think 80% of the reason I love this duology as much as I do is because of Di. I love the path his character takes, the development he gets and what he goes through so, so much.

I like the romance's but, really, I'm here for the friendships. I love Ana and Robb's relationship. I love that they care about each other, so much, develop into a solid friendship early on - and yet there is no hint of ‘yup, they totally want to kiss' like there would be in probably every other YA book.

I love and adore our supporting cast: Siege, Elera and Viera specifically. I'd give anything to have more stories about these people, like a ‘continuing adventures of' or just fill in backstory for me. (I'm telling you, I want Siege's backstory.)

I love how this book focusing so much on home and family and what these misfits are to each other. Yeah, we had The Great Dark that we had to defeat, but really, this duology is all about family.

In other notes, I cannot believe it took me this long to read this duology and the only reason I can think of is because it never got the talk that it so deserves. Even though it's only February, I know that one or both of these books will be in my top ten books of 2021. Finally, of all the books that I've borrowed from my library so far, I know these are ones that I want to buy - preferably physical copies so I can see the pretty on my shelf.