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Hello everyone! Today I am teaming up with HarperTeen to bring you a book preview of Beneath These Cursed Stars by Lexi Ryan, which comes out on July 30, 2024.
My Thoughts:
Book: Beneath These Cursed Stars
Author: Lexi Ryan
Rating: 4 Out of 5 Stars
I thank the publisher, HarperTeen, for sending me an ARC. Lexi Ryan is an author who I have heard of, but never read. I did enjoy this title a lot. I understand that this is in the same world as her other books, but I didn’t have any trouble following what was going on. This is one of those books that while it isn’t a new favourite, I did enjoy reading it a lot.
In this one, we follow Jasalyn and Felicity who could not be more different from each other. Jasalyn is a princess with a secret. She has a ring that turns her kisses into deadly weapons. Anyone she kisses dies. She is now using this to track down and kill her enemies. Felicity is a shapeshifter, who needs a miracle. She is to kill her magical father. However, rumours of Mordeus’s return have been spreading around. Jasalyn decides that it is time to end the shadow king once and for all. Felicity agrees to be glamoured like the princess to gain access to the royal fey court, while Jasalyn goes on the road. Romance is not on either girl’s mind, but it finds them. They don’t need it, but, yet, it opens the world up to them. Yet, they find that secrets can destroy everything.
The world is very interesting. We have humans, fey, goblins, elves, and pretty much every other type of fantasy being here. They all have to live together in this world. It may seem like a lot, but it’s not. I enjoyed seeing all of the races brought together, as well as seeing how they each have their own culture. Now, this is young adult, so it’s not as detailed as some of the adult fantasies that I have been reading. I found that it worked. We get what we need to know about the world when the time is right. It’s not overwhelming and it’s not underwhelming. It’s right for the story.
Jas and Felicity’s dual point of view also helps expand the world. These two don’t have much page time together. Both are on their journeys and doing different things. Again, this may not sound like it works, but it does. It allows us to see more of the world and get more of the plot without slowing anything down. We get to see the impacts of Mordeus on both the court side of things and out in the world. We see how many moving parts there are to the world, but we aren’t losing any of the pacing. That is the key to this book. We get a lot but it’s not too much.
I liked having two points of view. I thought it was a nice structural element because it kept the story going. I am going, to be honest here for a minute. There were times that I thought Jas and Felicity’s point of view was too similar. I knew who was in what plotline, but there were times when it felt like their voices were blending. Now, this couple be because of things to come. I would have liked to see them have more of their voice. This doesn’t mean that I didn’t enjoy points of view. Both of them have been through so much. Instead of letting them bring them down, they use what has happened in the past and draw strength from it. Instead of tearing them down, it lifts them.
The romances were solid. I like that it was a slow burn and not insta love. I see that so many times in young adult. I like that we saw these romances bloom and blossom into what they became. Again, it felt right.
Overall, I did enjoy this book a lot. It does have a cliffhanger ending.
This book comes out on July 30, 2024.
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