A Sea of Stars

Thorn was a really lovely retelling of The Goose Girl and a rather fantastic book in and above itself. One of my favorite parts about it was Alyrra and her actions and choices and, hmm, she's just quite wonderful. Another thing, probably my FAVORITE thing, was the romance. And not because it was sweeping or intense or super-shippy or cute (though it was getting there for some of those), but because it was very natural and real and by the end, I was just so pleased with the progression of their relationship. I believed in them and I believed they could be an adorable power couple.

The first 200 pages were good, right? Well, yeah, but the last 50 pages were...intense and also my favorite bit. I didn't love the book till I got to the final scenes and suddenly everything was very real and everyone, by whom I mean Kestrin, was very important to me. (Alyrra was already very important to me.)

My one complaint would be that I was confused at the beginning/middle of the story when the Lady randomly shows up and is very cryptic and vague and at first I thought it was just me being an idiot and not getting it but really it WAS a bit confusing. But hey, I guess that's what endings of books are for. To tidy everything up. Anyways, pretty minor thing.

Can't wait to read The Sunbolt Chronicles!