Suz Duvall
I fell in love with Lily in One Night in Hartswood and was so excited to be gifted an e-arc by NetGalley of Lily and Jo's story.
While I already adored Lily going into my read I was delighted to fall in love with Jo and her journey of finding herself. I absolutely adored how cozy and beautiful All The Painted Stars was.
It's packed full of self discovery, character growth, and queerness and what else do you really need.
With all the hype I've seen for this book I thought it would make it to one of favorites but it just left me wanting more. More backstory, more character development, more everything. While the spice was good the story itself just felt disconnected. Not great but a decent quick read.
I love this series.
Good character development, funny, and dances all over my emotions.
I'm very interested in the plot and will read the next one to see what happens.
The romance is lacking for me. The characters don't really have any connection. It's a why choose and there's no tension between any of them except for Jules and Cy.
obsessed. i immediately borrowed the second book on libby after i finished. on track to be one of my favorite series
Now that i'm getting older, sometimes YA novels don't hit the same but this one hit and it hit HARD.
ACOS brought a queer normative world, solid mental health rep, a society INSIDE of a moon, and some really cool zodiac based magic. We get to see Casper deconstructing the views he was taught to believe, a freaking adorable romance blooming, and so many twists and turns. I'm excited to read more from Craig in the future!