The God of the Sun (and part of the rest of the series)&n...
The God of the Sun (and part of the rest of the series)
⭐⭐⭐ GoodI will preface this with the fact that I read the first two and a half books in the series and have not finished it. This review is based on that experience.
There were some parts of this story I really loved, such as the whole daylight versus nighttime worlds juxtaposed to one another, a prophecy about two young adults from the opposite sides coming together, and the idea of hearing a 'voice' in your head. The beginnings of the author's world building here were very interesting to me in that sense. Unfortunately, I had a hard time digesting the differences between the two sides, one being more of your traditional fantasy world without modern conveniences, and the other being swarmed in them in a futuristic sci-fi world with phone like contraptions and where the people were obsessed with being in public spotlight, like the Kardashians. I found myself loving the Sun side (Sol) better than the Moon side (Stella), and SPOILER ALERT! they spent way too much time on the Stella side for my liking. It may just be a personal preference, though.
I got that she was giving some commentary on society (hello! Unhealthy obsession with social media! Social Hierarchy and slavery are bad too!), but it got a bit too depressing for me. While I'm all for the character having some angst, dealing with a troubled past, and working through hardship, this just seemed to drag out the current suffering of the main character, and without enough of a justifiable reason. I also felt like the main character grew increasingly annoying the more a read, but that could have been my frustration with the overall storyline. She was more interesting to me when she was in Sol.
If you like the combo of a traditional fantasy story and a sci-fi world coming together, this may be for you. I'm not as drawn to the sci-fi arena, though, and the mix just didn't settle with me. But it wasn't a bad story. Just maybe not to my liking.
Bottom line? It's worth it to give it a shot if like both fantasy and sci-fi mixed together in a star-crossed romance.
⭐⭐⭐ GoodI will preface this with the fact that I read the first two and a half books in the series and have not finished it. This review is based on that experience.
There were some parts of this story I really loved, such as the whole daylight versus nighttime worlds juxtaposed to one another, a prophecy about two young adults from the opposite sides coming together, and the idea of hearing a 'voice' in your head. The beginnings of the author's world building here were very interesting to me in that sense. Unfortunately, I had a hard time digesting the differences between the two sides, one being more of your traditional fantasy world without modern conveniences, and the other being swarmed in them in a futuristic sci-fi world with phone like contraptions and where the people were obsessed with being in public spotlight, like the Kardashians. I found myself loving the Sun side (Sol) better than the Moon side (Stella), and SPOILER ALERT! they spent way too much time on the Stella side for my liking. It may just be a personal preference, though.
I got that she was giving some commentary on society (hello! Unhealthy obsession with social media! Social Hierarchy and slavery are bad too!), but it got a bit too depressing for me. While I'm all for the character having some angst, dealing with a troubled past, and working through hardship, this just seemed to drag out the current suffering of the main character, and without enough of a justifiable reason. I also felt like the main character grew increasingly annoying the more a read, but that could have been my frustration with the overall storyline. She was more interesting to me when she was in Sol.
If you like the combo of a traditional fantasy story and a sci-fi world coming together, this may be for you. I'm not as drawn to the sci-fi arena, though, and the mix just didn't settle with me. But it wasn't a bad story. Just maybe not to my liking.
Bottom line? It's worth it to give it a shot if like both fantasy and sci-fi mixed together in a star-crossed romance.
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