Take the World and Watch It Burn by Keira Mueller Now Playing: Rewrite the Stars from The Greatest Showman
🌌✈️💎☄️🪐💫✨🌕✨💫🪐☄️💎✈️🌌 “All I want is to fly with you All I want is to fall with you”
Summary: Star Wars meets Redeeming Love in this glorious, galaxy-crossing, star-spanning saga about a hot-headed fighter and the prince who has the courage to love her.
It has light-sabers, it has fighter jets, it has dance battles, it has an all-fire type of love that’s also forbidden, it has Christian themes…okay, I’m just going to let the story speak for itself.
🌌✈️💎☄️🪐💫✨🌕✨💫🪐☄️💎✈️🌌 “It feels impossible Say that it’s not impossible”
Tropes: ⭐ Marriage alliance x forbidden love ⭐ One-sided enemies to lovers ⭐ Space royalty ⭐ Allegorical Christian religion ⭐ Girlboss assassin squadron
🌌✈️💎☄️🪐💫✨🌕✨💫🪐☄️💎✈️🌌 “How do we rewrite the stars? Say you were made to be mine?”
Characters: You’ll meet them when you read TWWB, but just know that I had so much fun writing all of them.
Verity: Girl. If Avalanche is who I am, Verity is who I wish I could be. She’s everything I’ve ever wanted from a fierce, fiery fighter of an FMC who’s trained for years to take down her empire’s enemies, yet she loves hair, makeup, and gorgeous clothes. A dancer, a tumbler, and a pilot, she’s only a diamond because she’s spent her entire life being pressurized and polished to perfection.
Westian: …I have a new top book boyfriend. He’s a reader, he wears glasses, he has dark hair, and he would take a stun gun for Verity. No matter how much she pushes him away, he’s patient enough to love the girl no one was supposed to want.
🌌✈️💎☄️🪐💫✨🌕✨💫🪐☄️💎✈️🌌 “Nothing can keep us apart ‘Cause you are the one I was meant to find”
Setting: Worldbuilding is, again, not my strong suit. Could I have done better? Always. Do I still love the cultures and military empires? Yes. Oh, and the lightsabers. Never forget the sabers.
🌌✈️💎☄️🪐💫✨🌕✨💫🪐☄️💎✈️🌌 “It’s up to you And it’s up to me”
Plot: I’ll be the first to say that I’m not the best at plots, but I actually don’t hate this one, and I really like that we don’t know everything Queen Xavia’s planning.
🌌✈️💎☄️🪐💫✨🌕✨💫🪐☄️💎✈️🌌 “No one can say what we get to be”
Writing: I can’t speak objectively on this, but I will say I am surprisingly proud of it, especially of the lyrical quality.
🌌✈️💎☄️🪐💫✨🌕✨💫🪐☄️💎✈️🌌 “And why don’t we rewrite the stars? Changing the world to ours”
Quotes: (LOL, I know this is what everyone was waiting for anyway)
“Tall, lean, and graceful, watching the Squadron dance in the mirror was more beautiful than anything, every movement infused and influenced by our training until we shone as brightly as stars.”
“When I was dancing or sparring or flying, thoughts of my impending death didn’t haunt me. I was alive for the moment, and that was what mattered.”
“‘The goddesses have a message for you, Supernovas.’ Queen Xavia’s voice took on an unearthly inflection. ‘Carved from diamond, forged from fire, polished from pressure. You are the crown jewel of Aurelis, the diadem of our dynasty. You will wield power our ancestors could only dream of.’”
“I was spilling, breaking, smashed on the floor while my blood leaked out, scrabbling to piece my armor back together and further cutting myself until my hands were dripping with red.”
“Regardless of her past, he cared about Verity. She’d made it clear she didn’t feel the same way about him, but he wanted to protect her honor, and more importantly, protect her.”
“Still, I couldn’t do it. I didn’t want to do it. I wanted to live to see ten thousand sunsets and sunrises, to gaze at the skies until I filled myself with so much starlight that it spilled out of me.”
“Supernovas don't make mistakes. You’re either perfect, or you’re dead.”
🌌✈️💎☄️🪐💫✨🌕✨💫🪐☄️💎✈️🌌 “You know I want you It’s not a secret I try to hide”
Editing Stats:
Chapters: 57 → 58 (I split up a large one)
Word Count: 130,676 → 116,969 (Yay! My goal was below 118,800)
Cry Counter: I’ve never fully cried over a book, but I have teared up twice. Once was while writing Revival, and once was while writing the end of this book. So that says a lot.
Confidence out of 10: 2/10
🌌✈️💎☄️🪐💫✨🌕✨💫🪐☄️💎✈️🌌 “But I can’t have you We’re bound to break, and my hands are tied”
What’s next? Well, I’ve already started my amazing beta readers—Emily, Eva, Jaycee, and Izzy Grace—on this story! (Totally because I’m confident in it and don’t need reassurance that I’m not crazy). Finch has also been helping me edit because she’s spacing amazing at it.
I’ll also be doing another pass focusing on cutting unnecessary parts and fixing some notes I left to myself during the first round.
I have my cover designer booked for March, and I plan on hiring an artist for the characters on the cover, so I’ll be working on that behind the scenes! I’ll also be plotting (and starting to draft) Book 2.
═══════ ∘◦ ✧ ◦∘ ═══════ This review contains a few random statistics, my personal thoughts, and a content review! ♡ ═══════ ∘◦ ✧ ◦∘ ═══════ • Book - Darkness Will Fall • Author - Noëlle Stevenson • Genre(s) - YA fantasy, Christian fiction • Published - Not yet lol • Recommended time to read - Summer • Cliffhanger - No • Vibe - 🪽🗡️👑🌱🧝♀️ ⇢─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───⇠ → Setting - 3/5 → Characters - 3.5/5 → Writing - 3/5 → Vibes - 4/5 → Plot - 3/5 → Pacing - 4/5 → Romance/Ship - 5/5 → Overall - ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ⇢─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───⇠ Recommended to fans of- ✔︎ Elves ✔︎ Christian themes ✔︎ Forgiveness ✔︎ Found family
♫ Now Playing - Love Broke Thru by TobyMac ♫ ═════════════════ ╰┈➤ My thoughts (spoiler free) ♫ ”Had to be the last thing on my mind, when love broke through.” ♫
Using this for my bestie’s first draft that I read! Omg it was so nostalgic. I actually helped write some of this like what, two years ago maybe? I remember it was during my kotlc phase, so literally EVERYTHING was a romance moment, but reading it now, it’s hardly even there 😂
I love the vibes and aesthetic of this. Think “Kingdom Dance” from Tangled. There’s elves, and princesses, and a creature called Alatus that Noëlle made up herself. They’re like humans, but they have feathery wings! Alatus is latin for “winged” and most of the main characters are Alatus.
This definitely needs some work, but it’s a first draft and Noëlle started writing it when she was pretty young, so I already know she’s improved since then. I’m so excited for the day this is shared with the world! ═════════════════ ╰┈➤ Characters ♫ ”You found me in the darkness, wandering through the desert.” ♫
Crest - She has a good foundation, just needs some more depth. I do like her character development. (Fancast: Madelyn Keys)
Viviana - Her storyline needs to be a bit more believable, but I do really like her. (Fancast: Alex Hook)
Evander - My baby 🥹 I love him so much. Ever the gentleman. (Fancast: Louis Partdrige)
Uriah - Evander’s twin brother! I love that they’re twins. I never see that in books, especially for the mmc (which is Evander)! He’s very sweet and I love his relationship with Vivi. (Fancast: also Louis Partridge)
Archenora - Her character needs to be more consistent, but I love her. She’s so cool. (Fancast: McKenna Grace)
Queen Angel - She’s nice 😊 I think her grief should be more detailed, but overall I like how she cares for both Crest and Vivi. (Fancast: Emma Watson)
Lyli - Awwww we love the sunshine character. Seriously, she and Atlas need to be in this more. They’re so fun. (Fancast: Hannah Dodd with red hair)
Atlas - He’s so cool, I love him. More than Evander? Possibly 👀 (Fancast: Timothée Chalamet) ═════════════════ ╰┈➤ Spoilers below! ♫ ”I was a hopeless fool, now I’m hopelessly devoted, my chains are broken.” ♫
Shhhh no spoilers! The book isn’t out yet! 😉 ═════════════════ ╰┈➤ Content review ♫ ”I did all that I could to undo me, but You loved me enough to pursue me.” ♫
➸ Age Rating - 10/11+
➸ Language - None.
➸ Romance/Sexual - Two non descript kisses, a little bit of talk about feelings.
➸ Violence - Some killing and death in a battle, an attempted assassination, characters are kidnapped, a character is whipped (off page), stumbling across a dead body.
➸ Religious/Spiritual - Mentions of God and other Christian themes.
➸ Magic - None (I don’t think?)
➸ LGBTQ - None.
➸ Alcohol/Drugs - Characters are drugged once I think.
➸ Other Notes/Possible Triggers - Death of a father, two characters were orphaned at a young age.
. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ The Hunter and the Hunted . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ ➤ By Elina Cassidy [my pen name]
❝ For anyone who's ever felt hunted. ❞
☀︎ plot .ᐟ
A girl who's learned to hide. A boy who's learned to seek. The Hunter and the Hunted is a romance book set in an alternate version of this world where there are Roseians and Hunters. The Hunters, well, hunt both animals and Roseian people. It follows Azalea and Kieran. Azalea is a Roseian who has learned him a young age how to run and hide from her own species and Kieran, a boy who's the son of Lord Wolfe Hayes – owner of one of the biggest hunting groups in England. In short, they meet and fall deeply in love.
☀︎ characters .ᐟ
❀ Azalea Fysher ❀
❝ Hunters call us planters. We call ourselves Roseians. Neutrals call us hunted. ❞
My baby 🥹 I adore her. She's so strong and vulnerable at the same time. She's so precious. Sorry guys, I don't know how to write about my own character like this 😅 She's Roseian and she loves nature and believes every life matters. There's no ant, to human, no twig that doesn't matter to her.
❀ Kieran Hayes ❀
❝ She’s looking up at the sky and she looks so, so beautiful. Every super model pales in comparison. ❞
Kieran is a complex character. At the start, he's supposed to be a bit unlikeable but he grows and changes throughout the story as he realises that Rosieans are people too.
❀ other characters ❀
Kieran's father Lord Wolfe Hayes and his friend Dax are supposed to be the villains of the story, Azalea has a brother named Sol who stopped being a Roseian and moved to Norway.
☀︎ admin .ᐟ
➤ [amount of words] ➤ [amount of pages] ➤ 15-16+
☀︎ content to be aware of + TWs .ᐟ
The whole premise of the book is that humans hunt other humans and there is some off-page death, getting shot, lots of talk of getting shot, lots of fear and threat as well, hunting animals as well as people
As for the romance, there will be some kissing and touching but nothing graphic!! 🤍
☀︎ tropes .ᐟ
➵ redemption arc (for kieran) ➵ opposites attract ➵ dual pov (kieran and azalea) ➵ happily ever after (i promise!)
☀︎ Quotes .ᐟ
❝ “You would have killed someone for me?” Az’s eyes are wide. “Yeah. I’d kill a million people for you, my love.” ❞
❝ No one should have to be taught from a young age how to run away and play dead. No one should be able to tell the difference between a gun and a rifle at ten years old. No one should be getting used to having death visit them. No one should have to learn how to manage grief like it’s a cut on your knee. ❞
❝ I like thinking about the old days. Where hunting was only for the rich and for animals. Where it idn’t matter if you were Roseian or not. Where the hunters and the hunted only applied to the animal kingdom. ❞
☀︎ other .ᐟ
The original story idea came from in real life experiences I've had being a religious person (Christian) in a world that isn't so kind to people like me anymore. But as I've written it, I've realised it mirrors the way other minority groups may feel in a world that maybe isn't so kind to them and their people.
And it's not just about being hunted it's about how you're fed a certain way of looking at the world and the people in it from a young age and sometimes that view can be manipulated to fit a narrative. Kieran is taught to hate Azalea's people. Kieran is named after the greatest hunter ever – Kieran Ledger.
🤍🤍🤍
☀︎ if you made it this far .ᐟ
Hopefully, I've sold you on my book hehe!! Comment if you want to beta read it when it's finished, it would mean a lot ^_^ If you liked The Powerless Trilogy or Romeo and Juliet then hopefully you'll like this!!
Absolutely amazing second book in a serious by one of my friends. She took a whole new road with this story, and took me by surprise, but I absolutely loved every single minute of it
- S (horror) - Warlock by Jam Pascual (poetry) - FWP submissions (various speculative fiction) - Illustrated History of Egypt: Pocket Book by Farid Atiya - TAoFW (science fantasy, reread) - OMS (historical fantasy) - B (dystopian romance) - Tamagotchi 30th Anniversary Official Fan Book - TBR (horror) - TLoLT (historical fantasy romance epistolary) - ARVF (crossover dark fantasy, reread) - Between Panels by Scott Lee Chua and Ren Galeno - The Floodwater Maiden by Lilyresh - The Keeper by TRNZ - Folk of Lore (art zine) - No Vacancy for Nomads by Marc Abuan - B (horror) - TCS (historical fantasy romance) - E (gothic horror) - TT (romantic fantasy) - TFoE (literary epic fantasy)