Book Review: Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

Of Fire and Stars is a sweet LGBT teen fantasy.

The story centers around a princess who is promised to a prince but ends up falling for his sister while they are all trying to sort out who is picking off royal family members. There's magic and deception, friendship and family secrets. 

I now understand why my daughter loved it so much - the romance is sweet and develops slowly but it's also not the main theme of the story. Autumn loved the wild, carefree Mare and appreciated the depiction of unconventional princesses. She warned me that it gets a little cheesy - it did - but also that it's fun and light - it was. 

A lot of the reviews we've seen seem to complain about the lack of world building and character development but that was not our experience at all. We loved how subtle the world building and character development were and honestly, I found very few awkward passages as opposed to the majority of what we've been reading. 

The Verdict on Of Fire and Stars

Honestly, I really enjoyed this book. It was cute and sweet and fairly well written. It's not meant to be an epic fantasy so I question the negative reviews that seemed to expect that. We got this book through Owlcrate (one of our new guilty pleasures!) and I'm glad because my kid loved it.

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