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Beneath These Cursed Stars by Lexi Ryan

4 reviews

beemum's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

The Jas half of this book is pretty good. There is so much mystery and spookiness going on but they also got nowhere? They spent the whole book getting to one place and then they didn't even go in, they delayed. But the twists had me sweating 🥲 I cannot believe they ended this book on that cliffhanger.
The Felicity half... I cannot for the life of me find that romance believable. I cannot believe he fell for "her" and not Jas, there was too much Jas memories and trauma mixed in with their conversations. Also Jas was FOURTEEN when they met and is still only SEVENTEEN and he's ANCIENT 🤧 The attraction and flirtation is fine but the close attachment/"love" was not there for me.
I also had an issue with the chapter where they have Felicity locked up. Misha, Brie, and Finn all felt like they were over dramatic versions of themselves. They were completely unreasonable and felt inauthentic, like a bad fanfic.

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naomis_library05's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Honestly the second book can't come sooner I truly need it. Some people may find that this book doesn't have the action that we had in these twisted bonds but I feel this book is a great set up towards the following book. We've already experienced the world so there wasn't as much worldbuilding and honestly I love that it drags you into the book so much quicker. I loved most of the characters they were complex and well thought out in my opinion. I truly think this is another masterpiece from Lexi and I can't wait to return to Faerie and Elora.

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haley49's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Love love love my girl Felicity and my fav goblin Nigel. Unfortunately, Jas drove me kinda crazy but the dual pov helped balance it out. The continuation of the series was unexpected but didn’t feel manufactured or forced and I enjoyed the continued exploration of this world. Do not pick this up if you haven’t read prior books though.

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booksalacarte's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4⭐️ 2.75🌶️

Spin-off

YA Romantasy

Dual POV

Parallel Storylines

Morally Grey FMC

Destiny

Forbidden Love

Forced proximity

Secrets

Shifter

Revenge

Betrayal

There wasn’t much world-building. The author definitely counts on the reader having read the duology prior to this book. Many characters from the duology play fairly significant roles in this story. There was enough space where she could have given us a little more background and world-building. this was an interesting want to change things up in a genre and micro genre to make the story set apart. I appreciate that more than I expected to.

Some repetitive moments. The pacing was slow to start, I think due to the dual storyline needing so much attention, and then the double romance on top of it.

Jas wasn’t my favorite FMC, I definitely

Preferred Felicity’s storyline… I wonder if it was battle to remain fairly even in splitting the story.

The cliffhanger was good and I’m excited to read the next book!

***2.75🌶️ means there was sexual intimacy implied off page or there was physical intimacy just short of an open door romance.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperColins Children’s Books for the eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.

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