![]() ![]() (Spoilers to follow) One character – I think Aria? – suddenly decides to betray them for no apparent reason, only to immediately die. When the side characters make a dramatic decision, it seems to come out of nowhere because no time was allotted to their development. ![]() So much time is dedicated to their dysfunctional relationship that the other characters get completely shafted. We Free the Stars is Nasir and Zafira’s book and the rest of the characters are just living in it. We have Zafira walking in on him talking with another girl and assuming the worst, we have the forced engagement to another woman, we have the oh no they are certainly dead (but actually not) scare, and more! All these angst drivers only last two or three chapters at most before we move on to the next source of miscommunication. ![]() I don’t mind a few clichés, and I enjoy them sometimes, but it was just nonstop from beginning to end. The author stretches the tension between Nasir and Zafira until the very last chapter, while throwing in every cliché imaginable to add tension. In We Free the Stars we can forget about the world building it is romance first, plot second. While I didn’t rate the first book highly, I did think the plot had some potential and the world building was interesting. This novel could be summarized as angst, angst, poor communication, and more angst. ![]()
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