3.5
The Stars Never Rise
ByPublisher Description
From New York Times bestselling author, Rachel Vincent, comes the first book in a series—a romantic thriller about a girl who must join forces with rogue exorcists to save her sister and, ultimately, humanity.
"A hugely fun and entertaining read." —School Library Journal
"Haunting, unsettling, and eerily beautiful.” —Rachel Caine, author of the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires series
Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she’s too busy trying to actually survive. Her town’s population has been decimated by soul-consuming demons, and souls are in short supply. Watching over her younger sister, Mellie, and scraping together food and money are all that matters. The two of them are a family. They gave up on their deadbeat mom a long time ago.
When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their very existence, she’ll do anything to protect her. Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal Church and its army of black-robed exorcists. And Mellie’s sin has put her in serious trouble.
To keep them both alive, Nina will need to put her trust in Finn, a fugitive with deep green eyes who has already saved her life once and who might just be an exorcist. But what kind of exorcist wears a hoodie?
Wanted by the Church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she can’t survive on her own. She needs Finn and his group of rogue friends just as much as they need her.
"A hugely fun and entertaining read." —School Library Journal
"Haunting, unsettling, and eerily beautiful.” —Rachel Caine, author of the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires series
Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she’s too busy trying to actually survive. Her town’s population has been decimated by soul-consuming demons, and souls are in short supply. Watching over her younger sister, Mellie, and scraping together food and money are all that matters. The two of them are a family. They gave up on their deadbeat mom a long time ago.
When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their very existence, she’ll do anything to protect her. Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal Church and its army of black-robed exorcists. And Mellie’s sin has put her in serious trouble.
To keep them both alive, Nina will need to put her trust in Finn, a fugitive with deep green eyes who has already saved her life once and who might just be an exorcist. But what kind of exorcist wears a hoodie?
Wanted by the Church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she can’t survive on her own. She needs Finn and his group of rogue friends just as much as they need her.
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3.5
“This was a really interesting concept and I enjoyed the dystopian feel even though it didn’t really wow me. I will be reading the second one though”
“This book was good. And I could tell the audience it was written for just based on how fast I was able to get through it. I liked this book. I like the concept of a dystopian world overtaken by the church and demons and I did like the twists in the story. However, some of the concepts felt a little too thrown in there for the sake of the plot. Namely one character but it just felt like there were some concepts that if they were reworked in a different way would give the book a boost. That's not to say that the book isn't good because it is but I won't be running to get the sequel anytime soon.”
“Pretty good. I'm going to try to balance my critiques with all that was good in this book.
Firstly, I loved the realness of needing to find new underwear. It was kind of a comedic relief, but also just make the characters a little more relatable. You can't be badass with an uncomfortable crotch.
Reece and Gray getting input from someone only they can hear, mid tension, is also hilarious. I'm picturing a FaceTime lagging out while 4 other people are trying to make a game plan without the pertinent information from said facetimer. Made me 'teehee'
The journey is pretty jam-packed with action, which is surprising considering the timeline of this book. If I'm reading correctly, this all happens over the course of 4-5 days max? That's pretty insane for the amount of character development we see from the FMC. I'm hoping it ties into a killer second book though.
Unfortunately it did have its flaws. Normally I wouldn't be so nitpicky, but there's certain things I CANT excuse, especially considering this book is 'young adult.'
WHAT CHOICE WAS MADE TO DESCRIBE AN AGE APPROPRIATE CHARACTER AS 'fresh faced' and 'little' and 'young looking' REPEATEDLY, and WHILE SAID CHARACTER IS KISSING ANOTHER CHARACTER DESCRIBED AS 'huge' and 'wide frame' etc. I know yall are picking up what I'm putting down. It was incredibly creepy and came up more than once throughout the storyline, including breast comparison at one point. I had to google that it wasn't a ghost author using a woman's name because I've NEVER read anything that horrendously described by a woman before. It literally took me out of the story more than once because I had to make sure I was actually reading those words in my hands.
My only other grievance is - I'm a firm believer in 'show, don't tell' and this book has a ridiculous amount of similes for that to be possible. 'Foul fluids' definitely could've been fixed amongst other straight-forward descriptors. I want to picture things for myself, not have it spoon-fed to me. But that's a stylistic choice and I can get past it.
Super excited to finish this duology and hopefully my gripes are lessened😅”
About Rachel Vincent
RACHEL VINCENT is the New York Times bestselling author of many books for adults and for teens, including the Shifters, Unbound, and Soul Screamer series. A resident of Oklahoma, she has two teenagers, two cats, and a BA in English, each of which contributes in some way to every book she writes. When she’s not working, Rachel can be found curled up with a book or watching movies and playing video games with her husband.
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