The writing, as I had mentioned earlier was very mesmerising and had a lyrical quality to it. I did away with the thought by reminding myself of her age, but I won’t say that it felt particularly realistic either. Perhaps the only thing that did bother me about her was her internal conflict over her love interest. She grew out of them well and came to terms with her own identity as the story progressed. I think my favourite part of this book was how Sheetal was portrayed with her conflicting feelings of longing to belong and wanting to be wary of her new circumstance and even old acquaintances. One half of her is human and the other is star and the wants and desires of these two very different beings is a pull inside this young sixteen year old. Sheetal was definitely well written and I loved how the author portrayed her with a duality to her personality. The prose was almost poetic and had a hypnotic quality to it and the descriptions were really detailed and it’s as if you’re right there with the protagonist and you could touch her world if you reached out a hand. I was very excited to dive into Star Daughter and I liked the tone and the protagonist almost immediately and after the author’s description of samosas, I was a goner. (Drop by their blogs, they’re all darlings <3) Star Daughter was one of the books that I had chosen to read for the IndLitReadathon organized by Shruti Is Lit, Charvi at Just Fiction and Nandini at and Nebulas. Received an Advanced Reader’s Copy from the publisher, HarperTeen, via Edelweiss+ in exchange for an honest review. How people could be shocked by something, a bit of information that didn’t fit what they knew of the world, and then expand and grow around it, into it, until it becomes part of them, just another piece in an overarching narrative. Sheetal’s quest to save her father will take her to a celestial court of shining wonders and dark shadows, where she must take the stage as her family’s champion in a competition to decide the next ruling house of the heavens–and win, or risk never returning to Earth at all.īrimming with celestial intrigue, this sparkling YA debut is perfect for fans of Roshani Chokshi and Laini Taylor. A star like her mother, who returned to the sky long ago. Pretending to be “normal.” But when an accidental flare of her starfire puts her human father in the hospital, Sheetal needs a full star’s help to heal him. The daughter of a star and a mortal, Sheetal is used to keeping secrets. This gorgeously imagined YA debut blends shades of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust and a breathtaking landscape of Hindu mythology into a radiant contemporary fantasy.
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