I liked this book. While it wasn't my favorite, it wasn't too bad.

Curse of Stars has very intriguing plot that's why it lead me to request it. I always love reading fantasy, however, this book made me questioned myself if I should continue reading or not. I honestly did not enjoy this book and it is DNF for me. This book is not for me.

This is a story of Sabi. She lives in New York with her parents and sister, seemingly normal life, even though she knows something is not quite right with her family. It is a peaceful life, until she is thorn from everything she knows, by stranger, who claims she is his property.

She was always told not to cry, when she does diamonds come from her eyes.

This ability is the reason she is taken, she is valuable. The world her parents ran from, the world she belongs, is full of magic, that is given to individuals. Well it use to be, bad guy takes it all for himself, except the criers, he can't take that for some reason, so he takes the criers themselves.

She is taken in the captivity. She is used for what she is and what she can do. (A lot of stuff she was forced in, were a bit hard to stomach.)

Sound interesting story right? I though so to, before reading it. It just drags on and not much happen. It is so slow paced, I gave up few times, and then come back. The premise is so amazing and unique. It really could be great book. I have problems with writing styled mostly, I could not connect to the story, fell anything whilst reading it. It was more like counting pebbles.

I wanted to love it, I really tried, it was just not working. Maybe if it was more condensed, I don't know. If I ignore how it was executed, I can appreciate the story line, witch is really interesting.

Maybe just not for me. Someone who likes this kind of writing style, will probably love it.

I really wanted to like this book more than I did. The cover was gorgeous and the description sounded interesting. But I just didn’t feel like it reached its potential in the story. Right from the start, bad things happen to Sabi Perez, from being chased around New York by an unknown enemy, to being tortured and imprisoned in horrible conditions. Things only go from bad to worse though, with very few pockets of happiness or hope. I found almost the entire book to be very confusing, dark and depressing. I didn’t feel as though the main character or the reader was given very much information about what was happening for most of the book.

The last two or three chapters, however, things finally seemed to look up, at least minimally, for the three main protagonists of the story. Also, quite a few more things were explained. There were several unexpected occurrences, in a variety of different areas, that finally made it seem like there might be a story worth following. I’m definitely willing to read the sequel, but I hope it comes across as not quite so dreary and depressing as this novel.

It seemed a little tell-y to me at the start, and I felt as though we were rushing through the action with little character to truly draw me in. I didn’t know enough about the characters to care who the man was at the top of the stairs so early on in the proceedings, and by the time they reached the train station in chapter 2 I wasn’t 100% sure what their aim was.

Also the dialogue was very clipped, and revealed only what the story needed, which under any circumstance is fine but I didn’t get a sense of character from it, and it felt a little juvenile in the way it was presented? IDK maybe I’m just picky but I found it hard to continue when I cared so little.

First of all....I love the cover. A cover should catch your eye and make you want to pick the book up and this one certainly does that.

I went into this never having heard of the author and not knowing what to expect from the novel but found myself pleasantly surprised at it's content.

The plot itself is very intriguing and quite an interesting concept, having read nothing of it's kind before.
The story moves along quite quickly to begin with and then proceeds at a steady pace but lacks any real action until the second half.

However, I found there was too much detail in some places that made it difficult to follow the story and had to go back and re-read sections where I had found myself skimming the story.


Overall this is pleasant and reasonably well written fantasy that I would recommend to any fantasy fan.

Her parents ran away. They took her to Earth in order to hide her. They knew he was going to come for her one day and take her away. There are only a few Diamond Criers left, and he wants to collect them all, and have all their tears for himself.

The Curse of Stars is full of action, has interesting characters, and a captivating world.

The storyline of this book starts off fairly fast. Only a few chapters in, Sabi is taken from her parents, and the action begins. As a captive, she is tortured and neglected. It is her two friends, Anya and Cabal who manage to keep her sane, with thoughts of escape and revenge.

The world that Donna Compositor created is very dark, yet captivating at the same time. The author didn't sugar coat things, and talked about various torture methods in a horrific way. When Sabi was held captive, it wasn't all rainbows and ponies, it was pain, torture and a lot of things that had her scared. This was one of the reasons the book really held my interest at the beginning. It was truthful, dark and good.

As the book went on, I found myself getting a bit bored. While there was a good amount of action in the second half of the book, there was no real climax. It was basically a rollercoaster ride, with a bunch of small little bumps, there was no big drop at the end. It was also around this time that I found the main character to be a little too paranoid and annoying at times. I'm not sure if it was just me, but unfortunately I just didn't find the second half of the book as good as the first.

Overall, it was still a wonderful novel. I'll be looking forward to reading the next book.

Happy Reading,
Aneta

The following will be published on my blog, The Crown of Books, on January 21st around noon time EST.

In "Curse of Stars," the main protagonist Sabi discovers she is a Diamond Crier when she is captured by an otherworldly ruler and is forced into knowing an entire new world.

I really hate giving this a rating of two stars, I really do. I thought it had so much potential to be a good series, but I think it was just me. The beginning was really good going into, but once the ruler met with the main protagonist, I felt that I lose it all. There was no information be given. All I can remember is that Sabi asking the ruler what he wants and the ruler keeps replying that he wanted his property. When Sabi asked her father what a "Diamond Crier" is after her father reveals who she is? No information is given except Sabi looking at her own tear. When Sabi is thrown into the new world? All she gets is the name of the place. Up until the 50% mark, it was just Sabi trying to find her way through and dealing with her captivity and not much background information seemed to appear. It kept wondering what everything was. It would have been nice to know a little bit of information to understand the story better.

Right before the 50% mark, I was questioning if I really wanted to continue. However this was the starting point when it finally started giving information and started getting interested. It must of have been me, because that interest dwindled fast on me. For the next 10%, it was good and mythology was introduced and I am a sucker for mythology. I thought this was really going to start being good to the end. After this part, I don't know what happened except that I kept questioning what the heck was going on. Some bits I understood, some bits I got lost in.

There was one scene I did not enjoy. I am not going to go into details, but all I can say is that the ruler almost forced Sabi into something she didn't want to do with no choice and no permission. This scene was to prove a point a special use of Sabi's special powers to the ruler, but I felt that there was definitely another way to show this. I just couldn't believe what I was reading.

Overall, I believe this series has potential for others, but it just wasn't for me. I really wanted to enjoy it, but I just couldn't find myself to enjoy it. I really hope others do enjoy this.