I enjoyed listening to this book. The characters were all very likeable and the story was uplifting. I really liked the twist and didn’t see it coming at all.

I got this audiobook through NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity.

It tells the story of multitalented conjoined triplets who enter a singing competition, shooting star, to find their mother who has abandoned them when they were babies. For that, they have to lie to their overprotective super busy father.

They join forces with a band of brothers who have lost their singer and are in the competition to make mother happy.

They face a ruthless bully rival Twyla-Violet who uses every means to win.

The shooting star director is power hungry and only cares about the show’s rating. He thinks conjoined triplets cannot be the winner.

These are some of the obstacles on their way. They unearth a lot of secrets on their journey to find their mother.

The audio narrative is good, very emotional, good characterization and makes it easy to get lost in the story.

The cover is too dark, I thought it would be a Cold War book in 1970s, which I like. For this story I would expect a more bubbly colorful cover that matches the story.

The conjoined triplet are portrayed as normal sisters. I wanted the story to go deeper into their lives, and show their challenges. How is their health, how do they sleep, go to bathroom, take shower or bathe or sit or write? How do they feel about it? Their only challenge was being bullied and nothing about being conjoined triplets was offered except how they look.

It is a book about a reality show, and is written that way. Reader gets the camera view of the characters, it stays on the surface, no diving into story or characters.

Characters are cliche, rich people bad, bookish nerds good. They have the same voice. Instead of going deep into characters and understanding them, characters psycho analyze each other and explain each other’s actions.

I didn’t understand the shooting star program, it sounded like a national competition but it had only local contestants and did not audition in other cities. The judges would determine the winner but the winner thanked America for making them their shooting star!

I give it 3 stars, it has is a good story with enough challenges to be interesting and enjoyable. If told differently, it would be a shooting star.