The Sun and Her Star by Dylan Allen

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Title: The Sun and Her Star
Author: Dylan Allen
Published by: Indie
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 360
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Potential Triggers: View Spoiler »physical abuse/violence « Hide Spoiler
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My rating:

Blurb:

If envy is a sin, then let me be damned.

Graham was born to be a star. Once upon a time, that star shone only for me.
Now, I have to share him with the rest of the world.
For a while, I thought I could do it. Because, beneath the hypnotic smile, gorgeous body and God-given charm that made him famous, I still caught glimpses of my best friend.
Of the boy who called me sunshine and loved me.
I wore that love like a crown . . . until he placed it on another’s head.
Losing him was agony, distance felt like the only cure.
When tragedy reunites us after years apart, it only takes one touch to erase the past. Just like that, I'm back in his arms. He promises this time will be different. But I’m afraid to believe him.
Because behind his star’s blinding brilliance is a darkness that doesn’t want to let him go.
I know a star that bright can’t belong to just one person, but my jealous heart doesn’t want to share him.
I want all of him . . . even if wanting what doesn't belong to me leads me to ruin.

My Review:

3.5 stars — There was a lot of feelz going on in this book…my heart isn’t always in the mood for that level of drama and angst, and I’m torn on whether I was in the right mood reading this.  But the thing is that I was sucked in and connected to these characters, even if I could see their stumbles from miles away and was disappointed in their choices.

I think part of my problem is that I saw this as a traditional celebrity romance, and this was everything but that.

I LOVED the beginning of their childhood when they met, and that was a whole lot longer and more involved than I was expecting.  It really gave you a perfect view of them developing that connection that would sustain them throughout life.

I had a hard time when they each lost their tempers at different times and were hurtful…I know it happens, but it made my heart hurt.  It’s so hard to watch people fucking good things up because they’re not smart enough to understand there must be another way.  For all the times that Graham was purported to be smart, he made some dumb choices.  At least it somewhat fits with his sheltered upbringing, but I was still disappointed at every turn.  It was real though…it just sucked.

I was honestly left with a lot of questions about Apollo: what happened to her sister and father??  I guess it’s not important, but I really wanted to know…I wanted to get to know her a bit more and what she went through.  We got more from Graham in this aspect.

If you don’t like OW/OM stuff AT ALL, skip this book.  I generally don’t like it, but in the context of this book it didn’t feel gratuitous.  I still didn’t like it, but it made sense in the plot.

Editing errors — lots of missing words, inconsistent tense (sometimes in the same sentence), continuity problems…basically it needs another pass to polish it up, and I think it deserves that because the bones of the story/characters/etc are good.

I definitely really enjoyed this book, but it wasn’t quite the kind of book that will send me out of the stratosphere.  I needed something to be a bit fuller.  More development somewhere.  It was close, just not quite.  Still epically entertained though and made me think a lot.  Brought out my emotions.  Had me wanting to find out where it was going to go.  This is kind of a lackluster review, but as per usual I left it with just my notes, so this is what you get.  😛