Book Review: “Fevered Star” by Rebecca Roanhorse
Lauren’s Review of Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
I spent this weekend travelling for work, which meant I had time to devour Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse, which has been mocking me from my TBR pile since it was released in April. This is the second installment of Between Earth and Sky, a pre-Columbian influenced tale of gods and magic. The first book in the series is Black Sun, which I absolutely adored and I have been anticipating Fevered Star since I put that book down in January.
Did Fevered Star live up to my internal hype? Yes and no. Yes - inside the cover there was even more fabulous representation of a magical world of gods, the political turmoil that results from humans messing with magic beyond their understanding, and so much more. The development of the interpersonal relationships and mixing of characters from previously unaligned story arcs was spectacular. Every time I think I've picked my favorite character, someone does something new and magnificent and I am thrown into turmoil again. This is the best kind of turmoil, though, when you're simultaneously rooting and hating all the characters in your story in new and different ways. Throughout this story there is lovely LGBTQ+ representation, including neopronouns, which just make my little queer heart so happy. Between the interpersonal relationship, magic, and gods, the story is absolutely gripping.
So what didn't live up to the hype? The story isn't done yet! After years and years of disappointment in waiting for the next installment of a fantasy series (looking at you Rothfuss and Martin, because I'm waiting on you for way too long), I do my best to avoid starting a new and unfinished series. The curse of starting a series and falling in love with a time, place and people only to have their stories never completed is exhausting and profoundly disappointing. I can only hope that Roanhorse will not only complete the saga, but will do so quickly as I am waiting on pins and needles to see what becomes of Tova.
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Book via Simon and Schuster
Review by Lauren
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