Review: An awesome read by an awesome author!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 9, 2013
Falling Stars is the awesome follow up to Shooting Stars (book 1) in the Surah Stormstrong series by the equally awesome H.D. Gordon.We pick up straight from where we left off with Surah & Charlie having teleported out of the dungeons of the castle and far away from Theodine Grey, who has witnessed the depth of their relationship and has revenge in mind so plots to not only win Surah over and make her his but to put Charlie Redmine in his place permanently. Elsewhere, Black Heart is plotting too and his plotting is quite the opposite, he wants his brother at his side and Surah Stormstong out of their lives once and for all which will only help his plans for the uprising. Suddenly... the magic is gone! And with the King in a coma and Princess Surah `m I a'... Theodine Grey thinks that now is the time to begin his plot... only he isn't the only one with an agenda as the vultures circle and power hungry people emerge with murderous intent. Surah finds herself in a helpless situation because she needs to save her father, needs to save Charlie, needs to save her people.... but who will save her when she's branded a traitor? When everything she holds dear is ripped away from her and people she thought she could trust turn into the biggest betrayers of all.This was just amazing! I love Heather's works, seriously, she is sooooo good at pulling you into her worlds a wowing the sh*t out of you. I loved the progression of everything in this.. we get character progression aplenty as Surah & Charlie's relationship deepens showing a softer side to her, getting a glimpse of the person underneath the walls she has built and Charlie baring most of his soul to her, willing to risk everything for a little sip of happiness with Surah - so sweet, I was left hanging for those moments. I loved that we got to know Charlie a lot more in this as he attempts to show Surah what type of man she is getting involved with and it's a shocker, I would have never thought him capable of what he confesses but at the same time Surah shows him just how capable she is and they seem to fit together perfectly like they are two of the same people but from different places. They aren't the only ones revealing more of themselves either but I will let you find that out.The storyline is certainly picking up as players are set into place and plots & schemes start to become apparent and very focussed on our lovers. Danger seems to follow Surah & Charlie at every turn whether they are facing an army of fae, a whole city of angry people or individuals who would mean them harm - they will face it....together.. as they should always be. We begin to get the bigger picture throughout this, as I said the players are placed and whilst they all have one common goal, the way they would get there is different and that is where the danger becomes even more apparent and well, lethal. It was very revealing in more ways than that though because we get a lot of Charlie's background and see what had set Michael (Black Heart) on his path of destruction and we will find out just how far he will go to strip the Highborns of their power, we also get a little insight into Theodine Grey too. The action is great, I like to see Surah in action, it reminds me that she isn't this soft spoken princess that people have on a pedestal and also of the woman who challenged the `sun warrior', she was really justified as she dished out her punishments in this but leaves me a little afraid for some people holding secrets from her, which some are - bigstyle! I appreciated the different povs, I love to get into everyones mind-sets and this is good for that and to keep us up to date on events elsewhere too. I especially love the chapters with Samson, I really love that animal with his faith, loyalty & love for Surah.. I wonder what would happen if he were to become human? What would his intentions be to Surah considering the depth of his love? In the end I was left feeling a little bittersweet, but hopeful and with lots more questions that are begging to be answered.All in all, this book was awesome, filled with lots of action, plotting & scheming, secrets & lies, revelations and a nice big chunk of romance that sweetens the heart..... but also making my heart pound with every page. Seriously cannot wait for the next book. 4.5*s