Review: Some parts better than Starbright, other parts the same
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
I was totally Team Tristan in Starbright. Why? Because Seth was boring and demanding. He expected Stella to be his, like she was just his property or something. And I despised that. I don't like men who think they are entitled to have a woman. And it isn't romantic when a guy says, "You're mine," which I feel Seth said to Stella like five times in that last book. If a guy were to give me the "You're mine" line, I would tell him he was insane. I'd say that I didn't belong to anybody but myself. No one possess me. So for that reason, and for the reason that I found Seth incredibly uninteresting, I chose to dislike Seth and choose Tristan over him.Until now.My change in heart has nothing to do with Tristan and everything to do with Seth. Let me tell you something. Seth is a different man in this story. He isn't the same, boring guy I found him to be in the previous book. He's still very possessive of Stella, don't get me wrong, but circumstances in this book change Seth in a way that makes him totally interesting and appealing for the first time.The book begins with a voice calling out Stella's name. And not just any voice. Stella believes it to be the voice of Seven, Seth's crazy sister. But it's only a voice and Stella cannot be sure it is Seven. She only has her gut feeling to go by, but her senses have been wonky for quite some time so her gut feeling may not be correct. After all, she did barge into Seth's bedroom in Starbright because she thought he was under attack. Turned out there was no threat in sight.The confusion continues when a Shadow slithers around Seth during class and he is oblivious to its presence. He doesn't even feel it. But Stella certainly feels it when she tries to get it off him.But I honestly had a hard time finding any of this interesting until Seth decided to get interesting. His personality went from safe and dull to dangerous and intriguing. So bravo, Seth. You got me to like you.We also had a new addition to this book, a boy by the name of Jude. He also added another spark of interest in this novel. He's Fallen, but it was never something he chose for himself. He was kidnapped by the Fallen as a child. He was forced into a life with the Darkness.So...intrigue there.But, overall the story was average like before, but I do think that Seth's transformation from the last book helped better the novel.