Name: The Song That Moves the Sun
Rating: 4.1 (5 reviews)
ISBN: 9780063083547

Anna Bright

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The Song That Moves the Sun

Minnie Mazuera

Because Mars's song isnt just the music of gladiators and boxers.  It’s the music of tired girls who push on. Of anxious boys who don't give up when everything whispering in their ears tells them they’ll  never be enough.

"People fall for each other every day, Major. People suffer every day. But just because something is ordinary doesn't mean it's not also catastrophic, or magical."

This sweeping YA fantasy romance full of star-crossed love, complex female friendship, and astrological magic is perfect for fans of Laini Taylor, Alexandra Bracken, and V.E. Schwab. From the acclaimed author of The Beholder.

Best friends Rora and Claudia have never felt more like their lives are spiraling out of control. And when they meet Major and Amir—two boys from one of the secret cities of the spheres, ruled by the magic of the astrological signs—they discover they’re not alone. There is a disruption in the harmony between the spheres, and its chaos is spreading.

To find the source of the disharmony, Rora and Claudia will embark on a whirlwind journey of secrets, romance, and powerful truths—about themselves, each other, and two long-ago explorers named Dante and Beatrice, who were among the first to chart this course toward the stars.

Inspired partly by the classic works of Dante Alighieri, this gorgeous stand-alone contemporary fantasy will captivate readers of Lore and Star Daughter.

This novel is a genre-bender in a similar way to Shea Ernshaw’s A Wilderness of Stars. It’s ambitious — with astrological Magic and flashbacks to 13th century explorers — yet also tender with its representations of anxiety and depression. The slow-build star-crossed (literally) romance is magnetic, and the friendships even more so.

Liz Griffin

Story Eater

I read Bright’s The Beholder and enjoyed it, but I don’t think I enjoyed it enough to read the second one in a timely fashion. That said, I won’t rule out a reread, as I do know it was good enough for me to remember half a plot for it, which is more than I can say for many books I read. The Song that Moves the Sun, however, did not grab me like Bright’s debut. It took until about 15% of the way in for it to catch even the tiniest bit of my interest, and the opening scenes for Rora, Amir, Major, and Claudia did not feel very effective at drawing me into the story (or Claudia and Rora, for that matter).

My thanks to NetGalley for the ARC, for which I willingly give my own, honest opinion.

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