A review by maple_dusk
We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

In my humble opinion, this book did not fall into the pit of sequel in a trilogy/duology syndrome (I forgot what it's called). I'm stuck between rating this 4.75 or 5 stars. I chose the latter.

This book just made me love the characters and the world even more. I binged this book in two days.

There's also aroace rep! It's nice to not have every character to have a romantic love interest. :)

I didn't write any quotes down, however, there are a lot of good quotes in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content and Torture

I didn't keep exact track of the content warnings as I did for the previous book so these content warnings might not be entirely accurate.