Oh my goodness I LOVED this book!! It was so beautiful and poignant satisfying. I was nervous with some of the reviews, but it was simply wonderful.

I want to address the content warnings of rape/sexual violence. When Chris joins with the sun, it is clearly painful for her, but it is not a graphic rendering of what a sexual assault would be. It's also clear that it's consensual. The sun cannot help but be what he is - which is a firey ball of light. It's kind of complicated to explain, but I imagined it like she was being consumed by a fire. Ceris did have some feelings that a survivor of violence would have, so that may have been what confused people and made them uncomfortable.  I'm not sure why it was written that way, although the entire book seemed to be about processing trauma. It was really poignant in that respect. However, this fantasy trauma was removed enough from real trauma so that it wasn't too uncomfortable to process through. I would like Ceris's experience to a surgery or chemo - something that does cause trauma but something you choose out of necessity.

There is one almost assault scene, but Ceris escapes almost as soon as she is grabbed, and it is on earth. So I really don't know why people are giving a graphic rating to rape/sexual violence.