I think I’m not the right audience for this book. It was slow and very grief focused, in a way that dampened the rest of the plot and characters. The main character was really unlikable and I often got frustrated by her choices because they disregarded the desires of others. I didn’t connect with her experience of grief so I had a hard time forgiving her of her personal faults. I know grief can do strange things to people but I had a hard time getting invested in this character. The side characters were all interesting, but their backstories were very short and simple; I would have loved more nuance and detail. I didn’t really like the romance because I couldn’t see why the two characters liked each other, though the sexual tension/flirtation was there. I wish the magic of the star had been a more prominent and lore-driven part of the story. The main character was very much in her head about her grief which I didn’t really like reading about. Talking to her sister (calling her Fi, you, etc.) made it a little clunky to read. My Libby ebook hold ran out 100 pages from the end and if I didn’t already have a copy of this book, I would have DNFed it. I think if you are looking for a book about all encompassing grief in a fantasy world without the worldbuilding of a fantasy world, this could be your book. This didn’t resonate with me as much as I hoped.