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MY ⭐️ RATING: 2.5/5
Format: Kindle Whispersync
BOOK DESCRIPTION
There are no tides more treacherous than those of the heart. -Teek saying
The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God’s eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent.
The Meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed. How do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded?
As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former Priest of Knives. For the Clan of Matriarchs of Tova, tense alliances form as far-flung enemies gather and the war in the heavens is reflected upon the earth.
And for Serapio and Naranpa, both now living avatars, the struggle for free will and personhood in the face of destiny rages. How will Serapio stay human when he is steeped in prophecy and surrounded by those who desire only his power? Is there a future for Naranpa in a transformed Tova without her total destruction?
MY REVIEW
Book 1 of this series, Black Sun, was the first review I posted on my website back in August of 2021 and from what I remember, it was a very enjoyable read/listen with its big cast of narrators. Fevered Star continued that big cast and added to it with Christian Barillas, Darrell Dennis, Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett at the helm. It’s always a unique experience to hear multiple narrators rather than a singular narrator so that each character truly gets their own voice.
Roanhorse has a great prose, because the writing flows nicely and is easy to read. With the rating I left, I’m sure you’re curious why I even decided to finish this rather than DNF’ing. The answer to that is that I thought of DNF’ing on multiple occasions, but I kept saying, maybe it’ll all come back to me, maybe it’ll get better, maybe the final 1/4 will make up for everything else. But unfortunately, for me, it never did. Fevered Star suffers from the dreaded middle book syndrome where it’s purpose is only to move characters into position to setup the final book. Similar to Black Sun, it starts with a tense opening chapter that reeled me in, but afterwards it fell flat and was a bit unmemorable.
Unfortunately, while I enjoyed Black Sun, I found Fevered Star to not be on that same level and likely will not continue the series. Part of what got me out of it was that there was no “story so far” to refresh my memory and though I typically keep notes on books that I read, just in case, I could not find them, so going into this almost 2 years later was a struggle to remember things that happened. By the time I started working pieces back together, it was too late and any connection I had to the story or characters was gone. I do believe that if I had read this after Black Sun, I probably would’ve enjoyed it more since the story and characters would’ve been fresh on my mind, though I do still think it would get a low grade for that middle book syndrome issue I had.
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