All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1)

by Adalyn Grace

Named as one of Entertainment Weekly's most anticipated books of 2020, Adalyn Grace's All the Stars and Teeth is a thrilling fantasy for fans of Stephanie Garber's Caraval and Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series.

As princess of the island kingdom Visidia, Amora Montara has spent her entire life training to be High Animancer-the master of souls. The rest of the realm can choose their magic, but for Amora, it's never been a choice. To secure her place as heir to the throne, she must prove her mastery of the monarchy's dangerous soul magic.

When her demonstration goes awry, Amora is forced to flee. She strikes a deal with Bastian, a mysterious pirate: he'll help her prove she's fit to rule, if she'll help him reclaim his stolen magic.

But sailing the kingdom holds more wonder-and more peril-than Amora anticipated. A destructive new magic is on the rise, and if Amora is to conquer it, she'll need to face legendary monsters, cross paths with vengeful mermaids, and deal with a stow-away she never expected... or risk the fate of Visidia and lose the crown forever.

Reviewed by chillywilly on

4 of 5 stars

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I liked this book, but there were parts that I just couldn't seem to keep my interest. Now that may have just been me not being mentally into reading the book. Sometimes the main character annoyed me because she sounded angry all the time. I realize that if I was in her position that many of the things she saw or had gone through would make any one angry, but she just seemed angry all the time. I also, feel like the author had a tendency to repeat herself every few paragraphs, sometimes using different words to have the character think the same thing over and over. There were a couple times at the beginning of the book where I rolled my eyes, Okay, we get it. She doesn't like what her dad has done as ruler and that her people deserve better. Amora seemed the most fleshed out as it was all in her POV. I don't think we learned very much about the other main characters though. I hope we get more about the characters backgrounds in the next book. Over all I liked this book and I can't wait for the next one to come out. I'm very interested as to where she takes things in the next book.

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