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Starborn by Lucy Hounsom
2.0

Kyndra finds herself running away from home with two strangers on the day of her Initiation Ceremony -a day when she was suppose to find out what was in store for the rest of her life. Kyndra's new friends are beings of power -Solar and Lunar and they think she has power too. But Kyndra's experiencing weird visions that may be a sign of something even more dangerous and ancient.

This was a real let down for me and I'm so sad I had to give it two stars. I was expecting a really exciting fantasy journey which saw a young girl come into herself and tap into a power she never knew existed. Instead I got 400+ pages of a lot of boring, confusing nonsense and a rush at the end where everything ended up being explained in a rush. I just felt like there was very little character development, most of the character's seemed disjointed and all over the place (Bregenne and Nediah - I just couldn't figure them out and the romance was played up too much between them considering hey weren't main character) and the story just didn't come together for me like I expected it too.
Also Reena and Kierik, where did that happen? How did they meet? Did Reena go to Naris? Did Medavle somehow sneak Kierik out to the Vales? That was so confusing


I kept waiting for that moment where everything clicked and it just didn't. I'm not sure if I'll continue on with the next book, though I do have hopes it will be a bit more exciting and action-packed than this one. This ultimately left me really bored and unsatisfied.