I feel like I need to start by explaining this 4-star rating. Most of the people I know are giving this book 5 stars, I gave its predecessor 5 stars, so why am I giving it 4? Well, for two main reasons, mostly: First, I believe I liked Golden Son way better than Morning Star. Which isn't to say I didn't like MS, but I enjoyed GS a lot more. Second, I didn't quite like the ending—

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a child? Seriously? Mr. Brown, darling, you can do better than that

. It was tacky; I didn't like it. The fact that it was almost 6 am when I was about that part and realized what

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Mustang

was talking about is the only thing that kept me from going UGGHHHHHHH out loud.

Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable book; It wouldn't be fair of me to say it wasn't. I don't think I've ever liked Darrow, the protagonist, who I find to be a little bit too much of a Mary Sue for my taste, but it was nice to see him grow and change as a character, after all, and there were loads more to like—e.g.

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my husband, Cassius au Bellona, who did have his redemption arc after all, and nothing else matters right now

. The setting was also spot on, with just one minor thing or another that I can't contest properly because I suck at Physics.

It took me forever to finish Moning Star, not because it wasn't a nice read, but because Gods know what got me that I spent weeks barely reading anything. It seems that I Am Back In The Game, though. As a consequence, I ended up devouring the second half of MS almost entirely in one night only, and had a lot to digest. Mea culpa, I guess.