Review: When Stars Come Out by Scarlett St Clair

When Stars Come Out by Scarlett St. Clair
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from Edelweiss. This is my honest review. 

I've been collecting Scarlett St Clair books for awhile now but haven't actually read any...oops. Figured I would start with her first novel and the standalone to get my feet wet. And for the most part i enjoyed this story. I have been to an author event where Scarlett talked about her personal life and I feel like there are a lot of similarities between her past and Anora's world in this book. Probably deliberate, but I definitely noticed then. 

I can't imagine having the power that Anora has and not knowing how to control it. That world be terrifying. And this power fork went through the ringer at this new school with trying to make friends. This book is stuffed full of secrets and mysteries and poor Anora was smack dab in the middle of everyone's schemes to use her. 

I honestly don't know if I even liked any of the characters, now that I'm reflecting back on this story. I think I like the dogs. They are loyal and protective. Every other character has too many flaws for me to say I actually like them now. 

I definitely get the vibe that this book was meant to be book 1 in the series so I'm curious if we will get more of this storyline in the future. If not, I very much hope Anora learns her power and stops being a pawn in other people's agenda, cause I feel like if that happens over and over she won't have any reason to trust or even like other people and if that happens, she can use her power for pure evil. 

Overall I'm glad I finally got around to reading this story and I'm looking forward to more by this author! 

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