All The Stars & Teeth is a fantastic, clever fantasy novel that I wasn’t expecting to love as much as I did. I went into this with no expectations, I’d heard it talked about a lot and when it came up on Netgalley I wanted to give it a shot and I’m so glad I did!
The way the author writes is absolutely stunning. Everything is so lyrical and vivid, as I was reading, I could see everything that was happening and loved it. Also, I’m not a massive fan of first person novels but I really loved being in Amora’s head and thought it worked so well here. Adalyn Grace is just fantastic and I can’t wait to read more of her work in the future, this was just an absolutely stunning debut.
Another thing I loved was the magic system. I thought it was truly unique and different to other magic systems in YA fantasy novels. I was truly fascinated by it and was surprised at all of the twists and turns when it came to the history of it and really want to know even more about how all of it works.
The story just truly had me hooked from the first few pages, I wanted to know what was happening with Amora and the people around her. It was slightly tropey in some places but I like tropes if they weren’t good, they wouldn’t be popular and everything in this story worked so fantastically well again, I think the author is incredible at what she does and it really shines through in this novel. And, I was slightly worried that it was all going to wrap up in the end even though there’s a sequel coming but the final plot twist had me shook!!!
Bastion was a character I loved straight away, I love pirates and he was so sweet and yet mysterious and I can’t wait to find out more about him. Amora is a true queen, such a strong female character and I would die for her. Ferrick is a character I wasn’t sure I would like at the start and wasn’t truly warmed to him until the middle of the book but he’s truly so caring and wonderful and if anything happens to him I’ll DIE. Vataea by far my favourite, shes strong, shes a badass and she truly deserves everything good in the world. I honestly do ship her and Ferrick but also ship her with Amora so😂
Overall, this novel is just fantastic, it’s like a mix between Mad Max and Pirates of the Caribbean and I was here for it from start to end. I’m so excited for the sequel already, come on 2021!!!