The Seduction in Starlight by Natasha Pierce

The Seduction in Starlight by Natasha Pierce | A Review

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Welcome to Quills and Pages. This is Quills and today I will review another amazing read The Seduction in Starlight written by Natasha Pierce. This book hooked me from the very first scene. The vibe was cozy so I kept reading until the very end and then I realized I read it in one sitting.

Blurb

When given the chance, do you trust fate, or only yourself?

When I was fourteen, my whole existence was shredded, setting me on a path to a new future… if I could survive my training.

Four years later, my powers are under control, and I am ready to return to my life on Naesala. However, as I enter Terranea Academy with my best friend in tow, I find life is very different from when I left.

The unexpected ire of jealous females surrounds me thanks to the unwanted attention of three males at the academy: my long lost dragon crush, the mysterious loner mage, and my irresistible incubus step-brother. I am determined to overcome and survive, but the shell I’ve built for myself doesn’t seem as tough as it once did.

As the bullying worsens, I find myself in increasingly dire situations, and being on constant alert throws me into a life of living hell I long to escape. I do my best to ignore them and deflect their attacks, but I have come to realize one thing: I can’t rely on anyone else.

What happens when I find myself truly alone? Will the stars guide me home, or will I fall at their feet, defeat staining my worn down soul?

GENRE
Fantasy

THEME AND TONE
Cozy

LANGUAGE AND WRITING STYLE
Easy to Read

CHARACTERS
Interesting Characters

TROPES

☙ Why Choose?

☙ Young Adult Romance

☙ Magical World

☙ FMC is Siren

☙ School of Magical Beings

☙ Hidden Identities

☙ Cliffhanger Ending

☙ Misunderstanding

MY REVIEW
The Seduction in Starlight is the first book in the series and the second book is going to release soon. The story start from Harbor (our FMC) leaving to go to underwater world. Their is also a rift between her parents because her father did not knew about her mother and her being Sirens. Anyway she left to live there for 4 years. After 4 year lapse she comes back and get admission to Terreanea Academy.

She is pretty happy to come back to start her education reunited with her best friend and live her life. but things starts to change. She encounters Khaos the dancer in a club and then her old crush Silas and then some days later another hot man Talon. Also her hot step brother Kane is trying to take an interest in her. But things go wrong with Silas and it led to huge misunderstanding which in turn led to girls bullying her.

She is dealing with all the bullying on top of dealing with the attention of these hot men. She is not use to attention so it is very difficult for her. Her bond with her best friend is cute. her relation with each of the men is also cute except Silas.

I love Harbor as a character. she is calm, collected, down to earth human being with a heart of gold. Kane is also another interesting character but there is some mystery surrounding it. Talon is sweet and very caring towards Harbor. Silas is a dickwad, always angry, always stalking her, obsessing over her and let his girls bully her and then claim she is the one stalking him. So it is a good push and pull going on.

I read the book in one sitting so this says something about it. This is written in a good way. There are some things in the story that I was not comfortable reading but on the whole the plot and story line is amazing. I loved the book and it's a 4 star from me.

MY RATING
Overall: ★★★★| 4 Stars

Plot: ★★★★★| 5 Stars

Romance: ★★★ | 3 Star

Characters:★★★★★ | 5 Stars

Pacing: ★★★★★| 5 stars

Mystery: ★★★★★| 5 star

Banter: ★★★| 3 star

Ending: ★★★★★| 5 Stars

Spice Level: 🌶🌶🌶🌶| 4/5

Book Cover:★★★★| 4 Stars

THE PARTS I LIKE

☙ That our FMC is a siren is the best one.

☙ Love the parts where all the guys were obsessed with harbor

☙ The closet scene...how cool was that....you can just imagine what you want to wear and it will create that for you. that was🤌.

☙ Silas still does not know who is Harbor 😅, Can't wait for the reaction when he finds out

THE PARTS I DID NOT LIKE
☙ Silas's behavior toward harbor
☙ Okay I have to say it the MM romance I did not like. I mean that are all so alpha that I could not imagine something happening between them 😅. Anyway it happened and I was shocked.

BEST WORDS

Random eyes and regret are the worst things to weigh upon one’s soul..

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☙ Paperback

Happy Reading!!

❤ 🎧☕️🕯️📖 ❤

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