Suraya Saab is a fiesty heroine - she discovers her star magic or akasha in an encounter with a crone... Each geberation, a starkeeper is born with powerful magic that keeps the god of death, Fero at bay using power from Saru, the god of Light.. Her growth in understanding the magic and the concepts of the gods and star keepers kept me glued to the story. There is spice in the tale, which, for me, detracted from the main tale rather than augment it...
Sura gets invited to the Palace in search for the bride to the new King of Oryndhr - Saved, and falls instead for his roguish brother, Roshan. The politics of the Kingdom with the various houses, the rebels who are unhoused -the Dahaka, and the Scavs, a legion of drug addled mercenaries, serves a major plot line in the story... I felt the houses interplay at court could have been explored more as well..
The book is the first of all series and ends on an almost HEA. The principles of magic stemming from emotions and the discussions of belief and atheism held much promise..
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