Isadora’s family is seriously screwed up.
Of course, as the human daughter of Egyptian gods, that pretty much comes with the territory. She’s also stuck with parents who barely notice her, and a house full of relatives who can’t be bothered to remember her name. After all, they are going to be around forever—and she’s a mere mortal.
Isadora’s sick of living a life where she’s only worthy of a passing glance, and when she has the chance to move to San Diego with her brother, she jumps on it. But Isadora’s quickly finding that a “normal” life comes with plenty of its own epic complications—and that there’s no such thing as a clean break when it comes to family. Much as she wants to leave her past behind, she can’t shake the ominous dreams that foretell destruction for her entire family. When it turns out there may be truth in her nightmares, Isadora has to decide whether she can abandon her divine heritage after all.
Of course, as the human daughter of Egyptian gods, that pretty much comes with the territory. She’s also stuck with parents who barely notice her, and a house full of relatives who can’t be bothered to remember her name. After all, they are going to be around forever—and she’s a mere mortal.
Isadora’s sick of living a life where she’s only worthy of a passing glance, and when she has the chance to move to San Diego with her brother, she jumps on it. But Isadora’s quickly finding that a “normal” life comes with plenty of its own epic complications—and that there’s no such thing as a clean break when it comes to family. Much as she wants to leave her past behind, she can’t shake the ominous dreams that foretell destruction for her entire family. When it turns out there may be truth in her nightmares, Isadora has to decide whether she can abandon her divine heritage after all.
Let me say this now: I will read anything Kiersten White writes. Especially when it has mythology (Egyptian mythology to boot!) and the daughter of two gods. Ummm yes!
The way The Chaos of Stars was written was definitely it's selling point. In the beginning of each chapter, we get a little bit of Egyptian mythology retold by Isadora. It's brilliant and fabulous, not to mention the darker dreams that our main character had, and mentioned, in the beginning of every other chapter or so that added a scene of intrigue to the entire plot.
Not to mention we have White's humor and laugh out loud tendencies and a depth to the book I definitely didn't expect!
Isadora's not just trying to get away from her family--she's dealing with the fact of knowing that she'll be replaced, that her parents have prepared for her death, that her parents just maybe don't care for her at all. It makes her an understandable character, but Isadora...well, she still irritated me. She whined throughout the book about her family, how she didn't want to fall in love, but was falling for love interest Ry anyways, and about why she'd wanted to be her older brother's only family. And when her mother warns her of bad dreams, and she gets some, she fails to mention them as a little "rebellion" even though they could put her in serious danger. What? Not to mention she was so completely and utterly pessimistic which kicked my optimistic side in the stomach.
I loved the reluctant romance in here though! Ry was so sweet and caring and I loved his little quirks. He was a swoony love interest and was just adorable around Isadora! The relationship between them was so cute and I was just in love with the idea of them as a couple and feel free to imagine me as the Sebastian (Little Mermaid) for the two! I really hope you guys get that reference.
The plot was...well, rather slow. Nothing really happened until the last three chapters or so and it was rather dull, although I was still interested with Isadora's life and, of course, the romance! But that didn't help the fact that what we mainly saw was Isadora adjusting to regular American life and that sort of bored me. The last few chapters were definitely explosive, though, and I loved it! I did expect a certain twist about Ry that I found a bit obvious, but the plot twists? Shocked!
Kiersten White, in typical Kiersten White style, has created a hilarious, gorgeously written novel that I loved! With interesting characters, a curious plot, and a character who's trying to figure out who she is, The Chaos of Stars is one I would recommend to anyone who loved White's previous work or wants to start her books!
Pages: 288
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Harper Teen
Release Date: Sep 30, 2013
Rating: Possibly the one and only 3.75 rating
