Forging Silver Into Stars – 2nd Starred Review

FORGING SILVER INTO STARS has received its second starred review, this time from Publisher’s Weekly!

I am so honored, especially as both starred reviews have touched on the impact of navigating romance despite past trauma, something I (and many people) have too much personal experience with. Just like with every book I write, I drew from personal experience and also did a tremendous amount of research, and I hope my readers are able to see themselves in Tycho, Jax, and Callyn, and find strength and hope and empowerment just like they did with Rhen and Harper, or Lia Mara and Grey. I’m starting to get a little choked up even typing this post, so I’ll just share the full text of the review here:

✨ ✨ ✨
Set after Kemmerer’s Cursebreaker books, this captivating series launch finds enemy realms Syhl Shallow and Emberfell united by the marriage of Syhl Shallow’s queen to Emberfell’s magesmith king. Though magic is now legal in Syhl Shallow, many citizens still distrust it—particularly rebel Truthbringers, who are planning regicide to restore the status quo. In the remote Syhl Shallow town of Briarlock, teenage friends Jax and Callyn have little time for such concerns; blacksmith Jax, who lost his foot in an accident, works endlessly to pay his abusive, alcohol-reliant father’s debts, and baker Callyn, whose parents were killed by magic, minds her younger sister while trying to keep the family business afloat. When Truthbringers Lady Karyl and Lord Alek offer the teens money to pass sealed messages among their cohort, they accept, figuring the reward outweighs the risk. Then the King’s Courier, 19-year-old Tycho, comes to town, searching for traitors. While Kemmerer’s latest boasts propulsive, intricate plotting and intimate first-person-present narration by protagonists Jax, Callyn, and Tycho (all of whom cue as white), it’s Jax and Tycho’s gentle budding romance amid their respective past traumas that truly distinguishes this tale. Characters of varying abilities are featured throughout. Ages 13–up.

FSIS had received it’s first starred review from Kirkus back in Feburary, you can read that here.

And there’s still time to take advantage of the many preorder specials! Check out those here

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Brigid Kemmerer

I’m the New York Times bestselling author of dark and alluring Young Adult novels.

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