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simsbrarian's review
3.0
The Star Darlings get some flashbacks and insight into the past of their headmaster "Stella" and the evil "Rancora". This is a world of fairy-esque ladies who live in the stars (on Starland) and power their world and their abilities with the "Wish energy" from "Wishworld" (aka: Earth) where "Wishers" (aka: Girls) live and make Good Wishes (or Bad Wishes) which turn into Wish Orbs that fly off to Starland. It's very fanciful and very hopeful about the Power of Positive Thinking, with just a dash of overly optimistic "Just Walk it Off" attitude about a lot of things and a bit more "Those people on Wishworld are so SILLY with their qualms about diversity and the way they think girls can't do everything that boys can do" yet there is little diversity in the main cast of characters as described.
Anything you didn’t like about it? It's a mixed bag of good (empowering for girls!) and mediocre (heavy-handed and far too many made-up words for stuff that already exists like "glameras" and "galliope" (aka "horse"). It will likely to be a great little "So THAT'S how it all happened!" story if you're already entrenched in the series but will be baffling if you haven't read any of the previous books. It is a bit "Glenda and Elphaba" from Wicked in the storyline though so it is still interesting to read even if you haven't read anything else in the series of Star Darlings.
To whom would you recommend this book? Die-hard fans of the series (which could be a good recommendation to those who enjoyed the younger similarly girl-focused series "Goddess Girls" but are looking for something more middle-grade)
FTC Disclosure: The Publisher provided me with a copy of this book to provide an honest review. No goody bags, sponsorship, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
Anything you didn’t like about it? It's a mixed bag of good (empowering for girls!) and mediocre (heavy-handed and far too many made-up words for stuff that already exists like "glameras" and "galliope" (aka "horse"). It will likely to be a great little "So THAT'S how it all happened!" story if you're already entrenched in the series but will be baffling if you haven't read any of the previous books. It is a bit "Glenda and Elphaba" from Wicked in the storyline though so it is still interesting to read even if you haven't read anything else in the series of Star Darlings.
To whom would you recommend this book? Die-hard fans of the series (which could be a good recommendation to those who enjoyed the younger similarly girl-focused series "Goddess Girls" but are looking for something more middle-grade)
FTC Disclosure: The Publisher provided me with a copy of this book to provide an honest review. No goody bags, sponsorship, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
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