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gillyreads's review against another edition
Very enjoyable kids fantasy. Wasn’t expecting to, but I will be putting the rest of the series on hold at the library
wanderingstories's review against another edition
3.0
The story reminded me a bit of [b: The Neverending Story|27712|The Neverending Story|Michael Ende|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554230952l/27712._SY75_.jpg|1122661] for some reason. I don't know why. Maybe because there are so many different and unique characters and creatures in it? The Magic? The Adventure?
It also read to me more for a younger audience.
My favourites were Oswin (the Monster Under the Bed) and Feathering the Cloud Dragon.
I thought the narrator, Tuppence Middleton, did a great job. She is one of the first one's who actually does good different voices for each character.
stephen_baird's review against another edition
4.0
I’ve had Starfell: Willow Moss and the Lost Day on my TBR for a while, but have eventually got around to reading it, and have regretted the lost time.
Dominique Valente gives us a wonderful adventure where Willow Moss discovers that no matter what other people say or think of you you are capable of greatness.
Someone has stolen last Tuesday and this could lead to the universe unravelling, Willow can find things and is tasked by Moreg Vaine (the most feared witch in Starfell) in finding it.
Along the way Willow collects a ragtag band of magic users and magical creatures who become a group of close friends and help each other overcome the difficulties and threats that stand in the way of finding the lost day.
Fast-paced, exciting and funny this is a wonderful read and a wonderful start to a series, so looking forward to the next book.
Dominique Valente gives us a wonderful adventure where Willow Moss discovers that no matter what other people say or think of you you are capable of greatness.
Someone has stolen last Tuesday and this could lead to the universe unravelling, Willow can find things and is tasked by Moreg Vaine (the most feared witch in Starfell) in finding it.
Along the way Willow collects a ragtag band of magic users and magical creatures who become a group of close friends and help each other overcome the difficulties and threats that stand in the way of finding the lost day.
Fast-paced, exciting and funny this is a wonderful read and a wonderful start to a series, so looking forward to the next book.
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
A lost day, a girl with a memory she may not want, dragons, magic, wizards, and more~ Prepare yourself for a quest!
I had plans to read this book while I was checking out for 2020 books, and lo and behold when I visited Library #1 they added this to their English collection! I was bouncing in happiness, what a coincidence that just a few days after I added it.. it is there. Magic!
And that is what this book is. Magic. Pure magic.
When we meet Willow she is just a girl with magical powers to find what is lost (and she can apparently also try to lose things on purpose so later on it will come in handy if she ever needs it (which we later see happening during the journey)). She isn't too happy with her powers especially considering her mom and sisters got the best kind of powers and her grandma, before the accident, was a master potion maker who could make anything and it would actually work. During one of those days when she is caring for the house and her father there is a visit from a very superawesome character, Moreg Vaine pops by her house and asks for her help. Last Tuesday is gone! I had a laugh at first, how can a day be gone? That is not possible? Right? But then we see that the reality is that it truly has been stolen or disappeared. Since Willow has the power to find lost things Moreg wants her to find it. However, she cannot summon it. I am sure those who read plenty of fantasy or even enough manga know that one can break the reality and threads that keep an universe together if one does something like this. And so the quest begins.
I loved the quest, but I mostly loved how everything clicked together. How Moreg had given Willow hints here and there that helped her out. We see how each part of the journey has something that Moreg was hinting at and I just ADORED it. I was just going OH YES, and OH MY, and How did she know?. It was perfection.
Not to mention I loved the people that Willow meets on her journey. She meets someone from all over her world. She goes to places that many people wouldn't have gone on their own.
And she learns about her powers and she learns that she is good enough. Her power may at times seem little to people but it is an amazing power and she is wonderful at it. Willow really comes out stronger in the end and I loved her growth. She was such a sweet and caring person.
The world and the history about it. The brothers, the big war, how the world used to be all magic and now only a few people have gotten magic and how there are people who are cleansing their cities and towns of magic users, wow. Sometimes the world building either gets forgotten or it feels flat, but in this one I could all see it, and with each page and each nugget of information I loved the world more and I wonder... if I had a magic power, what it would be?
I quickly had an idea what the memory was about that Willow kept having each time she thought about Tuesday. I was on the one hand looking forward to seeing if I was right... but on the other hand also bracing myself for the tears that would inevitably happen if I was right. And tears happened, oh yes, I cried so much at the end of the book.
I am normally not a fan of talking animals (sorry, Oswin but you still look like a cat), but I loved this snarky beast. I had such a laugh each time they got to great powers and he went off like an alarm clock.
The ending was sad but also amazing and I loved the final battle and then the results from it.
The mom and sisters? Terrible terrible people. Just because you have powers doesn't make you the best or the most awesome. It doesn't make you a better person. :| I just hated how they treated Willow.
The book also has a plethora of gorgeous and sparkly illustrations that make the magic of the book come further alive.
I have to say I wouldn't have minded Nolan Sometimes having another surname. I was utterly confused many times while reading as I kept thinking sometimes was just a part of the sentence or a start of the new one given it has a capital letter.
Holy wow, this review got long! Sorry peeps, I just love this book so much. I had so much fun reading and I definitely need more of this series, I am so happy to hear that the second book will come out in just 3 months, I can't wait! I would recommend this book to all in need for something magical.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I had plans to read this book while I was checking out for 2020 books, and lo and behold when I visited Library #1 they added this to their English collection! I was bouncing in happiness, what a coincidence that just a few days after I added it.. it is there. Magic!
And that is what this book is. Magic. Pure magic.
When we meet Willow she is just a girl with magical powers to find what is lost (and she can apparently also try to lose things on purpose so later on it will come in handy if she ever needs it (which we later see happening during the journey)). She isn't too happy with her powers especially considering her mom and sisters got the best kind of powers and her grandma, before the accident, was a master potion maker who could make anything and it would actually work. During one of those days when she is caring for the house and her father there is a visit from a very superawesome character, Moreg Vaine pops by her house and asks for her help. Last Tuesday is gone! I had a laugh at first, how can a day be gone? That is not possible? Right? But then we see that the reality is that it truly has been stolen or disappeared. Since Willow has the power to find lost things Moreg wants her to find it. However, she cannot summon it. I am sure those who read plenty of fantasy or even enough manga know that one can break the reality and threads that keep an universe together if one does something like this. And so the quest begins.
I loved the quest, but I mostly loved how everything clicked together. How Moreg had given Willow hints here and there that helped her out. We see how each part of the journey has something that Moreg was hinting at and I just ADORED it. I was just going OH YES, and OH MY, and How did she know?. It was perfection.
Not to mention I loved the people that Willow meets on her journey. She meets someone from all over her world. She goes to places that many people wouldn't have gone on their own.
And she learns about her powers and she learns that she is good enough. Her power may at times seem little to people but it is an amazing power and she is wonderful at it. Willow really comes out stronger in the end and I loved her growth. She was such a sweet and caring person.
The world and the history about it. The brothers, the big war, how the world used to be all magic and now only a few people have gotten magic and how there are people who are cleansing their cities and towns of magic users, wow. Sometimes the world building either gets forgotten or it feels flat, but in this one I could all see it, and with each page and each nugget of information I loved the world more and I wonder... if I had a magic power, what it would be?
I quickly had an idea what the memory was about that Willow kept having each time she thought about Tuesday. I was on the one hand looking forward to seeing if I was right... but on the other hand also bracing myself for the tears that would inevitably happen if I was right. And tears happened, oh yes, I cried so much at the end of the book.
I am normally not a fan of talking animals (sorry, Oswin but you still look like a cat), but I loved this snarky beast. I had such a laugh each time they got to great powers and he went off like an alarm clock.
The ending was sad but also amazing and I loved the final battle and then the results from it.
The mom and sisters? Terrible terrible people. Just because you have powers doesn't make you the best or the most awesome. It doesn't make you a better person. :| I just hated how they treated Willow.
The book also has a plethora of gorgeous and sparkly illustrations that make the magic of the book come further alive.
I have to say I wouldn't have minded Nolan Sometimes having another surname. I was utterly confused many times while reading as I kept thinking sometimes was just a part of the sentence or a start of the new one given it has a capital letter.
Holy wow, this review got long! Sorry peeps, I just love this book so much. I had so much fun reading and I definitely need more of this series, I am so happy to hear that the second book will come out in just 3 months, I can't wait! I would recommend this book to all in need for something magical.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
lesserjoke's review against another edition
2.0
A whimsical yet somewhat generic children's fantasy novel. I'd still maybe recommend it to kids or their parents who are tired of rereading classics like The Enchanted Forest Chronicles and The Two Princesses of Bamarre, but there's not really much in this first Starfell volume demanding its own place in that company. Although I enjoy the motivating incident of no one remembering what happened last Tuesday, I feel like that rather dissipates as a plot concern with each new introduction of someone drawing a ridiculous conclusion from their short-term amnesia. And between the stock fairy tale elements and the heavy exposition, it's just hard to get a great sense of the protagonist's character or the exact stakes of her world.
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dragosaurusss's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
laplatts's review against another edition
5.0
Like her sisters, Willow Moss is magically gifted. Unlike her sisters, she doesn't see value in her abilities. Willow can find lost things making her just the girl for the job when Tuesday goes missing.
I loved the whimsy in this tale- the magical abilities, the alien flora and even dragons! It has everything that children will love but those that are just young at heart will also enjoy it. Willow herself is a quirky, loveable character. The whole story is one of empowerment for children, teaching them to love themselves for what they can do instead of comparing themselves to others.
I think that this novel is perfect for readers not quite ready for Harry Potter, the Edge Chronicles or the Wings of Fire series.
I loved the whimsy in this tale- the magical abilities, the alien flora and even dragons! It has everything that children will love but those that are just young at heart will also enjoy it. Willow herself is a quirky, loveable character. The whole story is one of empowerment for children, teaching them to love themselves for what they can do instead of comparing themselves to others.
I think that this novel is perfect for readers not quite ready for Harry Potter, the Edge Chronicles or the Wings of Fire series.
b00kh0arder's review against another edition
5.0
Willow Moss feels that she has the worst magical ability in her entire family: whereas her mother can commune with the dead, her older sisters Juniper and Camille can use their minds to blow things up and move things, Willow finds things that are lost. But though it's not as flashy, moving things with your mind or blowing things up are of no use when it turns out last Tuesday has gone missing, leave a hole in reality that, if not fixed, could cause the world of Starfell to unravel like a sock. And who finds lost things? Willow Moss, with the help of some new friends and an angry Kobold in a carpet-bag (Do NOT call him a cat). A world, brilliantly realised, full of characters you'll fall in love with, (as well as a devious but surprisingly sympathetically motivated villain (talk about your demons coming home to roost) wrapped up in a beautiful package - kudos to not only Sarah Warburton for her wonderful illustrations but to HarperCollins Children's Books' design team! - If you love books about magic, I cannot recommend this one highly enough! Here's to hoping that there are further instalments! (I'd especially like know what a certain someone was thinking when they left another certain someone with another certain someone, especially considering that first certain someone's abilities ;) )
lgaddy's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars
I learned of this book from a book blog recommendation, apologies for forgetting which (ironically, must have been a Tuesday), but I'm SO glad I did. This was a wonderful book. I'd recommend it for the younger middle grade reader, perhaps 8-10, and I think they'll love it for a relatable heroine, fun sidekick and helpful co-adventurers. I liked the worldbuilding and the way the plot worked out. Really a nice read for a book I would otherwise have not picked up! Delightful.
I learned of this book from a book blog recommendation, apologies for forgetting which (ironically, must have been a Tuesday), but I'm SO glad I did. This was a wonderful book. I'd recommend it for the younger middle grade reader, perhaps 8-10, and I think they'll love it for a relatable heroine, fun sidekick and helpful co-adventurers. I liked the worldbuilding and the way the plot worked out. Really a nice read for a book I would otherwise have not picked up! Delightful.