A review by originalbooknerd
A Sky Full Of Stars by Katherine Jay

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

🩵𝒜 𝒮𝓀𝓎 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈 - 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝟧 - 𝑅𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌🩵 

 

Author: Katherine Jay 

 

Couple: Lainey Bennett & Thomas Kelly 

 

Tropes: Age-gap, Forbidden Love, Brother’s best friend, Football player & ballerina, Healing/Trauma/Mental illness, Childhood Friends to Lovers 

 

Review: A Sky Full of Stars is responsible for 90% of the tears I have shed while reading this year. Katherine really brought her best in this book and I could not believe the way I loved Lainey’s character in this book. From the beginning her story and character sucked me in and refused to let go and all I have to say is that she deserved her HEA at the end. 

 

Lainey and Thomas have the most emotional romance in this series in my opinion and there were times I had to pause while reading to get a grip. The two of them are a perfect catastrophe waiting to happen and the crush Lainey has on Thomas adds fuel to the fire at first while we learn bits and pieces of their intertwined past. They way Katherine hooked us in the prologue drove me to read and see what the event that led them there was and I could not believe the inner resilience Lainey had throughout this book. The way she dealt with mental health struggles also added a layer of rawness to her story and Katherine did a wonderful job in this area of her story. 

 

Thomas was a bit of a shock to me in this book. I found him to be a lot more soft and sweet than I expected and loved how he ADORED Lainey. The way he supports her and is utterly obsessed with her melted my heart and the explosion of them left me happy and sated for a bit. This book did the forbidden romance well and the two of them pushed and pulled at the right times but also fit in ways that showed how well they fit with one another. Katherine did a good job with creating the tension between them as they realize they are in too deep with their feelings and I always love a good explosion of brothers and parents finding out, which did not upset in this book. 

 

A Sky Full of Stars is an emotional journey that is guaranteed to make you grab for the tissues but also clutch your heart in relief. Katherine poured her soul into this story and it shows all the way through. This book closed out the Heartstrings series with a bang and I am sad that this chapter is closing but cannot wait for what is to come! 

 

Rating: 4.5/5,  an emotional, angst filled sports romance to round out this heartfelt series by Katherine! 

 

Thank you to Katherine for sending me this eARC!