{"id":38556,"date":"2022-10-03T22:07:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T02:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38556"},"modified":"2022-10-03T22:07:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T02:07:29","slug":"review-of-star-daughter-by-sveta-thakrar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38556","title":{"rendered":"Review of Star Daughter, by Sveta Thakrar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Star Daughter<\/em><\/p>\n

by Shveta Thakrar<\/p>\n

HarperTeen, 2020. 435 pages.
\nReview written October 21, 2020, from a library book<\/p>\n

Star Daughter<\/em> is a fantasy story refreshingly different for me, informed by Indian mythology. It\u2019s about Sheetal, an American teen of Indian descent, who\u2019s the daughter of a star and a mortal astrophysicist. Sheetal is almost seventeen, and her mother left them years ago and returned to her place in the celestial court.<\/p>\n

But something\u2019s going on with Sheetal. Her shining silver hair has stopped holding the black dye she tries to cover it with, and the music of the stars is getting harder and harder to ignore. When she accidentally gives her father a heart attack with her star fire, she must go to the heavenly court to get a cure. Her grandmother is willing to give it \u2013 if Sheetal will help them out.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the imaginative setting of this book and the details of the heavenly court. I enjoyed Sheetal\u2019s best friend Minal, who was allowed to come along as a mortal companion. It was refreshing to see a good friendship portrayed in a teen novel. And it was touching that Sheetal had parents who loved each other, even if they couldn\u2019t be together.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, a lot of the motivations in the book seemed one-dimensional, and there were some fairly large coincidences that turned the plot. But I enjoyed my time reading this book and getting a window into the world of stars who provide inspiration to humanity.<\/p>\n

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