This was a lovely book, but I do have a couple of quibbles with it...

Firstly, Ceris is hard to get a read on as a character: she's described as a mischief maker and yet that side of her completely disappears within the first third of the book. I'm all for character development, but it just seemed that the original Ceris was an entirely different character from the Ceris at the conclusion of the book.

That leads to my second quibble... The end of the book was rather rushed. I got the impression that the author needed to move the passage of time quite quickly so that Ceris could get to her happy ending without losing the reader's interest. Given how much of the rest of Star Mother was spent on a single journey, it made the pacing feel quite off.

Other than those 2 things, I really enjoyed this book (and am I the only one who was reminded of Neil Gaiman's Stardust at times?) Looking forward to reading Star Father when it's published - hopefully the pacing improves! ( )

Ceris is chosen to be a star mother - it's an honor - but it is also a death sentence. And yet she survives. Much of the book is Ceris' journey to find family and somewhere she belongs. Along the way she acquires a companion in Ristriel. Ceris has to make hard choices but love ends up being a good guide. ( )

Queue up the heavy, and I mean heavy violin track as spirited Ceris takes on the always fatal role of Star Mother to save her sister or her fiancee's actual love. And don't be too surprised when ...
Well schmaltz isn't my favorite shortening and this is just dripping with the sacrificial romance of it all. ( )

Gorgeous—this reads like a fairy tale or fable. Simple, haunting, and heart-breaking. ( )

Interesting read, the story line is good and novel. However, I felt the characters are a bit flat. ( )