The Stellarlune Experience - Let's GOOOOO

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⚠ STELLARLUNE SPOILERS AHEAD ⚠ Hey heeeeey~ So idk how many of my old kotlc pals are still on here because I basically disappeared from the fandom after Unlocked but you better bet that I sacrificed my sleep and math grade to read this book in a night. In the project I'll have some art I drew/pictures I took while reading and I'll be writing out some of my thoughts here! Also PLEASE chat with me in the comments!! I want to hear your thoughts! Let's get into it ;) So first of all, I never got over Unlocked. That book was probably one of the *most* reading experiences I've ever had. It was one of the first times I was *extremely* into a series and got to pre-order the book and then read it all in a day. I got to attend the virtual meeting with Shannon and I got to cry because my special edition didn't come until 3 days after the release date. And of course when I read it, I was completely destroyed by the ever so famous "love, Keefe" But anyway I already did an Unlocked reaction a while ago so it's Stellarlune's turn: My Jumbled Up Thoughts- *inhale* ◦ SOKEEFEEEEEEE AOUWDFRHKUBVLUFVHOIH OH MY GOD IT'S CANON IS THIS REAL AAAAA I'm literally never getting over chapter 23/42. I *squeal* every time I think about them. I have too much emotion that can only be translated into keyboard smashes to fit on here though so moving on~ ◦ DEX WAS IN IT SO MUCH IT WAS GREAT but I feel like the rest of the characters were just kinda there :/ I did like how it was mostly Sophie-centralized though. She slayed this book ◦ Okay but one of my favorite quotes from this book was Fitz saying "bUt YoU dIdN't EvEn KiSs Me" like that was so pathetic. Grow up. I'm still laughing at that line also as someone who never liked sophitz (sorry sophitz shippers lol) I enjoyed Sophie not even wanting to be in the same room as Fitz IMMENSELY. hmm what else ◦ oh yeah I hate Gisela so much <3 ◦ Ohh ok this a big thought that I talked about with Zilla and: Keefe and Sophie are literally made to be each other's rivals. Sophie is the Black Swan's genetically mutated weapon and Keefe is Gisela's (and she wants to take down the Black Swan). They are supposed to be enemies. Bitter rivals. Worst enemies. But they aren't. They've held on to each other this entire series and have come so far together. There is literally a 0% chance that you could make their goals to finish the other off. i love them so much, you guys. ◦ also discussed this with Zilla: Keefe and Sophie swapped characters. Sophie now has so much confidence in herself while Keefe is more soft spoken. Even when Keefe was gone there were a few scenes where Sophie even thought "oh I sound like Keefe" and she was right. In Zilla's words "they're each others foils no matter what" My Criticism- ◦ The first 300 some pages were boring. And there were like 4 scenes in that amount of pages. It could have been sped up or some things could have been taken out just so we could really get into the story quicker ◦ I love Ro, I think she's funny and a good character but in this book she was more obnoxious then funny. She made the same 3 jokes over and over again and they weren't that good. ◦ That one scene in the beginning when Sophie hails Dex and she and Ro basically threaten him to tell them what's going on while Dex is literally crying and obviously distressed. That is not a cool friend move. ◦ Where did Linh's character go? She seemed really ooc this book. So did Fitz. He just got a bunch of character development and it got thrown out the window. ◦ Honestly it felt like not a lot happened. All of what happened could have fit into half of the size of this book. ◦ I really wanted there to be some more character development for the gang other than Sophie, Fitz, or Keefe this book. Instead the rest of the gang all had like 10 lines so that was kind of disappointing. ◦ tbh I did not see Elysian being some dude coming. And ofc we don't have a lot of information about her at all yet but I hope it's good. There's so many characters and things at this point that right now this feels like just another added plot. Theories and Headcanons- ◦ Now that we have Glimmer/Rayni's backstory, I think she's going to be the one to destroy the matchmaking system. I was hoping it would be Biana, but Rayni doing it is too good of an opportunity to pass up. Maybe they'll do it together? ◦ ok it's definitely a long shot but hear me out- towards the end of the book there was a scene when Sophie and Keefe pair up to go look for smth I literally already forget, Tam, Dex, and Biana team up (and there's definitely a side love triangle being set up there), AND MARELLA AND LINH PAIR UP- lol I just think marellinh is neat ◦ We talked about the human world A LOT more than we have in past books so I'm thinking that that's going to play a big part in the next book. Plus, Keefe mentioned he had some friends from his time in the forbidden cities so maybe we'll get to meet some of them. Also Amy. (continued after credits)