Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles #4.5) by Marissa Meyer

Amy    
Lynnie 





young adult, sci-fi



This is a compilation of nine novellas from The Lunar Chronicles world.



Amy's Review

I won this bound manuscript of Stars Above: A Lunar Chronicles Collection by Marissa Meyer from MacMillan Children's Publishing Group and Fierce Reads. This was just the book I needed to read during these past stressful weeks. I got to revisit with old friends from the Lunar Chronicles series through this collection of novellas about the histories and futures of the characters. The stories managed to explain all the remaining mysteries from the novel series. They were well-written and engaging.

I normally do not appreciate novellas as much as their associated sequel novels. In fact, I usually dislike novellas because they take the author away from the business of writing the next full-length novel and are normally not as enjoyable, or of as high quality, as the novels. Perhaps I liked these novellas more than I thought I would because I had already read the full series of novels when I read this collection of novellas. In that way, these novellas were simply a bonus—a gift of more time with the characters. Whatever the reason, I felt these were all fun stories on their own with well-developed story arcs and engaging storylines. I didn’t feel that they had been crafted as fluffy afterthoughts to appease the fans who demanded more. Instead, these were enjoyable additions to the main story. The last one was my favorite (Something Old, Something New – or Stars Above) as it picked up after the series left off. But, I really enjoyed them all.

Lynnie's Review

I really enjoyed this cute addition to the Lunar Chronicles, much more than I expected to. I don't tend to like a lot of the novellas that are trendy these days but perhaps I had just enough time away from the series to be happy to visit with the characters again. I enjoyed all the backstories & the little segments that filled in information we didn't previously have & I thought the final story- the only one that takes place after the series- was enjoyable though it also caused me to roll my eyes more than any other story as it was almost too cute; the neat little bow on the package as it were. I don't understand how this is book 4.5 though as there are 5 books in the series & the last story clearly takes place after the end of book 5. So, if you haven't read book 5, DO NOT read this one first!!!

Anyway, a fun little journey back into this world. Thanks Marissa Meyer!