The Brighter the Stars Reviews

Here are a few of the reviews that I have received for The Brighter the Stars:

I really enjoyed reading this book, it had a great scifi elements with unique characters. I hope there is more in the series.

This is fast paced and fun and reminded me of a Marvel movie. There’s Uncle Ben who gets killed at the beginning, which triggers a chain of events that influences the rest of the book. Later in the book, Jake and Cal are thrown into an arena to fight and it reminded me of the Thor movie where he fights the Hulk haha. The story is easy to follow and has plenty of action to keep you entertained. It wraps up pretty well but leaves room for a sequel if the author chose to do another book. What brought this down for me was that everything seemed fairly easy and the plot didn’t have much depth. I would have liked to delve into things more, had higher stakes, or maybe just some drama thrown in to give this more substance.

I actually really liked Bryan Prosek’s writing style. It was different and unique, and exactly what I wanted in a sci-fi novel like this. His world-building style was so different and I loved how he added little informational pages between the first couple of chapters to introduce me to the world and what Earth is supposed to be like when I was reading it.

The Brighter the Stars is definitely a sci fi novel that is unique and unlike others that I’ve read. I can see the influence of pop culture throughout. It’s YA and is based around a futuristic earth and intergalactic relations. The world Prosek envisions I can see and I feel like the future may be like it. The characters are interesting and everything is explained in detail. The pacing was decent and flowed quickly where I didn’t find myself wishing to move on.

The Brighter the Stars has an interesting concept and has taken inspiration from pop culture. It is a YA Sci-Fi / Fantasy book but is based around a future Earth and intergalactic treaties between other planets. The world that Prosek built is believable in the sense that I can imagine that it would maybe look like that in the future. Jake is such an interesting character. He went through so much as a kid which has shaped him into the man he becomes. He wants to honour is Uncle and find the person who helped murder his Uncle. The friendships between Jake, Cal and Diane were lovely and I loved seeing the grow and change. The pacing of the book is somewhat fast but not overly so. I didn’t feel like it was taking to long to find action. The ending of The Brighter the Stars left it open for a sequel which would be interesting to see what would happen.