The Sun and The Starmaker by Rachel Griffin | 4 Stars

This YA novel follows the Starmaker - an individual responsible for bringing the light of the sun to a village nestled deep in the mountains and Aurora - a girl from the village as she's chosen by the sun to become the next Starmaker. The writing in this book is absolutely poetic - there were multiple lines that I instantly fell in love with. I loved the backstory of the village, the magic and the plotline of dislike to lovers between the Starmaker and Aurora. My least favorite part was honestly, Aurora. She is very stubborn and not at all thankful or willing when it comes to her new magic which I felt was odd because the prologue sets her up as a child that grew up in love with the story of the Sun and the Starmaker. I had to keep reminding myself that this is YA and that Aurora is a teenager so of course she's going to make calls that I wouldn't make as an almost 30 year old adult. I learned that I need to check out more from this author, I need to know if her writing is always this poetic. 

Nestled deep in the snowy mountains of the Lost Range, the small village of Reverie endures on a miracle. Beyond the reach of the Sun, Reverie is dependent upon the magic of the mysterious Starmaker: every morning, he trudges across a vast glacier and pulls in sunlight over the peaks, providing the village with the light it needs to survive.

Aurora Finch grew up on tales of the Starmaker’s magic, never imagining she’d one day meet him. But on the morning of her wedding, a fateful encounter in the frostbitten woods changes everything. The Starmaker senses a powerful magic within her and demands she come study under his guidance. With her newfound abilities tied to the survival of the village, Aurora is swept away to his ice-covered castle at the mountain’s peak.

The Starmaker is as cold and distant as the dark woods, leaving Aurora to explore his enchanted castle with only an immortal rabbit for company. Yet the more she discovers about the sorcerer, the stronger their ruinous attraction grows, pulling her closer to the secrets he refuses to share. A deadly frost approaches, and Aurora must uncover what the Starmaker is hiding before she is left in an endless winter that even the Sun cannot touch.

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