Imagine an MC thats ~not like other girls bc she has ~been through a lot (which is hardly explored or mostly just glossed over as apparently not that dramatic anyway??? but she's ~mysterious ok) who falls hard for a guy that literally does not talk for 60% of the book- she THEN gets incredibly annoyed at him for not revolving his world around her after a week (he left a party early without her once) and then they break up (after a week) and me, the reader, is supposed to understand this as the w...

I didn’t know what to expect with The Brightest Stars, a book I dove into blindly. After reading a few pages, I was intrigued but still couldn’t wrap my head around this story. Then, after several chapters, everything clicked. I started to feel this story. The Army wife in me connected to this military romance. I was ADDICTED to this tale that made me think as much as it made me feel. ”You are worth every single complication you bring along.” Told through a struggling but strong young

➳A military romance that has so much potential of loving the characters, and letting my emotions run down craving for more... ➳I have never read an Anna Todd novel before, so I was taken a back at how much I truly enjoyed this novel. I was surprised when I got it as well because it arrived all of a sudden from my favorite publicist, and I am so honored and glad that she sent it over since I will forever cherish this novel and how incredible it utterly was. The characters, Kael and Karina have

"I would always remember that, the way he made parts of me ache that I had never felt before. I would always be thankful for that." Having reasonably enjoyed Anna Todd's After Series, this was something of a letdown for me. It had its perks that made you want to read on... but they were a few and a well-spaced few. _________________ To Begin, I have always taken notes on the books I read. I used to highlight, jot down and (vandalize) every book that meant something to me. However, when I s

After a chapter in 2019, we go back to 2017. Karina is 20 years old. She's just left home - her dad and new step-mom's place - a little while ago, and now she's more or less happily living her life and working at a massage place.Enter Kael. He's just back from Afghanistan today and he needs a massage real bad. Not that he said any of that to Karina. He's not what you might call a talker.☺But he's a buddy of Karina's roomie's husband - so he's staying at their place for the night ...The new guy i...

‘Stars seemed so fierce and bright, but by the time they got to us, they were dying, almost gone. And the biggest stars? They burned the fastest as if their intense radiance was too much for them to hold onto.’ Anna Todd writes a melancholy slow burn story about abandonment, deceptions, survival, and love in The Brightest Stars. We carry the marks of our childhoods –be they good or bad- with us into our adult lives. What doesn’t break us makes us stronger as they say, however sometimes, whils

💗 An Unexpected Meeting with Love 💗 Anna Todd is an author mostly appealing for the teen audience. (T for Todd, T for Teens, what a coincidence 😉). However, in this plot, characters will be more mature than the ones we met in her previous novels, and... maybe that fact joined with another I will tell you later, would make it also readable for the non teens who can’t live without peeping into other people’s love stories — and...as you probably guessed by now... I just told you the second fact I p...

2.5/5 ★I have a love-hate relationship with this author. Some books of her’s I love some I hate. (this was me reading this book, confuse at why I’m still reading it, considering that I wasn’t enjoying it - I blame the fact that I won this as a birthday present.)This one is in between, I didn’t love it but didn’t hated it either. There were things that really bother me about it, like the end (what was that?), the romance and the characters in general. I wasn’t hooked at all reading this book. Whi...

Started off okay but started to devolve irrevocably halfway through. It felt like a first draft of a novel that hadn’t been filled out or fully written yet. At times it jumped straight into the middle of something without any context. There were plot holes and rushed sections one moment but then incredibly unnecessary details and repetitive statements a page later. And then the random mood swings and extremely escalated emotions toward the end that just felt disingenuous. I didn’t feel connected...

I almost DNF'd this one, but because I love Anna so much and am the biggest fan of her After series, I kept on!This one was just all over the place for me. My dislike for Karina was strong and a lot of her inner monologue (that stretches far and beyond, dear lord) really stole from the romance in this one. I kept waiting for it, braced myself for the slow-burn, but...just didn't get it. At all. It was just awkward.I hate that this didn't do it for me, but I'm also a sucker for the second book in...

Boring not my type of romance but cute :))

✔✖ My Review Check List ✖✔AKA significant signs for a good bookHere ? The Brightest Stars by Anna Todd- (NOT WANTING TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN – WHICH INCLUDES CARRYING AN E-BOOK READER LITERALLY EVERYWHERE I GO, ALLNIGHT READING SESSIONS AND SNEAKING OUT OR IN PLACES INCLUDING TOILETS TO READ A FEW PAGES)✔ - It started out great for that – but after a few chapters it lost steam and I had no problem in going out for a coffee with friends without thinking about the book. That was so not what I expecte...

3.5 starsKarina has grown up in a military family. Her father is in the army and her whole life has been spent living on posts all over America. Pretty much everyone she knows is military too. She and her twin brother Austin made a pact to never follow in the career footsteps of their father.In an effort to cement her independence, Karina has managed to purchase her own home and is doing well in her work as a massage therapist. She has a fractured relationship with her dad and her Tuesday night

I felt like I was handed a first draft manuscript that had been dropped on the ground and had chapters switched or lost. I checked and rechecked the copy of my book looking for the words "proof" or "unedited copy" but found none.This book was not only full of spelling mistakes (including my biggest pet peeve of using the wrong "there") but the characters didn't make sense, the plot was jumpy, and the sequence of events did not match. One second you're reading about how she's faring the day after...

I’m a first time reader of Ms. Todd’s and I was super excited to have the opportunity to read “The Brightest Stars.” First of all, I am an absolute cover snob and I’ve seen a run of really bad ones lately (so sad), but this was an exception. Beautiful, classy, and attention grabbing. The designers and Ms. Todd should be commended because I have deep cover envy here. “The Brightest Stars” began with a lot of potential. I adore stories that are told in a past/present narrative and this one begins

So I finished the book and feel...meh! There wasn't any one issue for me not liking the book, but lots of little things just added up. Age of characters...no connection to main characters...too much inner dialogue with main character...not enough inner dialogue of other main character...pick one. This was my first read with this author and, nothing against her, but it will be awhile before I return. Go Cards! L1C4!!

Karina is from a military family who thinks they know what is best for her. However she feels that she knows what is right for life, regardless of the fact that her brother is enlisted to join. Karina is someone that thinks for herself and would consider herself to be independent, despite how her life is going down in a slippery slope. As fate will have it, she meets Kael who is closed off who does not answer much of anything besides one word answers. Yet it is something about him that sways her...

“There was a time when he’d say my name, and just like that, I’d give him anything he wanted.” I should state that I didn’t know that this wasn’t a standalone. I honestly just saw that Anna Todd was coming out with a new book and wanted to read it! If ya’ll could have seen my face when I reached the end of the book and realized that the ending was a cliffhanger, you would have laughed at me! Our two main characters are Kael and Karina. Kael was a soldier who has just gotten home. He doesn’t r

‘Stars seemed so fierce and bright, but by the time they got to us, they were dying, almost gone. And the biggest stars? They burned the fastest as if their intense radiance was too much for them to hold onto.’ Anna Todd writes a melancholy slow burn story about abandonment, deceptions, survival, and love in The Brightest Stars. We carry the marks of our childhoods –be they good or bad- with us into our adult lives. What doesn’t break us makes us stronger as they say, however sometimes, whils

The brightest stars is a heartbreaking, inspiring and captivating romance book. It's a story about finding your place in this world while doing something you love and are proud of. It's about family bonds and how they sometimes can be a blessing and a curse. Especially if you're the glue holding everyone together while trying not to fall apart yourself. The brightest stars shows many aspects of military life. Although people serving their country take great pride in doing so, many choose this oc...