The star touched queen book 35/20/2023 Maya’s angry bitterness at being reviled for a horoscope she can do nothing about, informs her behaviour. The prose is rich and lyrical, spinning a beautiful world with a brutal undertow. Chokshi’s handling of the narrative in this book is non-linear and well executed – it would be such a shame if you read this lushly told novel with prior knowledge of the storyline. Please take my firm advice and avoid it until you have had a chance to read the book, first. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, has other plans for her.Īnd that is ALL I’m prepared to reveal of the blurb, which then immediately lurches into major Spoiler territory, as it happily provides most of the main plotpoints of the book. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Did my obsession with bright pretty things play me false? Having all the depth of a pavement puddle, I was lured into requesting the NetGalley arc of this book, because of the beautiful cover.
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