#staaaaaaars

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I wanted to draw Mika But i didn't know how to do the background. Apologies if the background is not backgrounding. I do like the colours

Staaaaaaaaaaaaaars

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so looks like theres gonna be a is a brand new series by Alex aster: Starside. It’s a brand new series but from the synopsis , it um shares a lot of DNA with Larklight. I guess maybe bit more SJM this time with the TOG/ACOTAR. This is like the 3rd or 4th book released within a span of a year so I’m sure the quality is gonna be great as usual !

Some thoughts from reading the publisher blurb: (I copied and linked it below). It’s Lightlark2:Stary boogaloo

- MORE STARS! “Starside” lowkey sounds just like a repurposed title from the Lightlark series.

-Dumb names! Starside and Stormside are like peak Aster naming as well. Love it. Maybe they are separated by a Starfence made of starsticks. If there is not a Starsword in this book, I’m gonna STARt a riot

-not one but TWO Deadly contests! and they are also arbitrary timed every X years

-also contest where you can win magic…

-weirdly specific magic system where you claim power like the weird love bonding transfer stuff ( calling it based on the family “secret” in the last paragraph , she actually does inherit power cus she is just so special or old bloodline or something)

- no love triangle, but fully expecting one between Harlan and some bad (or good cus the guard might be the shady one) boy immortal

Synopsis from the book website: vvvv

ABOUT THE BOOK

From Alex Aster, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lightlark series, comes her first adult romantasy. Enter the world of Starside, where swords wield magic and power is not inherited...but claimed.

Hundreds of years ago, a brutal war split a land in two. Starside is the realm of magic and immortals—the descendants of the gods, living in a power-rich paradise. Stormside is where mortals fight for scraps of that magic.

Every fifty years, the gates between them open, and fifty challengers are allowed to journey across Starside on a deadly quest to access a pool of magic that can heal, grant wealth, or extend life. Everyone has their reasons for entering, but Aris has only one: vengeance. As a child, a goddess set fire to her village, killing her family. Aris isn’t after the gods’ magic—she’s going to kill them.

First, she must survive the Culling, the king’s deadly competition to choose the fifty challengers most likely to survive. In this world, battles are not just won by skill...but also by the strength of one’s metal. An orphaned blacksmith’s apprentice, Aris doesn’t have the superior weapons of the challengers from the Great Houses. But the greatest swords—ones that contain power—are not inherited or bought, they are claimed, by both sides. And when Aris claims a great sword, it makes her not just a real competitor—but a target.

Surviving the Culling is only the beginning. Starside is deadlier than it seems. If the ancient creatures, magic-wielding beasts, and bloodthirsty immortals weren’t dangerous enough, a new peril has even immortals fearing what rises from the ground at night. With a blade most would kill to claim, Aris can’t trust anyone. Especially not Harlan Raker, the merciless and mysterious king’s guard who betrayed her years ago—and who may now be the key to her survival.

But Aris is hiding a secret tied to her family’s death. And when it’s revealed, not even the gods will be able to stop what’s coming…

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