It’s time for a new Saturday Spotlight theme! This month’s theme is Romantasy!

This week I talk about The Sun and the Starmaker by Rachel Griffin!

This book is such a wonderful book, with magic and lovely world-building! I love the lore of this world so much, and how it influences the magic. The magic is very cozy, and is a perfect magic for winter. The characters are also wonderful, and the romance is so sweet, though there is a little bit of tragedy there. Aurora and the Starmaker’s relationship is very sweet, and I loved their love story. Reading them falling in love was a lovely part of the book, and I loved how much they came to love each other. This book does have a small spicy scene, though I skipped it and it didn’t change the story. The Sun and the Starmaker is a wonderful romantasy novel, with cozy magic and a sweet romance!

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.