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The Sun and the Star by Mark Oshiro, Rick Riordan

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I appreciate this effort to address the trauma of the previous books and to deepen the queer relationship. Also, despite the bleak setting, I did appreciate the moments of humor that still managed to shine through. 

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This story really captures a lot of queer joy that is needed in the middle grade genre and just in books in genre and I loved every word of it. I also loved how the book took a deeper look into Will and Nico's characters,
especially regarding some of Nico's trauma and Will's troubles with extreme self doubt and anxiety
and how their personalities spanned into their relationship. This book was just all around a beautiful read and made me love Will and Nico's characters together and separate even more <3

fav quote: "'pain helps us learn'....'it is unforunate, but we rarely forget the lessons taught to us in moments of pain.'"

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved being back in the riodanverse but there were some things that were lacking and wish we had gotten more of. Wills past/character could have been explored more and made the for an even more emotional book. Overall, it was incredibly heartbreaking but Nick got his happy ending 

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Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A lovely story about change, grief, accepting your past, and embracing your demons. Plus, Cocoa Puffs.

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was scared that this book might not live up to my expectations but I think it might have even surpassed them.
Especially the way it adresses the trauma the characters, especially Nico, have gone through in the previous books surprised me in a good way. It's rare to see in fantasy that those things actually get talked about and not just brushed under the carpet so I'm glad that they really leaned into this topic and showed how Nico learned to not only acknowledge that his past was indeed traumatic but to also slowly start to unravel those issues. 
Furthermore, it's amazing to see their relationship throughout the novel and I love that it becomes clear that they aren't a perfect couple by any means and have to learn to communicate with each other but still love the other one deeply.
Imo Rick and Mark working on this together was exactly the right decision because it gave Rick a guide in writing a story centered around queer characters and probably also helped him to not shy away from adressing the characters' Ptsd etc., as it's the first time one of his books really delved into this topic extensively.
I'm happy to know that Rick worked together with a queer author to write this book and get it right; it shows that he actually takes his support for the lgbtq community seriously and continues to work on the representation and general diversity in his books. 
I haven't read any of Mark's other work but I can tell that both of them came together beautifully when writing this.

This book ripped my heart out in a good way while I also couldn't stop smiling during some scenes because Nico and Will being cute and goofy together just warmed my heart

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