Most of the people in the competition hate her. She comes in to a competition that she has to take place in. But Sheetal wants to go back home and save her father.

She gets to meet her mom and grandparents. What she finds there is a lot of inner conflict. Sheetal and her best friend, Minal, travel to Svargalok to find her family. She felt like starlight and fire and fury all mixed into one. Sheetal decides that she needs to get star blood to heal him. Her father was burned by touching her and has heart damage. Her body started heating up and she couldn’t think straight. Dev was inspired by Sheetal and she gets really upset by it. What Sheetal didn’t know is that stars are muses.

He found that her silver blood was healing, so he started using her. It was of a man who at first loved a star, but then kept her captive when she tried to go back home. Things really start to change when she sleeps next to her boyfriend and they have the same dream. Sheetal spends a lot of time singing and looking up at the stars, thinking of her family there. She dyes her hair black, but the silver is starting to show through all the time. There are only a few people that know she’s half star. Because of this, she doesn’t really know a lot about what’s happening to her. Sheetal’s mom left years ago and she hasn’t been able to see her. She’s getting ready to turn 17 and there is a song that starts pulling at her. Sheetal is the daughter of a human and a star. I really enjoyed the writing and the story. Sheetal’s quest to save her father will take her to a celestial court of shining wonders and dark shadows, where she must take the stage as her family’s champion in a competition to decide the next ruling house of the heavens–and win, or risk never returning to Earth at all.īrimming with celestial intrigue, this sparkling YA debut is perfect for fans of Roshani Chokshi and Laini Taylor. A star like her mother, who returned to the sky long ago. Pretending to be “normal.” But when an accidental flare of her starfire puts her human father in the hospital, Sheetal needs a full star’s help to heal him. The daughter of a star and a mortal, Sheetal is used to keeping secrets. This gorgeously imagined YA debut blends shades of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust and a breathtaking landscape of Hindu mythology into a radiant contemporary fantasy.

Star daughter shveta thakrar