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The Shadow Behind the Stars
The Shadow Behind the Stars
The Shadow Behind the Stars
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The Shadow Behind the Stars

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A girl’s dark destiny could cause the unraveling of the world in this “shattering and transcendent” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel from the author of A Creature of Moonlight.

Heed this warning, mortal: stay far away from the three sister Fates. For if they come to love you, they might bring about the end of the world…

Chloe is the youngest. Hers are the fingers that choose the wool, that shape the thread, that begin it. The sun smiles upon her. Men love her without knowing who she is. She has lived forever and will live forever more. She and her sisters have been on their isolated Greek island for longer than any mortal can remember. They spin, measure, and slice the countless golden threads of human life. They are the three Fates, and they have stayed separate for good reason: it is dangerous for them to become involved with the humans whose lives they shape.

So when a beautiful girl named Aglaia shows up on their doorstep, Chloe tries to make sure her sisters don’t become attached. But in seeking to protect them, Chloe discovers the dark power of Aglaia’s destiny. As her path unwinds, the three Fates find themselves pulled inextricably along—toward mortal pain, and mortal love, and a fate that could unravel the world.
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Release dateSep 1, 2015
ISBN9781481435734
The Shadow Behind the Stars
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Rebecca Hahn

Rebecca Hahn grew up in Iowa, attended college in Minnesota, and soon afterward moved to New York City, where she worked in book publishing and wrote her first novel, A Creature of Moonlight, on the side. Her fate has since led her to Minneapolis; she misses the ocean but watches stars shine bright. Visit her at RebeccaHahnBooks.com.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Beautiful, heart breaking sorrow.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I honestly shouldn't have read other reviewer's reviews because it makes me wonder what book they read. I think maybe part of the problem here is that this isn't a typical YA novel. It's slow and meditative and poetically written, rather than full of romance and/or action. There is love here, but it is familial love. There is death and heartache and revenge and the end of the world, but told through the eyes of a character trying very hard to keep herself apart from the world, and so the telling can feel detached and uncaring. At its heart, though, this is a book about loss and grief and the ends someone might go to to bring someone back. It is a tale told through a veil of grief and loss and heartache, so it is a tale that feels told through fog or a layer of cotton batting, with all its colors muted and edges blunted. Perhaps those reviewers who found it "slow" and "boring" are lucky enough to have not yet experienced grief and so have a difficult time contextualizing the pace and feeling of this novel. Because it may be slow (for a reason), but it is definitely not boring.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This did not pull me in, unfortunately. The writing is really pretty, so two stars for that.

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