Dark Star is the realistic hero story. Set in the Twin City the novel tells the
story of a modern hero, Morning Star, and her daughter Audrey. Audrey is the main character, she’s a bit
rough around the edges and a joker, oh also she is somewhat psychic. She has lived all her life with the reality
that her mother is a superhero at night, thankfully her best friend, Gideon,
also knows this secret. Gideon is the
perfect personality to counter Audrey rough edges. Not only is her mom a superhero but she also
has a sidekick, Leon, who happen to appear to them 3 years prior to the opening
of the story without warning.
Audrey starts to notice things changing. First there are the missing girls. Girls are going missing around town and
neighboring places and no one knows why.
After her friend is hurt, Audrey must figure out what is going on. Because she repeatedly ignores her mother and
Leon’s warnings, she gets attacked by a Harrower. That’s right; her mother doesn’t fight crime
of the stealing and killing kind, but of the demon kind. This opens a can of worms that Audrey didn’t
realize existed. Not only do demon exist
but there is also a group of demon fighters that exist, a clan if you don’t
mind named The Kin, and Audrey’s mother, father and grandparents are part of
the Kin, so is Leon. Audrey is now the
key to something and the harrowers want her dead… it will take a lot of self-discovery
and perseverance to defeat those that haunt her.
Dark Star reminded me of the adaptation of Batman by Christopher Nolan. Granted they are both on different playing
fields but if we strip things away and sticks to the basic concept, both
stories are similar. It is the journey,
the inner discovery and the sacrifice that make both stories important. The main heroes of both stories aren’t
superman, they have big Achilles heels and can be swayed for good or bad;
however, the change comes from within them.
Audrey had not considered herself to be superhuman or even just psychic,
she hadn’t seen her life going into this direction but after some soul searching
she is ready to take on what comes at her.
With a strong MC and supporting characters Dark
Star is a great book. Especially
with reach gems like: “He never got
bullied nor had his head dunked in a toilet or whatever else the little
cannibals in elementary school come up with when they decide to eat their own.”
Or great character profiling/descriptions “Detective
Wyle chuckled. He looked tired and even
scruffier than the last time I’d seen him.
He certainly knew how to play the brooding antihero, all rough edges and
stubble and dark rumpled hair.” For
her first book I think Bethany Frenette hit the nail on the head and wrote
something that will be able to keep people excited and intrigued.
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