Star Eater, Kerstin Hall
Star Eater, Kerstin Hall
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Star Eater

Author: Kerstin Hall

Narrator: Samara Naeymi

Unabridged: 15 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/22/2021


Synopsis

From Nommo Award finalist Kerstin Hall comes a debut novel that is “an utterly compelling fantasy” (A. K. Larkwood, author of The Unspoken Name).

ALL MARTYRDOMS ARE DIFFICULT.

Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she’s able to stomach her gruesome day-to-day duties, the reality of preserving the Sisterhood of Aytrium’s magical bloodline horrifies her.
For a brutal price, the matriarchal Order keeps their city afloat above a haunted continent full of monsters. She wants out, whatever the cost.

So when a shadowy faction approaches Elfreda with an offer of escape, she leaps at the opportunity. As their spy, she gains access to the highest reaches of the Sisterhood and enters a glittering world of opulent parties, subtle deceptions,
and unexpected bloodshed.

A phantasmagorical indictment of hereditary power, Star Eater takes readers deep into a perilous and uncanny world where even the most powerful women are forced to choose what sacrifices they will make, so that they might have any
choice at all.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicole

3.5 stars Well, Hall proved you can still be innovative in fantasy. I doubt you've read anything like this book. - A sisterhood running the government - They eat their mothers' flesh to get "lace" - A piece of land the Eater basically cut off the ground and sent it way up - Bi women run things. - If th......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea

I never thought I would say this but I wanted more cannibalism and religion from this cannibal nun zombie story. Yup, that’s a sentence I just typed. This is a story about a world that follows a matriarchal society with a sisterhood that has a bizarre magic system with bizarre repercussions. In orde......more

Goodreads review by Rosh

In a Nutshell:Weird but imaginative. Not my kind of book at all! Hence, don’t judge the book by this review. Story Synopsis: Elfreda Raughn is the youngest acolyte in a sisterhood of magical priestesses who have a dark secret to their magic. She wants to get out of this almost dictatorial group but......more

Goodreads review by Zach

[ARC received from Tor, real review coming elsewhere] In theory: an incredible premise (cannibal witch nuns keep a floating city alive over a pit of zombie monster men created by STIs from the cannibal witch nuns) with the promise of a deep examination of fantasy's reliance on bloodlines and heredita......more