Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Matilda Reyes and Jennifer Siddoway – Review by Anna Hirsch

Chasing Starlight by Jennifer Siddoway
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Matilda Reyes and Jennifer Siddoway
3 Stars

I was very excited to read this book. I loved the cover and the synopsis sounded intriguing. I was thrilled that I found a book with an original storyline. Cassandra is a dream weaver. She enters your dreams to help you then collects dream dust to send to the Fae Realm. How cool is that! She’s also the daughter of the Fae king, so far so good.

I started reading and found out that Cass has crippling anxiety, which is fine. Unfortunately this overtook the storyline. It became repetitive until it was tiresome. Almost every page was about her trying to breathe through an anxiety attack. I felt like the actual story about the creature after the dream weavers took a back seat. It was thrown in as a reminder between her attacks and her relationship with Michael.

Certain things didn’t make sense. She’s finished school, has a degree and is now working as a teacher. Therefore that would make her mid to late twenties yet when Michael kisses her gently, she runs away like a ten year old. The Fae are supposed to be a strong race yet Cass was confused and unsure of herself throughout the entire book. When the confrontation happened between the creature and Cass, it was anticlimactic. This creature was supposed to be strong and killing dream weavers yet Cass, who can barely function through a day without a panic attack, defeated him so quickly. It didn’t make sense.

This series has potential to be great. The story is original and there are seven sisters. Each one can have her own story. It can be truly amazing.

Review by @Anna Hirsch
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