Week 29 Review: The Stardust Grail

From Goodreads:

Save one world. Doom her own.

Maya Hoshimoto was once the best art thief in the galaxy. For ten years, she returned stolen artifacts to alien civilizations—until a disastrous job forced her into hiding. Now she just wants to enjoy a quiet life as a graduate student of anthropology, but she's haunted by persistent and disturbing visions of the future.

Then an old friend comes to her with a job she can't refuse: find a powerful object that could save an alien species from extinction. Except no one has seen it in living memory, and they aren't the only ones hunting for it.

Maya sets out on a breakneck quest through a universe teeming with strange life and ancient ruins. But the farther she goes, the more her visions cast a dark shadow over her team of friends new and old. Someone will betray her along the way. Worse yet, in choosing to save one species, she may condemn humanity and Earth itself.

My Review:
The synopsis of this book really gripped me, and the book delivered in spades! Hunting for a object that could help continue this one species-but that humanity wants it for what it means for space travel...That was something that Maya has to struggle with. 

This world of space travel and the different species-including one that's almost died out, but was much more technologically advanced then humans and created what is being used for space travel. That the object they're seeking could help Fenro have children, but also give humans control of the space travel? That puts Maya in a difficult position of who should have it.

The world was lush and interesting, and such fantastic characters lived there, Maya, who was a thief and is now an anthropology student, she's half Japanese, half American, who was born on a colony-so isn't as Earth-centric as humans born on Earth. That she had the infection that the Fenro have, that lets her see her future and her past, well, loved the layer that added to the story! 

The way that things ended though? That was a game-changer, and I would love to learn what was going to come of it, even if it means following different characters. The possibilities are endless, and to explore what happens next is a wish of mine! 

This was such a fantastic read, I do hope we can be in this world in the future, and I need to read more by Yume Kitasei! 

Author: Yume Kitasei
Read: July 18th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2024 Book and a Sophomore Challenge Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: June 11th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars