Week 14 Review: Stars and Smoke

From Goodreads:

The Hating Game meets Mission: Impossible in this smoldering new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu about a superstar tapped to become a secret agent and the reluctant young spy assigned to be his partner.

Meet Winter Young–rookie backup dancer turned global pop phenomenon. His star power has smashed records, selling out stadiums from LA to London. Now he's bringing his swoonworthy assets to a whole new arena...

Infamous criminal tycoon Eli Morrison has just one weakness–his daughter, Penelope. And Penelope has just one wish for her nineteenth birthday–a private concert with Winter Young. When covert ops organization The Panacea Group approaches Winter with this once-in-a-lifetime chance to infiltrate Morrison's inner circle, Winter must use his fame, cunning, and charisma to pull it off–only he won't be on his own.

Posing as Winter's bodyguard is the fiery Sydney Cossette, Panacea's youngest spy. Sydney may be the only person alive impervious to Winter's charms, but as the mission brings them closer, she's forced to admit there's more to this A-lister than slick dance moves and a handsome face. Panacea's unlikeliest partners just might become its biggest heroes–and maybe even more–if they can survive each other first.

My Review:
I enjoyed reading this book so much! I love Marie Lu's writing, and this sounded like a blast, and it was! There's just something about books with a famous person and a not famous person, that fantasy, that is just so addicting to read! 

It seems like there's a pattern to her series-set in our world with a twist, and then a fantasy series (though Skyhunter might be an exception, since it sounds like it could be a dystopian) and this is the series set in our world. I loved the group of spies, and the methods that they use! 

Oh, but their dynamics were a lot of fun to read! She really dislikes him, and he is pretty easy going about it, he has his reasons for participating. But they have to spend a lot of time in close proximity to each other, and oh, I loved it! 

There were some really action packed moments right there at the end! Both of them were in peril, and the story had my gripped! After all the twists and reveals, that ending was just amazing! I loved how it wrapped things up, and I'm excited to see what the next book brings! 

This was a really amazing read, and I can't wait for the sequel! 

Author: Marie Lu
Series: Stars and Smoke #1
Read: April 7th, 2023
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: March 28th 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars