3.5/5 Stars: ‘The Sun Is Also a Star’ is a Young Adult, Contemporary Romance by Nicola Yoon; ‘The Sun Is Also a Star’ with appeal to cynics and romantics alike, is a profound exploration of life and love, tempered with harsh realities and the beauty of hope in a way that is both deeply moving and satisfying. For the most part, it is relatively fast-paced; served up in short, point-of-view switching chunks that alternative between: our rational, scientific mind of a Jamaican immigrant facing imminent deportations, and the hopeless romantic heart of a Korean-American poet about to disappoint his parents. Not only that, but it includes chapters from the perspectives of those that cross the paths/alter the fate of our protagonists story – and in some rather dispassionate interjections offer unattributed, omniscient source dropping to expand knowledge about topics as varied as: the multiverse, the evolution of eyeballs, or why the African American haircare industry is almost entirely in the hands of Korean-American immigrants.