*I received this book from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*
This book was absolutely amazing. I know there were alot of people who felt like it was slow, and I guess it was, but I really really enjoyed it. Kamzin is an incredible badass. She is an elite climber, who can never show it because her family wishes for her to have a safe and normal life. Kamzin’s mother was an elite mountain climber, and was constantly taking risks. Kamzin’s father and sister want nothing more than to see her be safe and not to take the risks that her mother did. But ulitmately it ends up happening, as it should.

This story was beautiful in a way that I’m having a hard time describing. It’s set in a Nepalese type area, and Raksha is clearly a stand in for Everest. But the way the story is built is beautiful. There is wonderful imagery and backstory that is fed to the reader in little snippets. I admit that this could be frustrated but I wsa so caught up in the journey that Kamzin is on that while I wanted to know, I appreciated the ‘now’ of the story.

The tension between River and Kamzin was off the charts, and I appreciated the slow burn. I felt like I followed Kamzin’s denial in what River is hiding because I wanted him so badly to be the good person that kept peeking through. I really really enjoyed this book, and while I’m left wanting because it’s clearly part of a series, the ending wasn’t such a cliffhanger that I was upset or angry. I just really want the next book now. 5 out of 5 stars.

*This review was first posted to Moonlight Gleam Reviews http://moonlightgleam.com/2017/11/even-the-darkest-stars-by-heather-fawcett.html*