Review: Sea Of Stars by Amy A. Bartol

Sea of Stars by Amy A. Bartol

Book 2 of the Kricket Series

Synopsis: 
Eighteen-year-old Kricket Hollowell was looking for her place in the world when she discovered that the universe was bigger—and more dangerous—than she had ever dreamed. Now, whisked across space to the planet Ethar, Kricket learns that her genetic ability to see the future makes her a sought-after commodity…and the catalyst for war between her star-crossed parents’ clans. According to Alameedan prophecy, one house will rise to power and the other will be completely wiped out, and Kricket’s precognition is believed to be the weapon that will tip the scales.

A target of both the Rafe and the Alameeda houses, Kricket finds protection—and a home—in the arms of Trey, her Etharian bodyguard-turned-boyfriend. But her visions of what’s to come disturb her deeply, especially since she must discover whether the gift of foresight will allow her to rewrite the future, or if her fate is as immovable as the stars.
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Here's the thing about me and sequels: either they work for me or they don't. And this one kind of didn't work for me, much to my disappointment. If you've read my previous review on the first book of this series, Under Different Stars, then you'll know how much I was looking forward to this book. I love Amy's writing and I'll read practically anything she writes. Her grocery lists, shopping lists, hell I'll even read the words she writes on the paper when she plays hangman.

But that being said this book was a bit of a disappointment to me. It wasn't terrible, but it just didn't give me that same wow-what-just-happened feeling that I had after I finished reading Under Different Stars. The thing I really loved in the first book was how in depth Kricket and Trey's romantic relationship was described; how you could sense the frustration between the two of them that they couldn't act on their feelings towards each other due to other people, the anguish when Kricket was handed over to Reagant (forgive if I got the name wrong it's been a while since I last read UDS) and also there's a bit of this quirky humour that I really liked!

But in Sea Of Stars, there was none of that! It's mostly made out of Trey and Kricket making out a lot, which irritated me big time. There's none of that sweet romance that was present in the first book, it just felt like it went right from "Let's try out this relationship 'cause I really like you" to "Hey! Let's make out every 5 minutes!" By the end of the book I came really close to tearing my eyes and hair out, and wanted to scream in frustration! I normally really love Amy Bartol's work, but I've no idea what happened in this book *sad face*

There were a whole bunch of things that happened throughout the book and quite a lot of action scenes as well, however I didn't find them particularly striking and to be honest, by the end of the book I had forgotten what had happened exactly and felt kind of meh. I know everyone else gave this book stunning reviews, and I'm just like "HUH?" Maybe it's just me *sighs* Oh well. I still have high hopes for the third upcoming book though, Darken The Stars, so hopefully it'll get better! I'm so in love with the first book I just don't have it in me to give up on this series.