Seductive air spirit and Bertie’s weakness. Four tiny and incredibly annoying fairies. Will do anything to protect Bertie.ĬOBWEB, MOTH, MUSTARD SEED, and PEASEBLOSSOM. She knows every part, but she has no lines of her own. She’s not an orphan, but she has no parents. She looks just like I would imagine her.īertie Shakespeare Smith is not an actress, yet she lives in a theater. A big thumbs up to the cover artist, Beatrice actually has blue hair in the story. And what I liked even more is that she’s not so terribly prudish as a lot of female leads are. Even though she practically lives in some kind of fairytale, she’s easy to relate to. She is more of a tomboy, having grown up with all kind of exciting stage props. I really liked the character of Beatrice. Yet these improbabilities are explained as if they are made possible by smart contraptions built within the stage. It can do things that are completely impossible, like flood the whole thing, then somehow suck the water out again. It actually took me a while to grasp the concept of the magical stage.

In this book reality and magic are so weaved together it is sometimes hard to distinguish the difference between the two.

Now Beatrice has to prove she is necessary to the theatre, or she will be kicked out the only home she has ever known. When she somehow causes a cannon to explode, she has gone too far. With her four fairy friends she has many adventures, to the annoyance of the Stage Master. I honestly couldn’t decide, so I gave it a diplomatic 4.īeatrice lives in a theatre. I can’t even give it a proper rating, because I don’t have a frame of reference. And I know I say this kind of thing quite often, but I can’t stress enough that this book is truly unique. I’m not often at lost for words, but somehow this book has left me speechless.Įyes Like Stars is nothing like a book I have ever read before. I’ve been wanting to review this book for quite a while now, but somehow I can’t seem to figure out what to say about Eyes Like Stars.

Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev