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Once We Were Starlight by [Mia Sheridan]

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A bed posed on a stage under a dazzling spotlight. An audience of hungry eyes. And him, the other half of my soul, our supple bodies moving as one . . .

Sundara: the lush and forbidden oasis in the desert where men travel to watch acts of sexual deviancy, and the only existence seventeen-year-old Karys has ever known. But despite a life where secrets and sin are in high supply, and freedom remains far beyond their reach, Karys and her partner Zakai find safety in each other, their passionate love the light that helps them both survive the darkness.

Very suddenly, Karys and Zakai find themselves in the bright and confusing world of New York City, navigating separation, school, and relatives who are all but strangers. If they've been found, why do they still feel so lost? As their new lives threaten to drive them apart, and Zakai spins out of her grasp, Karys must figure out who and what can be trusted in this strange city, seemingly filled with more venom than the desert they once called home.

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27 February 2021
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08XPTDVT3
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1919 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B08XLGJRWB

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Mia Sheridan is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. Her passion is weaving true love stories about people destined to be together. Mia lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband. They have four children here on earth and one in heaven. Mia can be found online at www.miasheridan.com or www.facebook.com/miasheridanauthor.

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Belle

Very simple but tantalizing

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 21 March 2021

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Here I didn't see a knight in shining armour trying to save the damsel in distress no I saw a girl rising as a phoneix after she was burnt though she didn't face anything physically brutal she faced an emotional abuse from everyone she belived she loved i was fascinated about how she wore her emotions on her sleeve and was called naive she didn't let that deter her over all this book is more than a love story if u find it boring it is justifiable but buy the book if u can only understand the depth of the book

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Sarah_Loves_Reading_Romance

The most painfully beautiful love love story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 28 February 2021

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I was lucky to get my hands on an early ARC copy of this beautifully written masterpiece. I finished almost a week ago and still can’t find the words to do it’s brilliance justice.

Mia Sheridan has been top of my one-click list since the release of Leo, many years ago. She has a superpower for taking a hard subject others would steer clear of, and immersing readers in a magical world jam packed with every imaginable emotion.

Once We Were Starlight grabbed hold of my heart from word one, and didn’t let go until the very last.

Karys and Zakai were only children when they were ripped from the safety of their homes and thrown into an unknown world where they’re made to perform for the pleasure of sick rich people, making money for their captor. When they’re rescued from the only home they’ve truly known, reintegration into an unknown world proves hard. Though they try to hold on to each other, they’re pulled in different directions, eventually resulting in an end to their relationship. But they’re two halves of one soul, they’re fated to be together, finding their way back to each other is inevitable.

Karys and Zakai are two of my favourite Mia Sheridan characters, both flawed, but undoubtedly loveable. Karys is a dreamer, Sundara is a wonderland to her, it’s all she’s ever known and the band of weird and wonderful misfits imprisoned along with her and Zakai are the only family she needs. Zakai is a realist, he remembers a different time, a different life, and sees Sundara for the hellhole it is. Karys is his life, his heart and soul and although he plans to leave, he won’t go without her. Together they are the perfect blend.

I have no other words to say but, read this story, experience it’s beauty, cry all the tears along with this couple and heal along with them as they adapt to their new reality and find their happily ever after.

Now, I’m off to reacquaint myself with Jake and Evie’s love story, rereading Leo and Leo’s Choice for the hundredth time, the story that made me fall in love with this amazing authors beautiful storytelling talents.

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Tearjerker

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 2 July 2021

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This standalone novel is without doubt a total tearjerker. I spent a lot of the book with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. This author knows how to tug on the heartstrings and does so with relish.

This is an unusual book because characters start together, however they are very young. They are also in an appalling situation, even if only one them really understands that. Zakai and Karys live in Sundara, a compound in the desert, surrounded by beauty and luxury. They sleep in each other’s arms every night and they love each other with every fibre of their being. What they don’t have is their freedom. Trapped with lies, manipulations and location they are forced to sleep together as a performance for the enjoyment of rich men and women.

Kept in ignorance, Karys seeks happiness in her prison. She loves her family, the other inhabitants of the sideshow. They each have a piece of her heart and they have protected her from the worst of their situation to keep her sweet heart intact. She brings sunshine and happiness to the compound and no one has the heart to destroy that.

Zakai is three years older than Karys and remembers much more of life before Sundara. He understands much more of why they are there and the evil that lies at the heart of their home. He is angry and trembles on the edge of violence, but holds himself back to protect Karys.

When they are finally rescued and transported to the other side of the world their love is tested in ways they never expected. Zakai is angry at what they went through and the situation he now finds himself in and Karys mourns the loss of the beauty and simplicity of life before rescue. They both have to find themselves before they can ever be happy.

Not only is this book a tearjerker it is also quite uncomfortable in places. Whilst Karys and Zakai only ever have sex with each other, they are forced to put on a sex show against their wishes, as children. I think this book conveys how people who are subject to abuse of any kind can find enough happiness and beauty in their situation they are prepared to suffer anything to keep that one small part. It also shows how frightening it can be to be taken out of everything familiar even if your new situation is better than the one you left.

The story is mainly told from Karys’ point of view, with the exception of the epilogue, so we never really know what’s going on inside Zakai’s head. He’s not a particularly sympathetic character as a result. We get to understand Karys and the way her mind works but never Zakai’s and I think that’s quite sad because I feel that he would have an awful lot to say. In fact there are very few conversations between the two, in the book, after they leave Sundara. I think this detracts from the romance aspect of the book. In some respects this doesn’t feel like a romance novel, though the HEA would say otherwise. This feels like an author attempting to write a literary novel but that is scared to let go of their romance roots.

I also had problems with the set up. Two young people born in a desert country and rescued from trafficking end up in New York, with a scholarship each for a college education when neither of them learn to read or write until quite late on and didn’t have any real access to books once they did. It’s sort of believable that Karys ends up in the US because her father was from there, but I don’t know how they swung it for Zakai who’s only connection the USA is that law enforcement from there freed him.

There is also no mention of any counselling or much support in transitioning to the outside world after being shut in the walls of Sundara since they were children. The culture shock was glossed over and I thought that was an opportunity that was missed.

However, this was a moving and enjoyable read and will be added to the short list of books I recommend when people ask for books that rip your heart out.

S. Broom

Another Five star read from Mia Sheridan

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 2 March 2021

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Once again Mia Sheridan has created a beautiful story - sad, thought provoking, hopeful, uplifting and filled with passion and love.

I could feel the heat from the desert sun, the dry winds across the sand and smell the exotic flowers and fruit. I was there, living with the characters, feeling everything they were going through. This story takes us on a journey which is, at times, uncomfortable and heart-breaking but, as with every Mia Sheridan book, you know your heart will mend before the last emotional page.
I love all of Mia Sheridan's books. They are always filled with such beautifully descriptive words, and heartfelt love. This story definitely did not disappoint!
Five brilliantly shining stars!

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lyndsey

Brilliant storyline *****

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 26 March 2021

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Loved the whole story..another good one from Mia Sheridan .
I Liked how it stretched over a longer period of their life, incorporating the struggles after the event .. not just focusing on the usual quick boy meets girl in tragedy,then they live happily ever after .... felt more real than fiction 5****

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Wow

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 June 2021

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Another fantastic read. I love all of mias books.
Her books takes you completely into the world she creates.
Heartbreakingly beautiful story, with just the right amount of depth of their suffering that your heart broke for them
Another excellent read.

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