My Review of Under The Same Stars by Libba Bray

Title: Under The Same Stars

Author: Libba Bray

Expected Publication: February 4,2025

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux/ Macmillan Audio

Genre: Historical Fiction/ Young Adult/ Historical/ World War II/ Fiction/ Mystery/ Romance/ LGBT

Pages: 480 pages

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Review:

This is a powerful read! 

While this one will make you cry, it is a very enlightening read! The author does a splendid job of mixing the different timelines and showing how all the times connect. I loved that aspect! 

We start with the timeline in 2020, when the pandemic was at its peak with tension in the air and everyone on edge. It has the characters figuring out how to talk to one another and stand up for their beliefs when they are so confused and unsure how to go about it. I liked that part. Then you have Jenny's story in the 1980s where she was trying to figure out her life and her first love and how that all went up in flames after she changed so much of herself to try to show her love interest, Lena that she was all in. When everything came to a head Lena chose to risk everything including Jenny and Lena's friends' lives, to save her brother and at that point, she decided that she needed to pick herself. Then we have the two friends in the middle of World War II in Germany. The pressure to be "good German girls," and the existing circumstances weighed heavily upon them. People expected women of that era to be good wives, and that defined the extent of their roles in society—a truly sad state of affairs. But the two friends, Hannah and Sophie, worked hard to make a difference, and they achieved so much! 

This book exemplifies the connection between history and the present, highlighting how the challenges faced by young adults in the past are similar to those faced today. 

I received the audiobook to listen to and review and it was great! The narrators did an amazing job bringing the stories to life! The narrators help bring the emotional roller coaster to life with the mysterious enchantment of the tree, the ambitious behaviors of the different characters and the captivating stories and how they intertwined! Thank you, Macmillan Audio and Netgalley, for the spectacular adventure! 

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