Light from Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki

Do I Recommend?
Release Date
Type
Genre
Modern, Romance, Science Fiction, Supernatural
Content Warnings
Mentions of Abuse
Read If You Like…
Stories That Will Change Your Life, Beautiful Prose, Magical Realism, Mind Benders, Music
Other
AAPI Authors, Extraterrestrial Beings, Deals with the Devil, Non-Human Love Interests
Synopsis
Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six.
When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka’s ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She’s found her final candidate.
But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn’t have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan’s kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul’s worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline.
As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found.
Wow you read fast! Its funny to check in on this page and see you’ve read another one of my favorite books haha. This book had soo many sweet and tear jerking moments, and the mother-daughter relationship between Shizuka and Katrina is definitely what stuck with me.
Yes!! What a wonderfully weird and beautiful book. One of my favorites as well. I have several quotes saved on my phone 😭
Also, dw, I’m not crazy. I’m trying to create a catalog of F/F books rn so I’m just going through what I’ve read in the past. I’ll probably slow down when I run out of books, but it turns out I’ve read a lot of gay stuff in the past…
oooh a backlog makes much more sense than reading like 5 books a week haha (not that I havent had binges like that)