However, towards the end of this novel, it dawned on me that this is the point of the story. It bugged me that these side characters received a chapter to tell their story when in the end, they didn’t matter to Natasha or Daniel. I hated the way Yoon changed POVs to people who just grazed by Natasha and Daniel. I wanted these two to work out so bad and, in my mind, they did so let me have this. They shouldn’t work so well together, but they do! Their story is a little like instant love and their conclusion realistic, however, the epilogue sparks hopes for romance readers.Īnd I clung to that epilogue. Natasha believes in science and reason while Daniel is a romantic poet. Natasha and Daniel, have vastly different personalities.

As much as I like to lie to myself that all these teens in YA live happily ever after, I know that realistically that’s not always true. They’re both teens about to embark into adulthood, and Natasha is about to move to another country. I didn’t expect Natasha and Daniel to receive a happy ever after because the odds are against them. “Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself.” The Sun is Also a star Nicola Yoon Natasha’s time is up, and her plane leaves that night.ĭaniel doesn’t back down and sets out to prove to Natasha that he can get her to fall in love with him by the end of the day.īut the universe has other plans for them. For Daniel, it’s love at first sight, but Natasha doesn’t believe in the notion of love. Well, more like, Daniel saves Natasha from getting hit by a car. On the way to her appointment, Natasha bumps into Daniel Bae, a Korean American teen on his way to his yale admission interview. Natasha Kinsley is a Jamaican American teen about to be deported, and in her last-ditch effort, she sets up a meeting with a paralegal. This book is not a quick read, but if you’re up for it, check it out.

The Sun is Also a Star is an #ownvoices novel the author, Nicola Yoon, grew up in Jamaican and Brooklyn, and falls under the YA romance genre.

The sun is also a star novel