While Zodiac intrigued me, Wandering Star became an obsession for me. I just needed to know what was going to happen next. There are a lot of new revelations and I can't wait to see where they lead. Often times, a second book in the series falls into the "bridge novel" category. I mean "bridge" as in nothing really is resolved and the whole purpose for the book seems to be setting up the finale. I was so happy that Wandering Star felt like a continuation of the story and at the same time, had its own self-contained plot. It didn't feel like just a set up for Black Moon which I think really encouraged me to get into it. 
 In Wandering Star there are heavy themes of change. How do you become the person you're meant to be when you don't know who you are to begin with? Rho has experienced so many traumas that she is continually starting over. There's a line in in the book (I'm paraphrasing) about surviving being harder because the person you were before dies in a way. She can never be the girl she used to be. She survived and therefore is reformed into someone new and forever changed. If you are constantly changing, how do you ever find your true sense of self again? It's not just Rho who's changing. There is a whole society of "Risers" or people who change their Zodiac alliance both mentally and physically. There are people who have a balanced change and when they switch house they seem to find themselves. Then there are those who have an unbalanced change where they change too many times between too many houses and lose all sense of who they once were. Rho's existential dilemma seems to be mirroring what's going on in the universe she lives in. 
 Ok... I want to talk about boys now! O Hysan, how I love you so. Seriously, he's completely amazing. Yes, I may be biased for my love of rascals with hearts of gold but still... you've got to admit that he's one loyal, charming guy. Rho was pissing me the hell off. STOP MESSING WITH HIS HEAD AND HEART YOU BITCH! Rho just wants to have her cake and eat it too. She can't have it both ways. She either really loves Hysan or she doesn't. I want Hysan to be happy and since he loves Rho, I want them to be together. As things stand right now, I just don't think Rho deserves him. He can do better. (view spoiler)[Matthias is freaking ALIVE!?!? I thought it was odd to kill off one of the love interests in book one but then all of a sudden they find him. I have to admit, it's hard not to fall for him considering he survived endless torture just so he could see Rho again. I want him to be happy but it's because I feel bad for him, not because I think he should get a happy ending with Rho. He does have Pandora so maybe something will work itself out there? (hide spoiler)] I had to put the rest of that boy talk in a spoiler because it will give too much away if I just blurted it out. O and one more thing... (view spoiler)[Zeke gets killed right in front of Nishi! Right after they got engaged! (hide spoiler)] I spent at least two days cursing Romina Russell's name after she did that! 
 There are some new developments in Wandering Star that I'm eager to delve deeper into in Black Moon. Rho's mom has been the proverbial smoking gun in this series and I'm certain we are finally on the right path in discovering the answers to that mystery. I'm not sure where I stand on Ochus yet. He's either telling the truth or is playing a galactically elaborate game of chess. I suppose time will tell what his true motives are. The identity of The Master is still unknown but I have a far-fetched hunch that it could be Vecily. This is far-fetched since Vecily should have been dead for hundreds of years but, considering they are playing with the metaphysics of time, maybe there could be something to my theory. Who knows? Stranger things have happened. I can't wait to dive into Black Moon to see where the story is heading next.