The Chaos in the Stars was yet another disappointing read for me this summer, or this year, rather. I usually adore Kiersten's writing and she usually writes interesting and engaging stories, but this book was a bust for me. While I did appreciate the Egyptian mythology aspect of the story, and I loved the little blurbs at the beginning where you learn more about the Egyptian gods, unfortunately, the rest of the story was rather dull and uneventful. Also, I couldn't stand Isadora. 
 Isadora is the daughter of the Egyptian gods, Isis and Osiris, but here's the kicker: She's mortal/human. Even though you eventually find out why they decided to make Isadora mortal, in a roundabout kind of way, I still didn't like the way that aspect was handled. Isadora's personality left something to be desired. She annoyed me much of the time and I never connected with her at all. Sure, she doesn't feel loved by her parents and wants to break free and live her life, who doesn't!? But she handles it in a childish way and I just didn't like her thought process. My motto is, if you want people to treat you like an adult, act like one. When she eventually learns to grow up, I still didn't care for her. The other characters were pretty boring and lackluster, too. Ry's big secret was a no brainer and I didn't care for the romance, or what was passing as the romance, at all. 
 Everything just felt very choppy and boring to me. I wasn't interested in this at all and it was a miracle I managed to finish it. When the characters annoy me and the plot is dull and really doesn't go anywhere, then the book is a flop for me. Nothing really happens! You get a explanation of her life in Egypt. Then she has to move to San Diego because her mother was having dreams that she's in danger. Most of the book is her in San Diego, meeting new, and rather lame, people while griping over the fact that her brother has a pregnant wife he didn't tell her about and the fact that he actually cares for their parents. Finally, the mystery is solved and rather easily taken care of, which was pretty anticlimactic. 
 I felt like this book wasn't on par with Kiersten and the rest of her books and I honestly wouldn't recommend this to anyone.