First of all - I need to thank you, dear author, for letting me read this wonderful story you have created! Also, thanks for writing it. ✨😭 
Where do I start and where do I end? 

“A Circle of Stars” is a very unique story and from its concept, magic/ability system pretty unique. The world building!!! It’s fantastic and damn, I still wonder if I could live there if I had the chance. 
Another thing I need to point out is that Craig really has a way to introduce his characters in a very interesting way, oh! And to create them. Every person you meet in the story is well rounded or better said, well proportioned in their character traits. It is hard to explain how lively and how realistic but also unique every character is because they are and it is difficult for me to describe it because it’s one of those things where you seriously need to read the book to understand what I try to convey. 
This story in general, be it by the way it’s been constructed but also its content is something of its own and I mean it in the very “THIS IS THE GOOD KIND OF SPECIAL”. I don’t think that I had any ounce of negative feedback while reading and not even now. 
The way Craig describes the experience of a queer person has been super relatable, the way even your closest friends and family make it very hard for you to be you or generally — it can suck being queer because of the people who won’t accept you BUT it’s even greater to be queer because you sometimes meet the right people who will understand you in ways others just can’t and building a connection that way can promise sometimes the greatest friendships in your life.
It’s a fantastic story and I hooope so much that more people read it.