Amora has been waiting and training her soul magic her whole life to become the High Animancer of her kingdom. However, on the day of her 18th birthday, things go awry fast and Amora is forced to flee her home island of Arida with the help of a new acquaintance. Her goal: restore her peoples' faith in her and return to Arida to take her rightful place as High Animancer.

This is a YA novel and the first in a duology by Adalyn Grace. The writing is well done and the plot was intriguing. Amora and her comrades are complex, strong characters and I really enjoyed their adventures and interactions.

My only critiques are that the chapters at times felt very long and therefore slowed the progression of the plot. I'm a big fan of shorter chapters that move the plot along at a relatively decent pace, with the occasional longer chapter to indicate a significant event is taking place. The other critique I would give is that, without having read the second book yet, I'm not entirely sure if a second book was needed at all. All the Stars and Teeth ends fairly cohesively with the major plot points tied up nicely. I feel like this book could've either been a little longer to truly tied everything up, or a little shorter and have the second book play out the major plot points a little more. It's just not settling with me entirely.