"A whimsical and wondrously clever fairytale with a brightly burning romance that will leave you breathless. The Sun and the Starmaker is a rare treasure of a story!" -- Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a Broken Heart

"Utterly enchanting. Rachel Griffin's latest is a spell spun from whimsy. Charming, romantic, and brimming with magic that lingers long after the last page, I didn't want it to end!" -- Adalyn Grace, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Belladonna

"Rachel Griffin's The Sun and the Starmaker shimmers with whimsy, wonder, and magic. With a heroine you'll root for from the very first page, this luminous, wintry fairytale is one to treasure. Make room on your shelves!" -- Isabel Ibañez, #1 New York Times Bestseller of What the River Knows

"The Sun and the Starmaker sparkles like fresh snow. Achingly romantic, undeniably swoony, and completely enchanting, Griffin has spun a fairytale for a new generation." -- Sasha Peyton Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Bargain

"A love story almost certainly unlike anything you've read before." -- Goodreads

"Unique and compelling... [An] imaginative fairy tale of magic and -romance." -- School Library Journal

"[A] whimsical and sweeping romantasy." -- The Nerd Daily

"YA fans craving romantic fantasy, prepare to be swept away." -- We Are Bookish

"Using highly inventive and thematically rich worldbuilding, Griffin (Bring Me Your Midnight) weaves a stunning fairy tale about love, commitment, and grief, expertly intertwining relatable growing pains of young adulthood with mythological burdens of epic proportions for a star-crossed romance that feels both fresh and instantly classic." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED review

"A Beauty and the Beast-meets-folklore feeling in [one of] the best fantasy books of February 2026." -- Fangirlish

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Pub date: 2026-02-17

Length: 448 pages