Starstruck is a science-fantasy novella written by Aimee Ogden, published by Psychopomp. A short but impactful piece that carries a lot of emotional punch, and that tells us about deep love and loss, showing us more about humanity with a particular set of characters, filled with great prose.

Prish and Alsing have woven together a cozy life, organized around welcoming other starstruck beings into the world (animals and plants ensouled by a falling star), helping them to adapt; when the stars stop falling, their existence changes. Alsing wishes to move on, and Prish concedes; their new path leads them towards two new companions: an abandoned human child and a new type of starstruck, a chunk of granite with delusions of grandeur.

Ogden has woven a mostly contemplative novella, a piece where the interaction between the characters is at the center of the stage, with barely a semblance of a plot. At the end, we are looking at a story about what we do when life doesn't go as we plan; moving forward in life, but still having your soulmate with you. Derived from this, we get the rest of the group that accompanies our pair, leading us towards more complications and also a bit of insight about why the world is changing.

The pacing is quite in the sweet spot; my only gripe with this novella is about the ending (but I don't want to enter into spoilers; anyways, it's probably a me thing), which feels quite bitter and abrupt.

Said that, Starstruck is an outstanding novella, a piece that you can enjoy if you are looking for a tale full of raw emotions and humanity. Quite a remarkable book by Aimee Ogden.