Starminster: The City of Wings

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by Megan Hopkins

★★★★★(★★★★★)

At a glance

Things I loved:

✍🏼 Author: Megan Hopkins

🎨 Cover artist: Devin Elle Kurtz

📅 Release Date: 9th April 2026

📚 Book type: Chapter, 288 pages

🌟 Reader level: Confident (8+)

🪽 Magical return to London Overhead
👫 Friendship at the heart
⚠️ High-stakes race against time
🧩 All mysteries perfectly resolved
😱 Plot twists that kept me guessing
💫 Powerful themes of bravery!

Dive Deeper

My Thoughts...

I have been waiting so patiently to read the finale of the Starminster series after becoming a HUGE fan of the first book. Although I never wanted the series to end, I was desperate to return to London Overhead one last time and discover what lay ahead for Astrid and the City of Wings.

I must have said this hundreds of times, but the front cover of Starminster: The City of Wings is honestly one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen—and it’s even better in person with its stunning shiny text. This is definitely a book that will be proudly displayed in my reading room for a long time!

In this final installment, Astrid and her best friends—Pent, Mason and Lock—face their greatest challenge yet. The ceramacists’ enchantment is failing, meaning London Overhead (and all the Librae within it) are at risk of being exposed to the world below. With time running out and Astrid’s wings still not working as they should, the group must race to uncover the cause and save everything they love.

There are far too many things I adored to list them all—returning to beloved characters, the magical setting, and the friendships that have grown so beautifully across the series. But the true highlight for me was the incredible storytelling. Every question, every mystery, every cliffhanger from the previous books is tied together so perfectly. Megan Hopkins is an absolute genius, and this felt like the most satisfying and complete ending I could have hoped for.

The plot twists just kept coming—some huge, some subtle—and I genuinely found myself gasping, fuming and cheering as I read (all in one sitting!).

🌟Totally addictive, brilliantly written, and filled with themes of bravery, patience, friendship and self-belief. A perfect ending to a truly special series—1 million stars!🌟

Blurb

Take flight to save the secret city in the sky, in the heart-stopping finale to the soaring Starminster trilogy.

London Overhead, the secret city hidden in the stars, is the only place where Astrid has ever felt at home. But when the enchantments protecting the city mysteriously start to glitch, everyone who lives there is plunged into danger.

As the grown-ups abandon the city, Astrid refuses to give up her wings and go back to her old life on the ground.

It’s up to Astrid and her friends to save their home, but they’ll have to unravel the darkest secrets of London Overhead, before time runs out, and the magic is gone forever …