Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki is a poignant, heartfelt, and achingly beautiful love letter to music that follows the intersecting lives of three different characters. - Lan Tran: a captain and an alien refugee operating a donut shop alongside her family. - Katrina Nguyen : a trans youth who fled to LA with her violin in hopes of making a living for herself. - A music teacher who, after making a deal with a demon, must deliver Hell 7 souls from music prodigies. Now she only needs one more, and she finds herself mysteriously drawn to both Katrina and strange noises coming from a doughnut shop … I can see where the Terry Pratchett’s Good Omen comparison in the blurb comes from. This book is charmingly whimsical and zany, and yet, at times it’s also pensive as well and tackles heavy themes such as abuse. There’s one subplot of the book I could have done without though. You might have guessed from the summary, but there’s A LOT going on in this book. (I mean...