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Disclaimer: This copy of printed ARC is obtained from the publisher in exchange of my honest review.

This is definitely my most favourite book of 2014! Brilliantly written with its Science Fiction (space) and High Fantasy (innovative invention of the world based on Zodiac system) elements, Romina will blow your mind away with this book!

The world of Zodiac is set in a future era when humans live in 12 Houses in the Zodiac Galaxy after the Earth is destroyed. Each of the Houses has their own role and knowledge in survival skills in the Zodiac.

The protagonist (and also the narrator) of the story is Rho, aka Rhoma Grace, who is a 16-year-old student in the academy of Zodai (star readers and peacekeepers of the Galaxy) on Cancer's closest and largest moon, Elara. Since young, Rho is trained by her Mom to read the stars and know the history of the Galaxy. As a result, she has exceptional star reading ability which later on caused her to be elected as the Guardian (top star reader) of Cancer.

Too young to be a Guardian or leader of a House? Yes, she is. When I read through the story, Rho struggles a lot in trying to fit in into the role "given" to her and even most of her Advisors (including her crush - Mathias Thais) doubted the omen she read from the stars. The author has done a good job in directing my emotion into Rho that I think I can feel what she feels in the story.

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There's a love triangle in the book which is breathtaking. Rho has a crush on Mathias Thais who is 4 years older than her since she first saw him at the Academy (if I remember well). Everything changed after she meets Hysan Dax - a young envoy from the Libra House. Hysan's irresistible charm and centaur smile (as what Rho mentioned in the book) attracts Rho's attention and makes her wanted him so much. There is not much kissing and sex scene in the book and I love the romance between Rho and Hysan.
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There are times I am confused by the terms (e.g. Zodai, Acolytes, etc) used in the book but thankfully, there is a website which has the Glossary and Signs sections to help me understand more on the book and also the Zodiac system.

This book is highly recommended to the fans of Divergent if you love the five factions created by the author. But I would say Zodiac is more complex and more diverse in the story and writing. I would love to see the story being adapted into a movie or TV series as I can imagine it'll be a great hit!

Romina has just submitted the draft of her Book 2 in the series to the publisher and hopefully I'm able to receive a copy of the ARC soon!