Interactive Rating Component

This is my first project including Javascript. I have been practicing quite a bit with Javascript, but my experience with the DOM is extremely limited. Although I didn't experience any particular difficulties with this challenge, I can't help but wonder whether there is an easier (less convoluted) solution.

I found that the biggest difficulty was in getting the HTML and CSS to work well with Javascript. I did feel like I was forcing my way through to getting the HTML and CSS to work towards the end.

One of the most useful lessons I have learned was the way in which event listeners can be used to obtain all sorts of information about the event. I have only scratched the surface, but I am very excited to learn more.

Considering this is my first time using Javascript this extensively to manipulate a webpage, I would be particularly happy to receive feedback on my JS implementation.