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Broken Skies: The Complete Series (Broken Skies, Fractured Suns, Shattered Stars)
Theresa Kay
3.84 AVERAGE
48 reviews for:
Broken Skies: The Complete Series (Broken Skies, Fractured Suns, Shattered Stars)
Theresa Kay
3.84 AVERAGE
Entertained but felt it didn't pack as much as a punch in compare to other alien/inter species romances I read....although that was kind of steamy make-out scene in compare to other YA novels I read.
I received this book from Barclay Publicity in return for a fair and honest review
Broken Skies is a young adult, dystopian sci-fi adventure, all rolled into one amazing and intricate story that comes complete with its own cliffhanger ending that will leave you wanting more. The story starts off simple enough - a girl and her twin brother are staying in a village where they are supposed to be safe. The girl feels stifled however and plans to speak with her brother about moving back to their cabin. Unfortunately, her brother is captured by 'aliens' before she has chance to and no one else seems bothered about rescuing him, so she will do it herself.
As this story moves along, you are introduced to more characters and scenarios, that are all fantastically written. No character can be taken at face value and the story gets more layered as you progress which means that by the time you are even right near the end, you are loving every moment for the detail that you are being given.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't wait to read book 2! Definitely recommended to all YA, Dystopian and Sci-Fi fans out there. Just be prepared for this book to pack a punch, especially when decisions have to be made.
Broken Skies is a young adult, dystopian sci-fi adventure, all rolled into one amazing and intricate story that comes complete with its own cliffhanger ending that will leave you wanting more. The story starts off simple enough - a girl and her twin brother are staying in a village where they are supposed to be safe. The girl feels stifled however and plans to speak with her brother about moving back to their cabin. Unfortunately, her brother is captured by 'aliens' before she has chance to and no one else seems bothered about rescuing him, so she will do it herself.
As this story moves along, you are introduced to more characters and scenarios, that are all fantastically written. No character can be taken at face value and the story gets more layered as you progress which means that by the time you are even right near the end, you are loving every moment for the detail that you are being given.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't wait to read book 2! Definitely recommended to all YA, Dystopian and Sci-Fi fans out there. Just be prepared for this book to pack a punch, especially when decisions have to be made.
Okay so I've had time to think about this one.
3 cause I'm feeling generous I guess.
I have a lot of conflicting feeling about this book. Half of the things were good and half were just so bad.
Let's start with the good!
First the plot and concept of this book:
The book is about this girl named Jax that request the help of an alien named Lir when his brother is taken to the alien city that is currently on earth.
It's a post-apocalyptic enviorement which if done well I very much like. Hereit is done very good! The eviorement, setting, society, alien powers, etc are very much believable and very well developed.
Characters (some of them anyways)
The characters that felt real in this book were so very few. Lir was one of them. Actually all of the aliens seem very much like actual people. I did believe their motives and actions.
Some of the humans like Flint(friend of the main character) and Jace (main character's brother) felt like actual people in this very unfortunate situation. I believed their worries and sometimes tantrums.
Now were I do think this book fails is in the aspect of a credible story by a credible and real main character.
And while i do love my main charaters flawed this just felt overly dramatic and unnecessary.
Jax our main character has some sort ofanxiety disorder, when she has phisycal contact with people she tend to get anxious and sometimes has panic attacks. At the start of the book this intriguied me because I've never encounter a main character with this mental illness. And her panic attacks and anxiety at the start of the book seemed reasonable and truly sad but as the book went on the "panic attacks" if you can classify them as such were just predictableand downright laughable. That sounds cruel but as someone that has suffred from anxiety in the past this is kind of insulting. Her freak outs were too many too soon.
Her character just became the person who gets hurt and scared every 20 pages or so.
She wasn't a strong female lead.
Other characters like Lir's parents felt fabricated and added to the story for I don't even know what reason to be honest. It was necesarry to meet Lir's parents but damn! The mom was SUCH A FLAT CHARACTER. Anything that she said was said by mom's in every single book in YA fiction. The dad was there to just idk forcibly cause angst between Lir and Jax I guess? idek
The bad guy was the typical bad guy. No reason behind his bad guy actions. I mean you kind of know why they want Jax but why does the main guy want to use her? What is your reason alien ? What? Why?
Also the dialogue. While I know that cheesy dialogue from time to time is necesarry here it didn't work. Conversations felt force. Primarily between Lir and Jax.
Some lines were out right laughable and stupid. I read some to my sister and she asked if I was reading bad fanfiction.
Oh well
I will stop with the rant.
I will give it 3 stars cause I laughed so much at the bad parts that it made it less painful to get through.
Maybe if the second book gets good review I'll give it a shot to see if there is any improvement but rn I don't plan to continue with this series.
THank you to Netgalley for the Free Digital Copy!
3 cause I'm feeling generous I guess.
I have a lot of conflicting feeling about this book. Half of the things were good and half were just so bad.
Let's start with the good!
First the plot and concept of this book:
The book is about this girl named Jax that request the help of an alien named Lir when his brother is taken to the alien city that is currently on earth.
It's a post-apocalyptic enviorement which if done well I very much like. Hereit is done very good! The eviorement, setting, society, alien powers, etc are very much believable and very well developed.
Characters (some of them anyways)
The characters that felt real in this book were so very few. Lir was one of them. Actually all of the aliens seem very much like actual people. I did believe their motives and actions.
Some of the humans like Flint(friend of the main character) and Jace (main character's brother) felt like actual people in this very unfortunate situation. I believed their worries and sometimes tantrums.
Now were I do think this book fails is in the aspect of a credible story by a credible and real main character.
And while i do love my main charaters flawed this just felt overly dramatic and unnecessary.
Jax our main character has some sort ofanxiety disorder, when she has phisycal contact with people she tend to get anxious and sometimes has panic attacks. At the start of the book this intriguied me because I've never encounter a main character with this mental illness. And her panic attacks and anxiety at the start of the book seemed reasonable and truly sad but as the book went on the "panic attacks" if you can classify them as such were just predictableand downright laughable. That sounds cruel but as someone that has suffred from anxiety in the past this is kind of insulting. Her freak outs were too many too soon.
Her character just became the person who gets hurt and scared every 20 pages or so.
She wasn't a strong female lead.
Other characters like Lir's parents felt fabricated and added to the story for I don't even know what reason to be honest. It was necesarry to meet Lir's parents but damn! The mom was SUCH A FLAT CHARACTER. Anything that she said was said by mom's in every single book in YA fiction. The dad was there to just idk forcibly cause angst between Lir and Jax I guess? idek
The bad guy was the typical bad guy. No reason behind his bad guy actions. I mean you kind of know why they want Jax but why does the main guy want to use her? What is your reason alien ? What? Why?
Also the dialogue. While I know that cheesy dialogue from time to time is necesarry here it didn't work. Conversations felt force. Primarily between Lir and Jax.
Some lines were out right laughable and stupid. I read some to my sister and she asked if I was reading bad fanfiction.
Oh well
I will stop with the rant.
I will give it 3 stars cause I laughed so much at the bad parts that it made it less painful to get through.
Maybe if the second book gets good review I'll give it a shot to see if there is any improvement but rn I don't plan to continue with this series.
THank you to Netgalley for the Free Digital Copy!
So, I was feverishly looking for a new book to buy last week. And by "feverishly" looking, I mean "oh-my-goodness-I-need-a-super-wonderful-read-right-now-or-I'll-go-crazy" looking. It was intense. I couldn't really concentrate. It was late, I should have been going to bed but I knew that if I didn't buy and start a good book I'd never get to sleep. It's like a ritual for me or something.
I can't tell you how lucky I am that most of the Facebook blogging pages that I was browsing recommended Broken Skies. Because, seriously, I went into this book thinking I could read a chapter or two and be done but I didn't go to bed until about 3am. Yeah.
I felt like this book was one of those that immediately held my interest. Oftentimes, I find myself trudging through the first few pages of a book trying to get hooked by a character's inner dialogue or a descriptive introduction and world building. But Ms. Kay started strong by jumping right into the story with our main character, Jax, and an obviously semi-stressful situation. And THEN, we're given some background. The segue was flawless.
As for the main characters; Jax and Lir, I really can only complain that there wasn't more of these two! This is just the beginning of a series so I have a feeling we'll see a lot more depth to both of these characters as the story progresses but I am already very involved in their love story. It's the classic Romeo and Juliet type story that involves two people(uh, human and alien?) that connect and grow to care about each other but due to a world that just wants to divide them, they're never really able to just be together.
I think that is the beauty of a story like this. You have two people who are obviously young and still maturing and so confused about everything else in life. Life or death things. But when it comes to each other, regardless of how things seem, I don't believe for a moment that they doubt their connection. This is what the reader has to hold on to.
So, here I am... Holding on to this couple and their amazing story throughout the book. And then the end. Wow. I have to say that I don't think I expected the end.
Do yourself a favor and buy this book. Seriously. You absolutely won't regret it.
Christy @ Captivated Reading
I can't tell you how lucky I am that most of the Facebook blogging pages that I was browsing recommended Broken Skies. Because, seriously, I went into this book thinking I could read a chapter or two and be done but I didn't go to bed until about 3am. Yeah.
I felt like this book was one of those that immediately held my interest. Oftentimes, I find myself trudging through the first few pages of a book trying to get hooked by a character's inner dialogue or a descriptive introduction and world building. But Ms. Kay started strong by jumping right into the story with our main character, Jax, and an obviously semi-stressful situation. And THEN, we're given some background. The segue was flawless.
As for the main characters; Jax and Lir, I really can only complain that there wasn't more of these two! This is just the beginning of a series so I have a feeling we'll see a lot more depth to both of these characters as the story progresses but I am already very involved in their love story. It's the classic Romeo and Juliet type story that involves two people(uh, human and alien?) that connect and grow to care about each other but due to a world that just wants to divide them, they're never really able to just be together.
I think that is the beauty of a story like this. You have two people who are obviously young and still maturing and so confused about everything else in life. Life or death things. But when it comes to each other, regardless of how things seem, I don't believe for a moment that they doubt their connection. This is what the reader has to hold on to.
So, here I am... Holding on to this couple and their amazing story throughout the book. And then the end. Wow. I have to say that I don't think I expected the end.
Do yourself a favor and buy this book. Seriously. You absolutely won't regret it.
Christy @ Captivated Reading
First off, a big thanks to the author Theresa Kay, for sending this book to me for review! Also, even though I was sent this book for review, all my opinions on the book are honest and my own.
I really enjoyed this one! This was a great, fast-paced, and fun sci-fi novel. It had a lot more emotional depth than I was expecting, and the end of this one really set something big up for the next book (which I want very soon please).
Plot- At first, I wasn't expecting this plot to be much. I thought it was going to be a typical "on the roads traveling" sort of story, with some romance thrown in. I thought, "what more can you do with the alien story line?" Needless to say, I was impressed, and apparently there's a lot more you can do with the alien storyline. I don't want to say too much, with the risk of spoiling, but even though the book may start off as a more typical storyline, it definitely grows into something more, and by the end of the first book, the overarching plot has become much more epic, in the sense that it's very grand, not just a person to person conflict anymore. That being said, it's not the most rich or complex alien invasion story I've ever seen, but that's totally okay, I don't think that's what this book needed. I think the plot holds just the right amount of unique-ness, while still being an easy story to digest and understand. The journey to the alien city was enjoyable, and fun, but for me, the book really hit it's stride near the end when they reach the city. That's where the grander threads of the plot start to come together, and I really got a sense of where the book was going. It was also just cool to see how the author pictured the alien city, and civilization. Backing up a bit though, I must say when the main "plot twist" was revealed, I had guessed it early on in the story, but it still made for an interesting sub plot in the story once it was revealed. The whole story itself was incredibly fast-paced. I can say I really was never bored throughout the whole thing, even if I wasn't necessarily on the edge of my seat all the time, I was always interested. The ending to this book was pretty chaotic, and set us up for an exciting next book, which I'm eagerly anticipating. I really enjoyed my time reading this, and although one thing happened at the end that made me a little frustrated, I know it will be fixed soon in the next one, so I'm not worried.
Writing- I'm pretty lukewarm about the writing. It was by no means bad, but it just didn't stand out to me while I was reading, which was totally fine. The one thing I did like was how our alien friend, Lir, spoke with a little bit more formality than the humans. I found this to be quite beliveable, because I'm assuming English isn't the aliens first language, so it would be understandable that his dialogue would be a bit more jilted, less contractions, and just felt more formal. I don't know if this was intentional (I'm assuming it was), but I thought it was a nice touch that many alien books seem to forget.
Characters- I quite enjoyed these characters. I tend to be sort of picky with my YA characters now a days, because sadly, more often they seem to be falling into overused stereotypes that I've seen before. Now, I'm not saying that these characters are the be-all to end-all of unique-ness, but I thought they were refreshing for the most part, and I wasn't rolling my eyes at their obvious character layouts. There was a little bit of that in Jaz, our main character, and her brother, Jace, being over protective, but I think the author laid this out nicely with a believable backstory, that really helped to build a foundation for these two characters and the way they acted, so I wasn't annoyed by this. Earlier, when I said for the most part, my only reservation was with Jax, who I for the most part liked, but I just couldn't shake the feeling of, she's trying too hard. I think this was mainly just me being overly critical, because she does have her break downs (which is something I liked a lot and will talk about in a second), but sometimes I just thought her inner monologue was a little grating, but overall I did really enjoy her, and how she was independent, and wouldn't conform to her villages gender roles they imposed on the women. One thing I really liked about Jax, and what the author chose to do with her, is give her anxiety, and panic attacks. I thought this was very, very believable, considering what's happened to her in her past, and I was happy to see events like that handled with a realistic view. I liked how it made her vulnerable, and understandable, and real. I thought the constant 'what am I doing letting him touch me?' was okay in moderation, but there was a touch too much self-chastising in that department for my taste, but I digress. I'm rambling now, so I'll try to keep the last few characters short. I really enjoyed Lir and I liked how the author balanced alien with human. He wasn't totally human, to the point where I couldn't believe he was an alien (as much as I love you, looking at you Daemon), but he wasn't totally alien, to the point where I couldn't see the human in him (Aelyx from Alienated is my first thought). I really liked him, and I liked how he also didn't look totally human, finally aliens who don't miraculously look exactly like us!! I also really enjoyed the other alien we meet, Rym, and I'm very excited to see him again in the next book. Lastly, I was very happy to see a gay relationship portrayed, I'm all for that diversity as you all know.
Romance- My characters section was just getting way too long, so I decided to make this its own section. I'm really digging this romance. I can definitely feel the connection and chemistry, which is a very good thing. At the beginning it wasn't my favorite, it had a hint of insta-love, but by the end I can assure you that insta-love was the last thing on my mind. I think it just had a bit of a rough start, but by the time they crossed that awkward line of, do I like you?, I don't know, do I like you?, the "ship" had sailed for me and I really enjoyed them together. I wish Jax had a bit more trust in Lir though, it sometimes frustrated me how she always was so quick to believe the worst, but she was also quick to belive Lir when he cleared things up, which I appriciated. Needless to say, I really do like this romance, and I"m rooting for Jax and Lir! (Jir? Lax? Do they have a ship name yet?)
Overall- Wow, this review was a lot longer than I anticipated, but if you read this far, thank you (: I really enjoyed reading this book, even despite my tiny qualms I had, and I think it deserves more "hype," because I think a lot of people would like this, especially if you liked the Lux series. It's darker I think, and a more complex plot, but it's another great fast paced alien book. I really enjoyed how this book seemed a lot more realistic in terms of the characterization of aliens, more realistic than a lot of the YA alien books out there (or at least the ones I've seen). I'm so grateful that I got to review this book, and I can't wait for the sequel, I would seriously read it now if I had it.
Recommend?- If you're a fan of sci-fi, I definitely would! If you're a fan of alien invasion sci-fi, then I think you would especially like it, as it's a great addition to the YA alien universe (if that makes any sense, I hope it does...).
I really enjoyed this one! This was a great, fast-paced, and fun sci-fi novel. It had a lot more emotional depth than I was expecting, and the end of this one really set something big up for the next book (which I want very soon please).
Plot- At first, I wasn't expecting this plot to be much. I thought it was going to be a typical "on the roads traveling" sort of story, with some romance thrown in. I thought, "what more can you do with the alien story line?" Needless to say, I was impressed, and apparently there's a lot more you can do with the alien storyline. I don't want to say too much, with the risk of spoiling, but even though the book may start off as a more typical storyline, it definitely grows into something more, and by the end of the first book, the overarching plot has become much more epic, in the sense that it's very grand, not just a person to person conflict anymore. That being said, it's not the most rich or complex alien invasion story I've ever seen, but that's totally okay, I don't think that's what this book needed. I think the plot holds just the right amount of unique-ness, while still being an easy story to digest and understand. The journey to the alien city was enjoyable, and fun, but for me, the book really hit it's stride near the end when they reach the city. That's where the grander threads of the plot start to come together, and I really got a sense of where the book was going. It was also just cool to see how the author pictured the alien city, and civilization. Backing up a bit though, I must say when the main "plot twist" was revealed, I had guessed it early on in the story, but it still made for an interesting sub plot in the story once it was revealed. The whole story itself was incredibly fast-paced. I can say I really was never bored throughout the whole thing, even if I wasn't necessarily on the edge of my seat all the time, I was always interested. The ending to this book was pretty chaotic, and set us up for an exciting next book, which I'm eagerly anticipating. I really enjoyed my time reading this, and although one thing happened at the end that made me a little frustrated, I know it will be fixed soon in the next one, so I'm not worried.
Writing- I'm pretty lukewarm about the writing. It was by no means bad, but it just didn't stand out to me while I was reading, which was totally fine. The one thing I did like was how our alien friend, Lir, spoke with a little bit more formality than the humans. I found this to be quite beliveable, because I'm assuming English isn't the aliens first language, so it would be understandable that his dialogue would be a bit more jilted, less contractions, and just felt more formal. I don't know if this was intentional (I'm assuming it was), but I thought it was a nice touch that many alien books seem to forget.
Characters- I quite enjoyed these characters. I tend to be sort of picky with my YA characters now a days, because sadly, more often they seem to be falling into overused stereotypes that I've seen before. Now, I'm not saying that these characters are the be-all to end-all of unique-ness, but I thought they were refreshing for the most part, and I wasn't rolling my eyes at their obvious character layouts. There was a little bit of that in Jaz, our main character, and her brother, Jace, being over protective, but I think the author laid this out nicely with a believable backstory, that really helped to build a foundation for these two characters and the way they acted, so I wasn't annoyed by this. Earlier, when I said for the most part, my only reservation was with Jax, who I for the most part liked, but I just couldn't shake the feeling of, she's trying too hard. I think this was mainly just me being overly critical, because she does have her break downs (which is something I liked a lot and will talk about in a second), but sometimes I just thought her inner monologue was a little grating, but overall I did really enjoy her, and how she was independent, and wouldn't conform to her villages gender roles they imposed on the women. One thing I really liked about Jax, and what the author chose to do with her, is give her anxiety, and panic attacks. I thought this was very, very believable, considering what's happened to her in her past, and I was happy to see events like that handled with a realistic view. I liked how it made her vulnerable, and understandable, and real. I thought the constant 'what am I doing letting him touch me?' was okay in moderation, but there was a touch too much self-chastising in that department for my taste, but I digress. I'm rambling now, so I'll try to keep the last few characters short. I really enjoyed Lir and I liked how the author balanced alien with human. He wasn't totally human, to the point where I couldn't believe he was an alien (as much as I love you, looking at you Daemon), but he wasn't totally alien, to the point where I couldn't see the human in him (Aelyx from Alienated is my first thought). I really liked him, and I liked how he also didn't look totally human, finally aliens who don't miraculously look exactly like us!! I also really enjoyed the other alien we meet, Rym, and I'm very excited to see him again in the next book. Lastly, I was very happy to see a gay relationship portrayed, I'm all for that diversity as you all know.
Romance- My characters section was just getting way too long, so I decided to make this its own section. I'm really digging this romance. I can definitely feel the connection and chemistry, which is a very good thing. At the beginning it wasn't my favorite, it had a hint of insta-love, but by the end I can assure you that insta-love was the last thing on my mind. I think it just had a bit of a rough start, but by the time they crossed that awkward line of, do I like you?, I don't know, do I like you?, the "ship" had sailed for me and I really enjoyed them together. I wish Jax had a bit more trust in Lir though, it sometimes frustrated me how she always was so quick to believe the worst, but she was also quick to belive Lir when he cleared things up, which I appriciated. Needless to say, I really do like this romance, and I"m rooting for Jax and Lir! (Jir? Lax? Do they have a ship name yet?)
Overall- Wow, this review was a lot longer than I anticipated, but if you read this far, thank you (: I really enjoyed reading this book, even despite my tiny qualms I had, and I think it deserves more "hype," because I think a lot of people would like this, especially if you liked the Lux series. It's darker I think, and a more complex plot, but it's another great fast paced alien book. I really enjoyed how this book seemed a lot more realistic in terms of the characterization of aliens, more realistic than a lot of the YA alien books out there (or at least the ones I've seen). I'm so grateful that I got to review this book, and I can't wait for the sequel, I would seriously read it now if I had it.
Recommend?- If you're a fan of sci-fi, I definitely would! If you're a fan of alien invasion sci-fi, then I think you would especially like it, as it's a great addition to the YA alien universe (if that makes any sense, I hope it does...).
I received a digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
(No Spoilers)
Wow. What an emotional and intense read! This book left me in a whirlwind of emotions. Honestly, I’m still reeling from it and don’t know how to describe it. That’s not good for someone who is supposed to be reviewing a book. I’ll do my best to put my emotions into words to form this review for you, though.
First off let me start out by saying how much I LOVED this book! At first it was a little difficult for me to get into, but after the first few chapters, it really took off. I really can’t go into specifics because I’m trying to keep spoilers out of this review, but I’ll give you as much information as I can without doing that.
So basically this book follows the story of this girl named Jax and her quest to rescue her brother after he is abducted by aliens for reasons unknown to her. She finds an unlikely ally to assist her her in this quest and together they embark on an adventure to get to a city of aliens which dwells here on earth and has been around for many years.
For the most part the aliens have kept to themselves until the day of the abduction and throughout the book all the pieces start to fit together and we find out why it happened. I was pretty surprised by this and even more so by information I learned about Jax and her twin brother Jace. Just. Wow.
The chemistry between the characters was pretty well written. I found the instant attraction a little off putting at first, but wasn’t unbearable and Jax stayed pretty sensible about it throughout the book for the most part. Though the ending of the book was not ideal, I’m not unhappy about where the relationship between Jax and Lir went. I think the way it ended will make the next book even better!
There were a lot of emotional moments in this story as it deals with betrayals, frightening insights, loss and confusion, among many other things.
Theresa Kay has a way of writing that makes you think one way then later throws you in a totally different direction and leaves you sitting there thinking- “…What the heck just happened?” There was a lot of this in the book. Sometimes I found myself so lost about what might happened next that it made my head spin. Not literally of course.
It was just so good!
Another plus is that I absolutely did not see the ending coming…at all. I’m still blown away by it. I like being surprised when reading a book so this made it an even better read.
This was me after the last chapter:
I’m so happy I was able to receive this book as an ARC and look forward to reading much more from Theresa Kay. Her writing is just too beautiful to not want to do that.
If you like aliens, deep emotional journeys, dystopian novels, and a good romance, you should check this book out. It will be right up your alley.
My Rating: 4.5 Stars ♡
(No Spoilers)
Wow. What an emotional and intense read! This book left me in a whirlwind of emotions. Honestly, I’m still reeling from it and don’t know how to describe it. That’s not good for someone who is supposed to be reviewing a book. I’ll do my best to put my emotions into words to form this review for you, though.
First off let me start out by saying how much I LOVED this book! At first it was a little difficult for me to get into, but after the first few chapters, it really took off. I really can’t go into specifics because I’m trying to keep spoilers out of this review, but I’ll give you as much information as I can without doing that.
So basically this book follows the story of this girl named Jax and her quest to rescue her brother after he is abducted by aliens for reasons unknown to her. She finds an unlikely ally to assist her her in this quest and together they embark on an adventure to get to a city of aliens which dwells here on earth and has been around for many years.
For the most part the aliens have kept to themselves until the day of the abduction and throughout the book all the pieces start to fit together and we find out why it happened. I was pretty surprised by this and even more so by information I learned about Jax and her twin brother Jace. Just. Wow.
The chemistry between the characters was pretty well written. I found the instant attraction a little off putting at first, but wasn’t unbearable and Jax stayed pretty sensible about it throughout the book for the most part. Though the ending of the book was not ideal, I’m not unhappy about where the relationship between Jax and Lir went. I think the way it ended will make the next book even better!
There were a lot of emotional moments in this story as it deals with betrayals, frightening insights, loss and confusion, among many other things.
Theresa Kay has a way of writing that makes you think one way then later throws you in a totally different direction and leaves you sitting there thinking- “…What the heck just happened?” There was a lot of this in the book. Sometimes I found myself so lost about what might happened next that it made my head spin. Not literally of course.
It was just so good!
Another plus is that I absolutely did not see the ending coming…at all. I’m still blown away by it. I like being surprised when reading a book so this made it an even better read.
This was me after the last chapter:
I’m so happy I was able to receive this book as an ARC and look forward to reading much more from Theresa Kay. Her writing is just too beautiful to not want to do that.
If you like aliens, deep emotional journeys, dystopian novels, and a good romance, you should check this book out. It will be right up your alley.
My Rating: 4.5 Stars ♡
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I give it 5 fangs.
Broken Skies by Theresa Kay, is the first book in the Broken Skies series. I suggest this book for young adults and adults.
The main character is Jasmine, but she goes by Jax. It has been thirty years since the collapse of civilization. Jax and her twin brother Jace have survived for some time on their own. After their father dies they make do for some time. But when Jax is attacked, Jace moves them in with a human settlement. I say human because there are now aliens living on Earth.
While out by their selves Jace is taken by the aliens, also called E’rikon or Erk. Jax joins up with a young Erk, named Lir, in hopes of saving her brother. Can she trust Lir and does he trust her? Can he be a friend or will he be an enemy.
If you like sci-fi with some dystopia, then I suggest this book. I am already getting the second book, Fractured Suns, as soon as it comes out.
I give it 5 fangs.
Broken Skies by Theresa Kay, is the first book in the Broken Skies series. I suggest this book for young adults and adults.
The main character is Jasmine, but she goes by Jax. It has been thirty years since the collapse of civilization. Jax and her twin brother Jace have survived for some time on their own. After their father dies they make do for some time. But when Jax is attacked, Jace moves them in with a human settlement. I say human because there are now aliens living on Earth.
While out by their selves Jace is taken by the aliens, also called E’rikon or Erk. Jax joins up with a young Erk, named Lir, in hopes of saving her brother. Can she trust Lir and does he trust her? Can he be a friend or will he be an enemy.
If you like sci-fi with some dystopia, then I suggest this book. I am already getting the second book, Fractured Suns, as soon as it comes out.
Wow, it took a while but I finally finished this book. I never felt quite engaged whilst reading it, but I can't exactly pinpoint why that was the case...
Thanks to Theresa Kay for giving me this book to review.
30 years ago billions died as civilisation collapsed, 20 years later aliens, the E’rikon, arrived but since then have kept to themselves. A year ago Jax was attacked and killed two men, since then she has not liked being touched and relies on her twin brother Jace. When her brother is taken by the aliens, Jax will do anything to get him back and makes a deal with teenage E’rikon, Lir, with green hair and scales on his back. With Lir’s motive unknown they set off to the alien city and start to form a connection but their rescue mission may cause a chain of events with could change not just human and E’rikon society but earth.
Broken Skies is an enjoyable sci-fi/dystopia with suspense, romance and some action. I found the story very similar to other YA sci-fi and dystopian novels which did make it a bit forgettable, but, while it is a bit predictable, some of the twists I did not see coming.
I like Jax as she will not pretend to be someone she isn’t, she is emotionally damaged but not broken and fiercely loyal to her brother. Lir is a bit of a mystery in this book as I was never 100% sure if he could be trusted but he was sweet, intelligent and protective of Jax. I would have liked to get to know Jace better as he is a big influence in this book but he is not much in it.
This book has a massive cliff-hanger ending and I am looking forward to reading the next book Fractured Suns. I would recommend Broken Skies to fans of Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi and Partials by Dan Wells.
This and my other reviews can be found at Amethyst Bookwyrm
30 years ago billions died as civilisation collapsed, 20 years later aliens, the E’rikon, arrived but since then have kept to themselves. A year ago Jax was attacked and killed two men, since then she has not liked being touched and relies on her twin brother Jace. When her brother is taken by the aliens, Jax will do anything to get him back and makes a deal with teenage E’rikon, Lir, with green hair and scales on his back. With Lir’s motive unknown they set off to the alien city and start to form a connection but their rescue mission may cause a chain of events with could change not just human and E’rikon society but earth.
Broken Skies is an enjoyable sci-fi/dystopia with suspense, romance and some action. I found the story very similar to other YA sci-fi and dystopian novels which did make it a bit forgettable, but, while it is a bit predictable, some of the twists I did not see coming.
I like Jax as she will not pretend to be someone she isn’t, she is emotionally damaged but not broken and fiercely loyal to her brother. Lir is a bit of a mystery in this book as I was never 100% sure if he could be trusted but he was sweet, intelligent and protective of Jax. I would have liked to get to know Jace better as he is a big influence in this book but he is not much in it.
This book has a massive cliff-hanger ending and I am looking forward to reading the next book Fractured Suns. I would recommend Broken Skies to fans of Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi and Partials by Dan Wells.
This and my other reviews can be found at Amethyst Bookwyrm