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Under the Never Sky
by Veronica Rossi
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi is one of those series I had heard a lot about but hadn’t started. I love being able to start a series when I can binge-read the whole thing since all three books are out. The book was ok, not horrible, I did like it, but it felt like a lead-up book. I have heard the series gets better, so I am definitely going to continue reading. I listened to the audiobook which was 9 hours, 39 minutes, read by Bernadette Dunne Flagler.
Likes:
The whole idea of realms and eye pieces was really cool, they say that authors tend to see the future before engineers and I definitely think this is something that could happen in the future.
The dystopian world was original and was fairly well done with the world-building. There was some holes, but interesting none the less.
The romance was slow burn and the characters took time to really figure each other out, I appreciate a well-written romance.
The special skills of outsiders were really interesting, it was so neat to think of emotions have certain smells.
Gripes:
I wish the world-building gave a little bit more, I always want more back story with the “world-ending” portion that lead to the dystopian world.
This book definitely felt like a lead up to the series. It was what I like to call “first-book syndrome.” I am excited for the rest of the series because I have heard the final book in the series is the best and I am ready for a series that won’t let me down at the end (aka Allegiant).
I just felt like I was disconnected from the story and I think it is because of the reader for the audiobook. She was older and I feel like the voice that reads the story needs to be relate-able to the character. It felt like my mom reading me the book. It really through me off. I may have liked the book better reading it in paper format.
Favorite Quotes:
“She knew how to put one foot in front of the other even when every step hurt. And she knew there was pain in the journey, but there was also great beauty. She'd seen it standing on rooftops and in green eyes and in the smallest, ugliest rock.”
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Likes:
The whole idea of realms and eye pieces was really cool, they say that authors tend to see the future before engineers and I definitely think this is something that could happen in the future.
The dystopian world was original and was fairly well done with the world-building. There was some holes, but interesting none the less.
The romance was slow burn and the characters took time to really figure each other out, I appreciate a well-written romance.
The special skills of outsiders were really interesting, it was so neat to think of emotions have certain smells.
Gripes:
I wish the world-building gave a little bit more, I always want more back story with the “world-ending” portion that lead to the dystopian world.
This book definitely felt like a lead up to the series. It was what I like to call “first-book syndrome.” I am excited for the rest of the series because I have heard the final book in the series is the best and I am ready for a series that won’t let me down at the end (aka Allegiant).
I just felt like I was disconnected from the story and I think it is because of the reader for the audiobook. She was older and I feel like the voice that reads the story needs to be relate-able to the character. It felt like my mom reading me the book. It really through me off. I may have liked the book better reading it in paper format.
Favorite Quotes:
“She knew how to put one foot in front of the other even when every step hurt. And she knew there was pain in the journey, but there was also great beauty. She'd seen it standing on rooftops and in green eyes and in the smallest, ugliest rock.”
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A Flurry of Ponderings