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Edge of Heaven
by R.B. Kelly
3.5 stars
i received a free copy of this book by Liberties Press in exchange for an honest review.
It’s the year 2110 and 27 million people are living in an underground city called Creo, situated in France. As a mysterious virus makes its way throughout the city, Danae Grant tries to cling to a life that’s crumbling apart following the death of her father and an unfair eviction. She crosses paths with Boston Turrow, a young man struggling to care for his younger siblings after his mom walked out on them. Without knowing it, Danae and Boson’s relationship could be the key to help stop the destruction of the city they call home but it means revealing a secret Danae has kept for her entire life.
This is an incredibly detailed book that has a mixture of dystopia, science fiction with a touch of survivor story. There is so much in this book to love and RB Kelly worked incredibly hard at giving a reader a well-thought out and well-detailed story. It’s obvious a lot of work went into this book and it’s great to see a strong sci-fi book coming from an Irish author and Irish publishers.
It took me about 50 pages to really get into the story and that long for me to get a grasp of the world and what was going on. The world building for Creo though was incredibly rich in detail and I felt like the reader was really been given a lot of detail to work with and I personally got a great map of Creo in my head and some sort of idea of what ti must like and be like to live in.
The spreading virus was interesting to follow and I felt like, as a survivor story, it gave me just enough to keep me following with interest but the mix of dystopia and sci-fi made the story different and intriguing. It took me a while to really get the whole idea of a-naunts and what they were and what Rens were but with the help of the documents at the end of each chapter, it gave me a great idea of what had happened and I feel like i eventually got a good understanding of what was going on.
The book slowed up for me a bit at the end of the middle part, making its way to the end and I need lose a small bit of interest (I feel like the scene in the hospital with Boston and Danae lasted too long). But as things got going and the situation became more intense, I was on the edge of my seat and I loved the conclusion.
On a final note, I loved the developing relationship between Danae and Boston. They both needed each other so much and growing feelings between them were so raw and beautiful and I just loved them a lot!!
I’m really hoping to keep following this story and will have RB Kelly on my radar from now on as she has proven she can write a really great story!
i received a free copy of this book by Liberties Press in exchange for an honest review.
It’s the year 2110 and 27 million people are living in an underground city called Creo, situated in France. As a mysterious virus makes its way throughout the city, Danae Grant tries to cling to a life that’s crumbling apart following the death of her father and an unfair eviction. She crosses paths with Boston Turrow, a young man struggling to care for his younger siblings after his mom walked out on them. Without knowing it, Danae and Boson’s relationship could be the key to help stop the destruction of the city they call home but it means revealing a secret Danae has kept for her entire life.
This is an incredibly detailed book that has a mixture of dystopia, science fiction with a touch of survivor story. There is so much in this book to love and RB Kelly worked incredibly hard at giving a reader a well-thought out and well-detailed story. It’s obvious a lot of work went into this book and it’s great to see a strong sci-fi book coming from an Irish author and Irish publishers.
It took me about 50 pages to really get into the story and that long for me to get a grasp of the world and what was going on. The world building for Creo though was incredibly rich in detail and I felt like the reader was really been given a lot of detail to work with and I personally got a great map of Creo in my head and some sort of idea of what ti must like and be like to live in.
The spreading virus was interesting to follow and I felt like, as a survivor story, it gave me just enough to keep me following with interest but the mix of dystopia and sci-fi made the story different and intriguing. It took me a while to really get the whole idea of a-naunts and what they were and what Rens were but with the help of the documents at the end of each chapter, it gave me a great idea of what had happened and I feel like i eventually got a good understanding of what was going on.
The book slowed up for me a bit at the end of the middle part, making its way to the end and I need lose a small bit of interest (I feel like the scene in the hospital with Boston and Danae lasted too long). But as things got going and the situation became more intense, I was on the edge of my seat and I loved the conclusion.
On a final note, I loved the developing relationship between Danae and Boston. They both needed each other so much and growing feelings between them were so raw and beautiful and I just loved them a lot!!
I’m really hoping to keep following this story and will have RB Kelly on my radar from now on as she has proven she can write a really great story!