"Ghosts travel in packs.
...
Their faces are white as ash, their skin split with deep cracks that expose scarlet, rancid flesh underneath."
WELL! Okay then!
I've been sucked into some great prologues before, but I think this one takes all the cake.
Have you ever started a book thinking, "Oh...I'll just read a couple chapters then go to sleep"? Yeah, that was my goal when I picked up Skyhunter...
The only Marie Lu book I've read is The Kingdom of Back and I now understand what I've been missing with her Sci-fi/Fantasy novels...holy craps! But why, Marie Lu...why must you break my heart in the first chapter?! Seriously, prepare yourself, you'll be devastated!
Our protagonist, Talin doesn't speak due to trauma in her youth, thankfully as a Striker, she communicates through signing as is normal for them. I won't go too much into the plot as I don't want to spoil anything, but holy wow! This story is action-packed and seriously unputdownable! There's easy-to-get-into world building, I wasn't confused by names or locations. The introductions to new characters were seamless. An overall fantastically written novel.
The story wraps up most of the loose ends, but there's just enough of a cliffhanger that I am in desperate need of the next book!
Thank you so much Fierce Reads via NetGalley for inviting me to the Street Team and allowing me to read an e-arc of Skyhunter in exchange for my honest review!
...
Their faces are white as ash, their skin split with deep cracks that expose scarlet, rancid flesh underneath."
WELL! Okay then!
I've been sucked into some great prologues before, but I think this one takes all the cake.
Have you ever started a book thinking, "Oh...I'll just read a couple chapters then go to sleep"? Yeah, that was my goal when I picked up Skyhunter...
The only Marie Lu book I've read is The Kingdom of Back and I now understand what I've been missing with her Sci-fi/Fantasy novels...holy craps! But why, Marie Lu...why must you break my heart in the first chapter?! Seriously, prepare yourself, you'll be devastated!
Our protagonist, Talin doesn't speak due to trauma in her youth, thankfully as a Striker, she communicates through signing as is normal for them. I won't go too much into the plot as I don't want to spoil anything, but holy wow! This story is action-packed and seriously unputdownable! There's easy-to-get-into world building, I wasn't confused by names or locations. The introductions to new characters were seamless. An overall fantastically written novel.
The story wraps up most of the loose ends, but there's just enough of a cliffhanger that I am in desperate need of the next book!
Thank you so much Fierce Reads via NetGalley for inviting me to the Street Team and allowing me to read an e-arc of Skyhunter in exchange for my honest review!