Broken Sky by L.A Weatherly - [Review]

 Broken Sky by L.A Weatherly 
[Review]

Print length: 400 pages
Publisher: Usbourne Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 1 March 2016

My Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐

Synopsis

Welcome to a ‘perfect’ world.

Where war is illegal, where harmony rules.

And where your date of birth marks your destiny.

But nothing is perfect.

And in a world this broken, who can Amity trust?

From the bestselling author of the Angel trilogy comes Broken Sky – an exhilarating epic set in a daring and distorted echo of 1940s America and first in a new trilogy.

My Review

"We'll make them harmonious even if it destroys them"

This is the first book of L.A Weatherly that I have read and I'm not going to beat around the bush, I loved it! Over the years I have read many YA fantasy books and I am happy to say that this was was like a fresh breath of air. This book is so stunningly original that I fell in love with it before I was even thrown around by all the twists that are packed in this book.

Amity is a peacefighter, just like her dad. Growing up Amity had always admired her father for his job but when he sadly died, she knew she wanted to follow in her beloved father's footsteps and become a peacefighter. In this world, war no longer existed, they fought all their battles by having the opposing countries enter a plane fight and whichever plane is the first to be downed wins whichever rights and privileges they were fighting for, it's a safer alternative to war as the pilots have parachutes and safety methods but it is still a risky business. Amity adores being a peacefighter despite the dangers and she is proud to be preventing war and keeping the harmony between countries whilst winning rights for her country, however, this all changes when Amity realises that the fight that she lost wasn't what it appeared to be and Amity is thrown into a whole new world where her very beliefs are corrupted to the core and she can trust no one.

To my delight, there is no instalove which I find absolutely abhorrent and all the characters in this story are well thought out characters with skills and flaws making them feel all the more real. When Amity's childhood friend Collie enters the scene it is clear that they have a whole lot of history, most of it good but some bad. Amity is reluctant to trust her old friend as she felt betrayed by his previous actions but over time her hardness towards him thaws and they become more than just childhood friends but lovers. The entire time I was reading this book I felt uneasy about Collie, it feels almost too good to be true and I may just be right? Maybe the second book in the series will reveal whether my thoughts on him are right or wrong. 

The main villain in this universe is a charismatic albeit eccentric man called John Gunnison. To me, he sounded very similar to 'Hitler' with the charismatic charm but also the dictatorship, concentration camps and other barbaric activities that he was up to. John Gunnison strongly believes in astrology and has people working for him that tell him who is trustworthy or who is dangerous to his cause based on the star signs and as crazy as it sounds, people believed it and when people were dragged from their homes and their children, they just turned their heads the other way too scared to do or say anything.

This book had me so immersed that as soon as I finished it, I was reaching for the second book in the series. I am not sure what took me so long to read it but don't make the mistake I did, read it now! 

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About The Author

L.A Weatherly was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. She now lives with her husband and their cat Bernard, in Hampshire, England, where she spends her days -  and nights! - writing. 

L.A Weatherly is the author of over fifty books, including the bestselling Angel trilogy. Her work has been published in over ten different languages. 

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