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A review by raven168
A Sky Unbroken by Megan Crewe
2.0
2.5 stars
Going into this, I was wondering if I must be some sort of book masochist because I didn't particularly care for the first two. But I guess I just couldn't help but request this last book to see how it all would end. And I was pleasantly surprised by it. For the most part at least.
Being the duel POV between Skylar and Win is probably what saved this book for me. Win's chapters were by far so much more entertaining to read than anything from Skylar.
There were some really engaging parts but also others that were kind of boring. We do get some people dieing and some hurt. We also find out a secret that has wide spread repercussions. Jule is back as well, and while he tries to make up for what he did it just never seems enough. I actually felt bad for him a few times with the way he was treated. And I was definitely liking how Win started to take charge and be more sure of himself.
After the destruction of Earth, things are not looking good for the Earthlings. Jule managed to save as many people as he could that he thought were important to Skylar, but they have all been placed into an unfinished exhibit. Skylar has also been medicated like the pets, but luckily she manages to figure that out and remove the implant. She has to maintain her facade but she also tries to make sure things go well with the people there to ensure their safety. It's hard for her to get the others to believe what she eventually tells them, but given little other choice and what they've seen, they believe enough to follow her.
Meanwhile, Win and the rest of the rebels have been released under the cover story of some quarantine and placed under strict surveillance. For a while Win goes along with it, hiding his true feelings about Earth and what happened. Then he realizes that he needs to be the one to reach out and do something about it.
So a few from the group get together and managed to do a lot in secret. But the council has their own tricks and it's not long until Skylar has her group threatened by them. Because of some of the information Win and the others released, the ship is in discord and that helps our rebels enact a crazy plan that actually works. Freeing most of the humans and saving as many pets as they can, along with taking over a few levels of the ship? Not bad at all. While trying to sway public opinion about the Earthlings a discovery is made about the Kemyates. And it's not a good one. But it does allow them to use that as a way to bridge the gap between the two groups. With time running out for the rebels, another crazy plan must be enacted as one last ditch effort to get the truth out to the entire Kemyate population and also get them to accept the Earthlings as equals. Surprisingly, it works out rather well.
Though not all Kemyates accept the Earthlings are not lesser, they do end up working together enough in the end toward the new planet that will be home for both groups.
I would have loved an epilogue to this story. To find out what it was like there some years in the future and to see how Win and Skylar are doing together would have been great.
ARC provided by publisher via Netgalley.
Going into this, I was wondering if I must be some sort of book masochist because I didn't particularly care for the first two. But I guess I just couldn't help but request this last book to see how it all would end. And I was pleasantly surprised by it. For the most part at least.
Being the duel POV between Skylar and Win is probably what saved this book for me. Win's chapters were by far so much more entertaining to read than anything from Skylar.
There were some really engaging parts but also others that were kind of boring. We do get some people dieing and some hurt. We also find out a secret that has wide spread repercussions. Jule is back as well, and while he tries to make up for what he did it just never seems enough. I actually felt bad for him a few times with the way he was treated. And I was definitely liking how Win started to take charge and be more sure of himself.
After the destruction of Earth, things are not looking good for the Earthlings. Jule managed to save as many people as he could that he thought were important to Skylar, but they have all been placed into an unfinished exhibit. Skylar has also been medicated like the pets, but luckily she manages to figure that out and remove the implant. She has to maintain her facade but she also tries to make sure things go well with the people there to ensure their safety. It's hard for her to get the others to believe what she eventually tells them, but given little other choice and what they've seen, they believe enough to follow her.
Meanwhile, Win and the rest of the rebels have been released under the cover story of some quarantine and placed under strict surveillance. For a while Win goes along with it, hiding his true feelings about Earth and what happened. Then he realizes that he needs to be the one to reach out and do something about it.
So a few from the group get together and managed to do a lot in secret. But the council has their own tricks and it's not long until Skylar has her group threatened by them. Because of some of the information Win and the others released, the ship is in discord and that helps our rebels enact a crazy plan that actually works. Freeing most of the humans and saving as many pets as they can, along with taking over a few levels of the ship? Not bad at all. While trying to sway public opinion about the Earthlings a discovery is made about the Kemyates. And it's not a good one. But it does allow them to use that as a way to bridge the gap between the two groups. With time running out for the rebels, another crazy plan must be enacted as one last ditch effort to get the truth out to the entire Kemyate population and also get them to accept the Earthlings as equals. Surprisingly, it works out rather well.
Though not all Kemyates accept the Earthlings are not lesser, they do end up working together enough in the end toward the new planet that will be home for both groups.
I would have loved an epilogue to this story. To find out what it was like there some years in the future and to see how Win and Skylar are doing together would have been great.
ARC provided by publisher via Netgalley.