A review by milajanae
We Light Up the Sky by Lilliam Rivera

adventurous funny fast-paced

2.75

This was my first time reading fiction where COVID was inserted into the world and even though I thought I wasn’t ready for it, I didn’t mind it being apart of this story. My main strife came from the way the story was written. The book read like a screenplay or a summary of what happened and I admit, it took a long time for me to get use to it. Once I kind of took my mind off the writing style, I was able to enjoy it a little more. The three main characters Pedro, Luna, and Rafa were all very real teenagers who experience very real hardships like grief, verbal abuse, and homelessness and it was refreshing to read about an alien invasion with three brown kids being tasked to help it. It’s not something we see often when it comes to shows, movies, and books about alien invaders so I really enjoyed seeing this one through. I also enjoyed how it was set in my home state and I’m a sucker for being able to understand all the city references and being able to picture where everything is taken place.