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A review by crofteereader
A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir
5.0
This is the kind of book you need to read with a buddy (ie you need to find someone who has already read it and incoherently scream at them as various events happen).
Because reviewing the book itself would probably either be incoherent screaming or spoilers galore, I'm going to, instead, express admiration for the phenomenal audiobook production. These narrators brought each character so much life - even the one who gets only one chapter. The way Katharine McEwan's voice cracks when Helene breaks. The way Steve West's voice booms when Elias shouts. The way Fiona Hardingham's voice follows every shift in Laia's thoughts.
Read this series. Or, better yet, listen to it. You will absolutely not regret it. It is like a candle in the darkness, when pain and expectation and war are a gale trying to blow it out, and all that guards the flame is the hope and determination of three people who have been through too much.
Because reviewing the book itself would probably either be incoherent screaming or spoilers galore, I'm going to, instead, express admiration for the phenomenal audiobook production. These narrators brought each character so much life - even the one who gets only one chapter. The way Katharine McEwan's voice cracks when Helene breaks. The way Steve West's voice booms when Elias shouts. The way Fiona Hardingham's voice follows every shift in Laia's thoughts.
Read this series. Or, better yet, listen to it. You will absolutely not regret it. It is like a candle in the darkness, when pain and expectation and war are a gale trying to blow it out, and all that guards the flame is the hope and determination of three people who have been through too much.