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A review by alanaes
Blackfin Sky by Kat Ellis
4.0
I received an ARC of this title from Running Press/Perseus Books Group at ALA 2014
Kat Ellis had me hooked from page one. The very first chapter is told from the perspective of a haunted Weathervane (I mean...c'mon...that's great), and that's only a hint of the secrets buried in the town of Blackfin. The plot is, naturally, confusing at first. Sixteen-year-old Skylar Rousseau races to school one morning only to learn that...she's been dead for three months? What? Sky has memories from the past three months, and only fuzzy recollections of the night she supposedly died...so what exactly happened? And where was she?
I don't want to give too much away, but, I assure you, the mystery is worth it. This is a well-paced story with many colorful characters, great moments of suspense, and plenty of supernatural intrigue. I was worried the mystery might be too complex to resolve in a 300-page book, but I needn't have. Ellis does a great job building the world of Blackfin, and explaining the details, too. I will be recommending this one to my students.
Kat Ellis had me hooked from page one. The very first chapter is told from the perspective of a haunted Weathervane (I mean...c'mon...that's great), and that's only a hint of the secrets buried in the town of Blackfin. The plot is, naturally, confusing at first. Sixteen-year-old Skylar Rousseau races to school one morning only to learn that...she's been dead for three months? What? Sky has memories from the past three months, and only fuzzy recollections of the night she supposedly died...so what exactly happened? And where was she?
I don't want to give too much away, but, I assure you, the mystery is worth it. This is a well-paced story with many colorful characters, great moments of suspense, and plenty of supernatural intrigue. I was worried the mystery might be too complex to resolve in a 300-page book, but I needn't have. Ellis does a great job building the world of Blackfin, and explaining the details, too. I will be recommending this one to my students.