A review by mrspenningalovesbooks
The Secret Sky by Atia Abawi

5.0

This modern retelling of Romeo & Juliet explores tradition, Taliban, and tragedy in Afghanistan. Three different narrators share the story of two families and their differences as well as their similarities. I loved the complexity in Rashid and how characters’ actions helped to change his viewpoints. I also found it fascinating that one’s actual behaviors didn’t create the crime, but the possibility of it happening. Sami & Fatima were judged for a crime they didn’t commit, but their being alone was guilt enough. Such a good book swap read! I recommend, but have tissues ready! It’s a tragic love story worth reading!

“No matter how far you go in this world, you leave your heart with your loved ones. But when you take those you love out of your heart, you fall into this dangerous insanity that you may not be able to come out of.”

“When we receive this kind of love, we have to make sure that we keep it locked safe in our hearts, where no one can touch it, because it’s the one thing that belongs to us, and us alone.”

“This is love- to fly to a secret sky.”