A review by laurendeen
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

2.0

Sky in the Deep follows the story of Eelyn after she discovers that her brother – who died five years ago – is actually alive. It includes a lot of Viking-esque elements that I really enjoyed, but overall I kind of hated the story. From what I can tell, Adrienne is a first time author and the book had enough potential that I might pick up something she writes later on. But in Sky in the Deep, there were a lot of plot elements that I think were supposed to pass for character development, but it didn’t really work that way. For example, Eelyn kept jumping back and forth about if she would forgive her brother. One chapter she is ready to forgive him for everything and the next she wishes he was still dead and the one after that she’s ready to forgive him again. She jumps back and forth without any real explanation, even though I can see where the author was trying to accomplish. But the romance… That was so badly done. The love interest is basically just this random character that you don’t have any connection to or know anything about (at least I felt that way), and then ten minutes later they’re making out and completely in love with each other. Ughhh. This kind of “romance” is exactly the reason why I’m started to get frustrated with YA.

As a recap, Sky in the Deep had a lot of potential but it didn’t follow through in the least.

2.5/5