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A review by saidtheraina
Dark Life by Kat Falls
4.0
This is a solid, solid YA fantasy. I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more attention. Great cover, great premise, complex plotting, engaging world. I really don't have anything bad to say about it.
The oceans have risen and most of humanity lives in cramped skyscrapers on the scraps of land still above the waters. Ty is the child of two scientists who pioneered living below the water - he was the first child born undersea.
I loved the layerings of subplots here. How as much as Ty is strange topside, the topsiders he meets are strange in his environment. Falls (quite possibly the coolest (and most obvious) pen name ever) brings in issues of prejudice and otherness in a really nice way. She also creates complex characters, cool sci-fi, a fascinating world which I want to explore more... I really could go on and on.
I don't think I would have picked up on the "western" thing if I hadn't read it in another review. But, for me, that's not a bad thing.
TRL-Note: I'm not really sure why this is shelved in J in our library system. It feels very YAish. Budding romance, high action.
The oceans have risen and most of humanity lives in cramped skyscrapers on the scraps of land still above the waters. Ty is the child of two scientists who pioneered living below the water - he was the first child born undersea.
I loved the layerings of subplots here. How as much as Ty is strange topside, the topsiders he meets are strange in his environment. Falls (quite possibly the coolest (and most obvious) pen name ever) brings in issues of prejudice and otherness in a really nice way. She also creates complex characters, cool sci-fi, a fascinating world which I want to explore more... I really could go on and on.
I don't think I would have picked up on the "western" thing if I hadn't read it in another review. But, for me, that's not a bad thing.
TRL-Note: I'm not really sure why this is shelved in J in our library system. It feels very YAish. Budding romance, high action.