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Ten Thousand Skies Above You (Firebird, #2)

Claudia Gray,

Tavia Gilbert (Narrator)

Start date: June 14, 2016

Finish date: June 17, 2016

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Feb 05, 2015 Tonyalee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: well-arent-you-pretty, young-adult, i-needs-it, arc, i-dont-even-know, 2015-read, need-to-buy

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One doesn't just read (& review) Ten Thousand Skies Above You. This book, like it's predecessor, is a journey. An experience. It opens up your mind to the possibility of other worlds and challenges your thoughts on right and wrong and what makes a person whole. What is destiny, even fate? It opens up a lot of different topics for discussion. Some on the lighter side and some with a lot more depth. Both make you think, long ...more

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Dec 30, 2015 Jessica rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Before we start talking about the book, can we just take a minute to admire this gorgeous cover? Seriously, it’s beautiful. I really regret buying the ebook instead of a physical copy, just so I could stare at the cover! The stunning works of cover art are initially what drew me into this series. Jennifer and I did a dual review of A Thousand Pieces of You last year, and we both loved it. I was extremely excited to jump into the sequel and see what dimensi http://bookshelfery.com/book-review-t...

Before we start talking about the book, can we just take a minute to admire this gorgeous cover? Seriously, it’s beautiful. I really regret buying the ebook instead of a physical copy, just so I could stare at the cover! The stunning works of cover art are initially what drew me into this series. Jennifer and I did a dual review of A Thousand Pieces of You last year, and we both loved it. I was extremely excited to jump into the sequel and see what dimensions Marguerite would be traveling to this time.

The good news: the world-building in this series is still great. We travel to a dimension where San Francisco has been ravaged by war, one where New York is completely unrecognizable, and we re-visit a dimension from the first book, only this time around we get to see Paris. I love how different each world is, and really wish that we had gotten to see even more of each of them.

The not-so-good news: the love triangle takes a bigger role in this story, and that isn’t necessarily a good thing. Marguerite realizes that not all the versions of Paul, Theo, and herself are the same. She isn’t in love with the same person in each dimension, and in certain dimensions, some of the characters aren’t even likable. This leads to some angst and self-pity for all three of them. Marguerite also has a lot of guilt about taking over other bodies and making choices for them, and debates about the ethics of it. I mentioned that I liked that aspect of it in my review of the first book, and it still holds true. It feels realistic that she would be concerned with consequences.

Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray is a really good book, despite the love triangle that I could have done without. The writing is beautiful and fun to read. I still find the dimensional travel to be fascinating, and this book goes a little more into the science involved in it. I also liked how important her family was to her. There was some humor, a few surprises, and a really great ending that left me wanting to read the third book NOW. I like this series so much that I am willing to overlook the romance angle and focus on the nerdy, cool aspects. How awesome would it be to discover different versions of yourself in multiple dimensions?! Now to count down the days until the cover art for the third and final book in the Firebird trilogy is released… ...more

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