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Aria lives in a domed, protected world, safe from an outside environment with deadly aether storms. On lark, she and her equally frivolous friends venture into a forbidden dome, run into trouble, and she is banished from her safe existence into the outside. Peregrine, Perry, has never known anything but the hardscrabble fight for survival that is the outside. He also has special abilities unknown in the pods - he can smell people's emotions, both a blessing and a curse. Inevitably, they meet and
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Aria lives in a domed, protected world, safe from an outside environment with deadly aether storms. On lark, she and her equally frivolous friends venture into a forbidden dome, run into trouble, and she is banished from her safe existence into the outside. Peregrine, Perry, has never known anything but the hardscrabble fight for survival that is the outside. He also has special abilities unknown in the pods - he can smell people's emotions, both a blessing and a curse. Inevitably, they meet and
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Phwoar. I couldn't put this down. I mean, I could have, but I didn't have to, so I just stayed up all night reading it. Under the Never Sky is what would happen if Graceling and Blood Red Road and WALL-E had a baby. A really awesome baby.
This first book in a series (I think?) is full on post-apocalyptic and not-so-much dystopic (and I wish reviewers would just realize it's not dystopic instead of getting mad that there was not enough dystopic world building) but I think the series has the potent ...more
This first book in a series (I think?) is full on post-apocalyptic and not-so-much dystopic (and I wish reviewers would just realize it's not dystopic instead of getting mad that there was not enough dystopic world building) but I think the series has the potent ...more
Honestly, it's probably more of a 3.5. As many reviewers have already said, it has a really slow start. The world building also could have been a little more detailed, especially because when Perry's scents were described, so much detailed was used well, I know the author could have done better. That said, I loved the character development of the main and secondary characters, there was lots of action, a small love story but without the annoying love triangle. I'll definitely read the second boo
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3.5 stars
2.5 stars. This wasn't bad, it just wasn't that great. Pure has a similar-ish plot, and I was much more engaged in that story than this one. The romance was not compelling, the character evolutions too rapid, and the writing often clumsy. But it was an entertaining way to pass the time during jury duty.
(The blue cover is fine. What the heck is up with the pink cover?) ...more
(The blue cover is fine. What the heck is up with the pink cover?) ...more
Dec 30, 2011
Donalyn
marked it as to-read
Jan 02, 2012
Jenna
rated it
it was amazing
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young-adult,
science-fiction
