My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Summary from Goodreads
Sera has always felt as if she didn’t belong among her people, the Cerulean. She is curious about everything and can’t stop questioning her three mothers, her best friend, Leela, and even the High Priestess. Sera has longed for the day when the tether that connects her City Above the Sky to the earthly world below finally severs and sends the Cerulean to a new planet.
But when Sera is chosen as the sacrifice to break the tether, she doesn’t know what to feel. To save her City, Sera must throw herself from its edge and end her own life. But something goes wrong and she survives the fall, landing in a place called Kaolin. She has heard tales about the humans there, and soon learns that the dangers her mothers warned her of are real. If Sera has any hope to return to her City, she’ll have to find the magic within herself to survive.
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I received an e-ARC from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. Review can be found on *Milky Way of Books*
The new series by Amy Ewing begins with a city on the sky and four different POVs which slowly add to the plot. From the City Above the Sky to the ground of Earth we see how magic, science and different roles combine as the characters try to find their own path and grow up.
The pros go to the beautiful descriptions of the City and the magic of cloudspinning. It sounded beautiful. But despite the gorgeous cover and the beauty of the premise, there wasn't much development to the plot and Leo was the one character I didn't like. Also with four POVs the action didn't feel balanced enough. It might be an issue of my own but don't let this be your main factor. And also for a City of high Intelligence and magic, learning from the start that they had only oral stories and NOTHING WRITTEN was a dead giveaway to the sinister path behind its glittering visage.
About the author:
She grew up in a small town outside Boston, where her librarian mother instilled a deep love of reading at a young age. Amy moved to New York City in 2000 to study theater at New York University. Unfortunately, her acting career didn’t quite pan out. She worked in restaurants, as an administrative assistant, a nanny, and a sales representative for a wine distributor before the lack of creativity in her life drove her to begin writing.
Amy received her MFA in Creative Writing for Children from The New School, where she was lucky enough to meet a fabulous community of YA writers who keep her sane on a daily basis. She lives in Harlem, where she spends her days writing, eating cheese, and occasionally binge watching The Vampire Diaries.
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