Under the Never Sky - Rambling Readers

Paperback, 336 pages

Published Feb. 1, 2012 by Atom.

ISBN:: 978-1-907411-05-2

(2 reviews)

Since she'd been on the outside, she'd survived an Aether storm, she'd had a knife held to her throat, and she'd seen men murdered. This was worse.

Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland--known as The Death Shop--are slim. If the cannibals don't get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She's been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He's wild--a savage--and her only hope of staying alive.

A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile--everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria's help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine …

Since she'd been on the outside, she'd survived an Aether storm, she'd had a knife held to her throat, and she'd seen men murdered. This was worse.

Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland--known as The Death Shop--are slim. If the cannibals don't get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She's been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He's wild--a savage--and her only hope of staying alive.

A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile--everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria's help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky.

In her enthralling debut, Veronica Rossi sends readers on an unforgettable adventure set in a world brimming with harshness and beauty.

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crabbygirl reviewed Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Review of 'Under the Never Sky' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

this started out as a pretty good sci-fi but then stalled in the middle and never recovered. i liked the concept of the pods and living thru virtual reality - something done many times - but the character left the pod too soon and we don't get a good sense of the underlying life there. by the time the negative side is described, i'd lost interest.

the outsiders have a good angle too - with many of their kind having their senses heightened - but this was also not developed enough.

there's a romance in there that would readily appeal to teen girls but that arc seems to take over the story. and then nothing is really resolved as you realize this is a (hopeful) trilogy. i won't be reading the rest because i can already predict what will happen.

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Dec. 27, 2014