Title:
Sky
in the Deep
Author:
Adrienne
Young
Genre:
Fiction,
Young Adult
Publisher:
Wednesday
Books
Publishing
date: April 24th 2018
Pages:
352
Rating
★★★★☆
Hello today I’m reviewing a new release! So new it’s
not even out yet.
I want to thank Wednesday Books for providing me a copy
free of charge in exchange of an honest review.
Sky in the Deep is the debut
novel of author Adrienne Young and it follows the story of seventeen-year-old
Eelyn, a warrior part of a clan named Aska. This clan has been in an ancient rivalry
with another clan named Riki. Every five years both clans face each other in
the battlefield in an epic and brutal battle.
The story starts with
this epic battle. During the fight Eelyn sees her dead brother, Iri, fighting
alongside the enemy clan, and she ends up kidnapped by the enemy. Her brother’s
friend, Fiske, buys her as his servant in Iri’s behalf. Eelyn must endure living in the enemy’s
village during the winter, where everyone, including her own brother who
betrayed their clan, is an enemy. Her
plans change after the village is brutally raided by a ruthless clan thought to
be a legend, now Eelyn is even
more desperate to get back to her beloved famil and she will have to trust
Fiske and the Riki to defeat a common enemy.
This book is about Vikings, a concept I haven’t seen often or
at all in YA, so I was really interested in reading it, and all those five
stars reviews on Goodreads didn’t help my excitement. I developed extremely
high expectations on this book, which were partially met.
