Estimated Reading Time: 6min

Brandon Sanderson is always coming out with new books, and this one was a surprise for me.. it felt different than what I had read before and I have mixed feelings as the books continue.

Skyward

Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When she discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship, she realizes this dream might be possible—assuming she can repair the ship, navigate flight school, and (perhaps most importantly) persuade the strange machine to help her. Because this ship, uniquely, appears to have a soul.

Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Death of a Parent
Moderate: Violence, Bullying, Grief
Minor: Vomit, Injury

My Review

Oh. My. Stars.
I loved this book so much. I laughed so often and to the point of coughing up a lung. I was so invested that I was yelling and cringing at all times. The story was flawless? The characters fabulous and the interplay between all the characters was just *mwah*
Can I also say – the mushrooms? I just loved the randomness of that 😂
The development of character growth, the amazingness of the action, the fascinating other world pilot training, it was everything I could have asked for.
Masterfully written – absolutely adored it.

Starsight

Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Violence
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun Violence
Minor: Abandonment, Death of a Parent, Mental Illness

My Review

The first book was learning how to fly fighter jets, this second one was like a Star Trek episode. It was a large flip, and I think that’s why it took me more to get invested into this one.
The new characters, species, and world, was interesting. It was however, quite overwhelming. I was used to the idea of one species thanks to book one, and one world, but I was not prepared for the large amount of unusual and unknown creatures and Customs. It was interesting, but it did take a lot of focus to try and remember who everybody was, and what they had to do with the story, and how they were supposed to have interacted with each other. Again, Star Trek episode. This however, didn’t have the advantage of visual cues. I did like it though, And I did find a lot of that fascinating, but it was different to what I signed up for in book one. I really enjoyed book one, in fact it was a five star book for me, this was not as good. It was following the same people, and Opening up more understanding in particular for the cytonic abilities, but even the tone felt a little different. The first book seemed to feel more humorous, even though I don’t know if that’s true or not because it has been quite some time since I read the first book. It very well could have the exact same amount of humour, although we didn’t see as much of M-Bot as I wanted, and that character brought a lot of humour.
I didn’t care as much in this book as I did in the first. I don’t know if it was because the steaks were different, the characters all changed except for Spensa, or some other reason. Whatever the reason was, it just wasn’t as good as the first one for me. I probably will eventually get to the last book, but it’s not high on my priority list.

Would I Recommend This Book?

While I would say YES for book 1, book 2 turns into something a little (very) different, so I would say yes, but keep that in mind if you read it.

Similar Books You Might Like

If you are thinking what kind of books would have similar feel, themes or content, here is a list that you can consider:

• Mistborn (Sanderson)
• Tress of the Emerald Sea (Sanderson)
• The Sunlit Man (Sanderson)

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See You in the Adventures!
Christy Grace