Book Review #3: Under the Never Sky

In "Under the Never Sky" there is a world controlled by the Aether, a storm that lingers in the air and never goes away. It funnels down to the earth to produce a tunnel of electricity and burns anything in its radius. The Aether storms come and go and are rather random and only the "Outsiders" can tell when they come. In this book there are two main characters, Aria and Peregrine, or "Perry" for short. Aria lives in Reverie which is one of the domes that serves as homes for the "chosen ones". The people who aren't chosen have to try their luck on the outside, also known as the wasteland. Perry is one of the "Outsiders" and lives in the Tides, one of the many tribes. One night Aria is thrown out of Reverie and has to figure out a way to survive. If she doesn't die from the outsiders, she'll die from the storms. Her only hope is to work with the one person her kind despises, Perry. They decide to put their differences aside, knowing the only way to survive is with each other. Their unlikely alliance forms into something more and decides the fates of everyone living under the Aether.


This book is a trilogy and I just finished the second book "Through the Ever Night". This book was kind of hard to get into in the beginning because of the author's writing style. She talks in third person and switches between Aria and Perry every chapter. Besides the writing style, the book has a great story line! If you're into the Divergent trilogy, Matched trilogy, Legend trilogy, or the Delirium trilogy you would love this book! The non-stop action and twists keep you hooked the entire time.


 "The Aether looked brighter than it had earlier. It knotted on the horizon in glowing blue waves. She watched the sky until she was sure. The waves were rolling toward her. Aria closed her eyes and listened to the flapping of the wind blowing past her ears, rising and falling." (Pg 98)

 I chose this quote to go with the pictures to give a small description of the Aether storm and what it looks like. They give more details in small glimpses throughout Aria's perspective as she travels the outside world for the first time. I chose a picture of a "Magic" card because it is actually an Aether storm, and I think that's where the author might have gotten it from. But I also think that the Aether storms look different when it is still and not funneling. I imagine it looking more like the Northern Lights because of the character's descriptions of how beautiful it is when it's calm.