Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky, #3)

by Veronica Rossi

[Kelly]

http://www.divabooknerd.com/2013/12/into-still-blue-by-veronica-rossi-arc.html

Into The Still Blue is a difficult book to review, as not only have I received an advanced reading copy but being a series finale, I don't want to reveal too much (remaining comments will be hidden under spoiler tags). So I'll just add that this is how you end a much loved series, well done Veronica Rossi, well done.

The storyline continues as the Dweller and Tides survivors have made camp within the cave network, in a bid to escape the furious and deadly Aether storms that are threatening to destroy what's left of their world. Their only option is to transport all four hundred cave inhabitants to the illusive Still Blue, where it's rumored to provide a safe environment in which man can live. But first they must rescue Cinder and take on Hess and Sable, which is no easy feat.

Veronica Rossi has created a unique young adult series that is driven by a dying environment, as seen from two different points of view. Perry, who is a hunter, leading his tribe and survives in spite of the harsh environmental conditions. Aria is a Dweller, she was born into a life of comfort and luxury, her genetics being the only difference between living in or outside of the man made domes that were built to sustain human life. Being exiled into the harsh conditions a few months ago, Aria has proven herself to be strong willed, a fighter and seeking justice against Hess and Sable, who are now almost unstoppable.

Into The Still Blue was verging on anticlimactic, mainly due to so many series finales this year offering so little, but Veronica Rossi has created a finale that will no doubt appease even the toughest critics. The journey into the Still Blue is not without it's heartbreak though, but regardless, it was brilliantly crafted, written and I'm sad to have to say goodbye to the characters that I've grown to love.