Glow (Sky Chasers, #1)

by Amy Kathleen Ryan

I picked up Glow from the library because of its gorgeous space cover. I'm obsessed with space stuff and the cover was saying, "Zara, you need to read me."

The first thing that I need to do is discuss how the blurb of my book copy is misleading. After reading the blurb, I was expecting a book full of amazing star crossed space romance, instead, I got an extremely dark and dreadful space world...

I loved that this book didn't focus on the romance. Firstly, I wasn't invested in Kieran's and Waverly's (the main characters) relationship. Their relationship has already been going for 10 months by the time Glow has started. This means that I was unable to see the way in which their relationship started or how it grew. Secondly, there's a love triangle that occurs between Kieran, Waverly and Seth. The romance wasn't the main aspect of the novel. It was a sideline plot that was only focused on maybe once or twice in the novel. This is why I wasn't annoyed or irritated by any romance aspect.

The space aspect was one of my favourite parts of the novel. Ryan did some serious research about all her "space stuff." The world building in this novel was also well written, credible, easy to understand and believable.

The characters in Glow are also well-written. Each of the characters in the novel go through some terrible things that shape their lives either for the better, but mostly for the worst. This novel is also realistic. There is no "happily ever after." Nothing goes the way the characters want them to go and many sickening situations or consequences occur because of it.

Even although Glow was a gripping piece of writing with tons of action moments, it failed to knock my socks off my feet.