Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger

Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall, #1)

by Shannon Messenger

Vane Weston should have died in the category-five tornado that killed his parents. Instead, he woke up in a pile of rubble with no memories of his past—except one: a beautiful, dark-haired girl standing in the winds. She's swept through his dreams ever since, and he clings to the hope that she's real.

Audra is real, but she isn't human. She's a sylph, an air elemental who can walk on the wind, translate its alluring songs, even twist it into a weapon. She's also a guardian—Vane's guardian—and has sworn an oath to protect him at all costs.

When a hasty mistake reveals their location to the enemy who murdered both their families, Audra has just days to help Vane unlock his memories. And as the storm winds gather, Audra and Vane start to realize that the greatest danger might not be the warriors coming to destroy them, but the forbidden romance between them.

Reviewed by Stephanie on

3 of 5 stars

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I had high hopes for this book the moment I heard of the book deal announcement. There's not many books in YA that are about Sylphs, and it sounds pretty awesome. And I can say the book was good, but I did feel like it dragged a little.

I liked that Let the Sky Fall jumps between Vane and Audra's POV's. I really liked that we got Audra's side of the story, just because there's more information about the Sylph's and what they do and how they manage everything. I found the world very fascinating. With Vane, we don't get any of that because he doesn't remember anything from his childhood when the tornado came and killed his parents.

The story did seem kind of boring at times. I think the one thing that made me feel like this was because a lot of the book is about Audra preparing Vane for this big fight with some evil guy. So all it was, was Audra yelling at Vane to take it seriously and trying to get him to learn his Westerly language. Which, like I said, the concept is really interesting, I just wish more happened.

Vane drove me a little crazy at times with his refusal to accept that he's a sylph. I mean, I get that it's a little crazy to find out you're a sylph, but he just got under my skin a bit. I really liked Audra though, she had a very tragic background and has gone through a lot and I really appreciated how she handled everything, even when she wasn't handling something's very well. And I really appreciated how the book ended.

I also really enjoyed the writing. It's really simple and easy to read.

Overall, I really liked the story, there were just some moments where I felt like nothing was really happening. But all in all, a quick and easy read.

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