Details:
Title: Out of the Blue
Author: Sophie Cameron
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN 13: 978-1509853168
Synopsis:
When angels start falling from the sky, it seems like the world is ending. For most people it doesn't. But for Jaya the world ended when her mother died, two weeks before the first angel fell.
Smashing down to earth at extraordinary speeds, wings bent, faces contorted, not a single one has survived and, as the world goes angel crazy, Jaya's father uproots the family to Edinburgh, intent on catching one alive. But Jaya can't stand his obsession and, struggling to make sense of her mother's sudden death and her own role on that fateful day, she's determined to stay out of it. Then something extraordinary happens: an angel lands right at Jaya’s feet, and it’s alive.
Review:
This book felt like a contemporary masquerading as a fantasy. Especially as there was no satisfactory resolution to the fantastical part of the story. The writing style was okay, I enjoyed it generally (though there was speech written in local dialect thrown in randomly sometimes) and while I did appreciate the representation (bisexuality as well as disability) I felt it may not be completely realistic. It was an okay read but not something I would read again or rave about.
This book felt like a contemporary masquerading as a fantasy. Especially as there was no satisfactory resolution to the fantastical part of the story. The writing style was okay, I enjoyed it generally (though there was speech written in local dialect thrown in randomly sometimes) and while I did appreciate the representation (bisexuality as well as disability) I felt it may not be completely realistic. It was an okay read but not something I would read again or rave about.
I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars.
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