Skyward by Brandon Sanderson follows a rebellious girl called Spensa. She has spent her entire life looking up to her father; a man who the military government of their underground settlement has labeled a traitor. Her homeworld, where their ship crash-landed before Spensa was born, has been under attack by strange aliens for her entire life. In order to clear her father's name and bring glory to her family, Spensa gets into Flight School. But even with the honor of being in school, she's not allowed to stay on the base with the other cadets. She stumbles upon a cave where a strange ship has been parked in the cavern for years with stealth technology and a sassy AI. Can Spensa repair the ship? Will she ever be allowed to graduate flight school? Can she clear her father's name?
I loved Skyward. I don't know why it took me so long to pick this one up, but I'm grateful I got around to it. Brandon Sanderson is a master of character rotations (writing in the third person from a different character's point of view), but he doesn't utilize that technique in Skyward. Instead, he wrote it in the first person. For the most part, I enjoyed Spensa's personality, though I have to say, M-Bot was probably my favorite. I loved the characters, the development of the plot. I didn't feel like it was too predictable, though it is a little like Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card if you really think too hard about it. This is just a fun read all the way around!
I rate this PG-13 and 5 Stars
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