I really enjoyed The Loneliness of Distant Beings and so I was intrigued to find out what lay in store for our castaways after living their entire lives until now travelling through space with no hope of ever setting foot on land. While I’m allergic to romance I actually thought the forbidden romance between Seren and Dom in the first book was adorable.

Imagine my surprise when after the initial awe of exploring this unknown land along with Seren, Dom and their companions I wound up bored. I would’ve been happy to plod along had it not been for the extremely unbelievable development at 41%. I stopped at 42% because even though it was slow going beforehand the unnamed spoiler took me right out of the book and made me wish the author had left The Loneliness of Distant Beings as a standalone.

Having said that I’m certainly interested in The Truth of Different Skies because I love a good prequel and I’d like to find out how the events in Loneliness came to be. So in May 2018 expect me to be reading a library copy of book 3/the prequel. If I enjoy that one I’ll be revisiting this book because I’m hopeful that the prequel gives some sort of explanation that turns my unbelievable stance into an “oh, so that’s why that happened!”. If/When I make it to 100% on this one I will update this review.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Hachette Children’s Books, Australia for the opportunity to read this book.

This sequel to The Loneliness of Distant Beings does not disappoint. One of my top favourites to recommend, it has a blend of everything from adventure, romance, science fiction and survival. I would recommend this book to fans of the tv show Roswell or Starcrossed. It had me gasping for more as I rejoined the adventure, bawling my eyes out as the story unfolded in everything I expected and more. Kate Ling is astounding and I think everyone needs the Ventura Saga in their lives.