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An interesting book! I greatly enjoyed this one from beginning to end. Full review coming soon on my blog.

**Will be posting this on my blog, www.adventuresandreading.wordpress.com, on Jun. 28 2018**

The Stolen Sky was a really great read. If you’ve read my review of The Breaking Light, you’ll know that I wasn’t all too keen on picking this one up. Mainly because the first one was a bit iffy for me. But I’m really glad that I picked this one up and kept reading.

This book picks right up where the first ones drops off. Dade and Arden have just left the fight in the warehouse and Arden is dangerously hurt. Once they find a place to recuperate, Dade makes a deal with this dude Crispen to free Saben from whatever deal he made. Mina, the weapons dealer from book one, ended up being the one to save Dade from near death and comes to make good on the favor that he owes her for saving his life. As Dade and Arden try to work with Mina and her crew to pull off this grand heist of hers, a lot of things come to the forefront that they weren’t expecting. Friends become enemies, family becomes lost and found, loyalty turns to betrayal, and love may just not be enough to keep anyone together when everything tries to tear them apart.

I really liked that something was happening in every aspect of this book. There wasn’t a moment where it lulled or gave a sense that everything was okay for them moment. They’re world is literally turning to crap and every aspect of this book showed that. From the govies posing curfew and extra raids and security, to showing how Clarissa is now practically under lock and key for her supposed knowledge of Dade’s “death,” to Saben’s family living in conditions that aren’t really safe, to Arden sneaking into the Lesairs hideout and seeing the turmoil that the gang has become. It literally shows how perilous their world has actually become. And how much more they’ll have to work at staying alive.

I also really liked the growth seen in Dade and Arden’s relationship. It may not look much like growth because of all the secrets that they were keeping from each other. Also, because there were times of constant fighting. But, I appreciated the fact that they didn’t nudge away from the fact that it was happening. They both acknowledged it, talked about it, and had actual conversations instead of ignoring the problems and wishing it would disappear. They had each others backs and were each other’s teammate. They understood that they only had each other. And I absolutely loved that they both realized that they wanted more for each other and wanted a life together away from all of the destruction around them. They wanted to survive and have each other then live the life they were living without each other. Gosh. They cute.

I also really liked the introduction of the other characters that came to the forefront and had majro character arcs in this. When we first met Mina in the first book, it was a brief glimpse of this mysterious weapons dealer. This book I felt fleshed her and her crew out. We learned a bit into how they worked more like a family than a gang, which was completely different than how Arden’s family worked. We met Crispen who is definitely a shady character, but I feel like we’ll learn a lot more about him in the third book.

This book toward the end gripped me. I didn’t want it to end. I wanted more. I can’t wait until the third installment of this series comes out to see where Dade and Arden’s journey leads them next.

A great sequel to The Breaking Light. The characters were well written and interesting to read about. The plot is entertaining and draws you in. It's definitely a great second book in a series. The worldbuilding is also rather well done.

A great read but I really wish I had read the first one prior to reading this one. Will definitely need to look into that.