I received this free eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.

This has been on my TBR pile for so long, and I'm glad I finally got around to it. I really enjoyed the storyline and seeing the characters change throughout the story was a great character development. The plot was great and kept my attention. I'm glad I got the chance to read this and will be on the lookout for more in the future!

I recently bought a new kindle after my old one broke. For some reason I was unable to download this title from the cloud onto my kindle, therefore I will be unable to review this title. I am sorry for any inconvenience caused

I requested this book many years ago on NetGalley and realized recently I got approved for a lot more than I remember and reviewing very few of them making my score horribly low. I decided to address my low score recently by going through and picking my read percent back up, so I'll be reading this entire series in the next few months because I had got approved for them all on NetGalley.

I wish I would have not waited so long to read this one. It had a great story development and direction. It unlocked so many more angles and power than I could have imagined and it was fun to see them all put to work. It was very creative and inclusive. I loved that the main characters' partner in crime was handicap. It brought a different dimension that was fun to experience. I loved that the ending of this one brought both closure and mystery. It both wrapped up a huge loose end and left a little open to bring into the next one and I'm excited to see what that develops into.

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Hunted. Kidnapped. Bled. Destiny can be dangerous...
Skylar Reid’s world has been turned upside down. Sasha, the little girl Skylar baby-sits, is kidnapped and believed to be murdered. Then Dana, a girl with extreme abilities, roars into town on a motorcycle, claiming Sasha has been taken by the Organization because a hormone in her blood gives her special abilities. To top it all off, Dana says Skylar has the hormone too. When they discover Sasha might still be alive, all bets are off. The teens must race to uncover the Organization and rescue Sasha...before it’s too late.

Suzanne Brockmann is well-known for her plot-driven romantic thriller novels. There is a certain expectation with her novels that just doesn't come out here.

I read the prequel novella a little while ago and my two gripes about that were the character of Skylar and the language - and that is still relevant in this first novel. Skylar is a whiny, annoying teenager with superpowers who complains about everything for the first half of the book - and then spends the second half of the book deliberately overseeing all the obvious signs that, if acted on, could have made this book far shorter and easier to manage...
The other problem was the language - I don't mean bad language, although there is a vast amount of that. It is the fact that, in one sentence, Skylar would use ridiculous teenage words and phrases and then, in the next sentence, she would be eloquent and intelligent. A marriage that just doesn't work for me.

Also, on top of that, was the fact that this book was almost 500 pages - for a debut YA novel. And nothing really happens. The plot is pretty much non-existent for the first 2/3 of the book and only seems to pick up speed as we rush to the staggering climax of...oh, wait, no staggering climax, just a set-up for book 2.

Which I won't read...


Paul
ARH

This is the first book in the Night Sky series by Suzanne and Melanie Brockmann. I believe that this is a good start to what is going to be a very good series. I look forward to the next book and to see where Suzanne and Melanie take it.

This story takes place in a future United States. The economy has taken a turn for the worst and everyone is divided into the have and the have-not's. Skyler is a have along with her friend Calvin. They both have what they need and attend a private academy. Calvin is in a wheelchair from a car wreck in his earlier years. This are not all perfect for Skylar and Calvin but they do have what they need.

When the young girl that Skylar is babysitting disappears, she is determined to find her. Along the way, Skylar learns from Dana that she is a Greater Than. This means that Skylar can do extraordinary things because of a hormone that lets her use more of her brain. This hormone is the basis for the currently popular drug Destiny. Destiny is really expensive, instantly addictive, and can cure diseases and restore a person's youth.

Dana tells Skylar that Sasha, the girl she was babysitting, is probably a Greater Than and that was why she was taken. They might have killed her for her blood to make more of the drug Destiny. Dana and her friend Milo are trying to track down the makers of Destiny because Dana wants revenge for her younger sister being killed. The murder was pinned on her father which was not right so Dana is out to prove them wrong.

Skylar falls for Milo, that's where the romance comes in. Skylar feels really guilty because she just knows that Milo and Dana are in a relationship. Skylar can communicate with Milo telepathically though and that makes things even more interesting.

This is a good story that will keep your attention and keep you reading. I am excited that there is going to be another book in this series. Great job on this one!

This book was a miss for me. Despite having a swoony love interest and really fun best friend, it was hard to get a handle on the other characters. I could never really picture the world of this book, so I sometimes had trouble following the action.