Author: Shannon MessengerEdition: hardcoverSeries: Let the Sky Fall #1Released Date: March 5th, 2013Publisher: Simon Pulse
Goodreads / Amazon Seventeen-year-old Vane Weston has no idea how he survived the category five tornado that killed his parents. And he has no idea if the beautiful, dark-haired girl who’s swept through his dreams every night since the storm is real. But he hopes she is.
Seventeen-year-old Audra is a sylph, an air elemental. She walks on the wind, can translate its alluring songs, and can even coax it into a weapon with a simple string of commands. She’s also a guardian—Vane’s guardian—and has sworn an oath to protect Vane at all costs. Even if it means sacrificing her own life.
When a hasty mistake reveals their location to the enemy who murdered both of their families, Audra’s forced to help Vane remember who he is. He has a power to claim—the secret language of the West Wind, which only he can understand. But unlocking his heritage will also unlock the memory Audra needs him to forget. And their greatest danger is not the warriors coming to destroy them—but the forbidden romance that’s grown between them.
Audra has been serving as Vane's guardian angel since the last time she saw him when his parents died. Vane doesn't remember Audra, but he constantly sees her in his dreams and thinks she sees him. Finally revealing herself to Vane, Audra has to train Vane for the battle in which
How do I even begin about this novel? Well first of all, it's about sylphs. That's awesome, because I love reading about different mythologies. Heck, I have never even read about sylphs before. My knowledge on the subject was very limited because of that, but I still was able to catch on quickly with Shannon Messenger's easy to understand, yet wonderful writing.
The romance, oh wow. So I'm the type of girl that gets butterflies in my stomach when I'm reading about other cute moments. Usually I get them when I read about a first kiss or the first profession of love. With Let the Sky Fall, I found myself having butterflies many times throughout the novel. Of course I got them during their first kiss, but I also found myself getting butterflies when these characters would simply think of each other. It wasn't that crazy-obsessive love, but a sweet and gentle love that they would prefer to keep to themselves in order to survive. Regardless, the instant they said those three words I was flying all over the place. Audra and Vane's forbidden romance was wonderfully amazing. It's as simple as that.
All throughout the book there was something going on. I think that was due to the dual POV. I felt that there wasn't much of a slow part. There was multiple scenes that developed the rest of the story for the characters. Like Vane's date in the beginning of the book shows that he's just a normal guy. Well, at least he thinks it is. Then there's the date later on in the book, when he's mad at Audra. It shows that he will be vulnerable for people he cares, but puts up a wall afterwards to protect himself. Each step Vane took developed him more and more.With Audra, she was a pretty consistent character - right up until the last few chapters. Audra refused to let herself be with Vane. She kept her boundaries, but found herself letting her own walls crumble down. She was a strong character. Audra was able to take a stand and hold herself in very human-like situations. At some times she was really cold because of her father's death, but other times he was very sensitive and found herself crying.
Everything about this novel was fricken fantastic. There was a lot of twists and turns, and a lot of things were revealed at the end of the story. The characters and plots brought out so many emotions to the surface, and I sincerely can't wait to read the sequel. Kudos, Shannon Messenger!