These characters cracked me up! ( )

I thought I would love this book. I didn't.

I enjoyed the worldbuilding and the writing style, and sometimes the humor.

At first, I enjoyed the fact that the main characters were so unlikeable, who doesn't love a good redemption/taking responsibility for yourself and other people arc?

The problem was - there was no arc. The characters didn't develop, so they just got annoying over time. They rarely acted on their own, mostly things just happened to them and they stood there and took it and did NOT develop because of it.

The book does not seem to know what it wants to be or could not decide. For a dystopian story, there's too little worldbuilding, for a coming-of-age story there's too little character development, for a political story there's too little politics, for a fantasy story there's too little adventure and, unfortunately, for a good story there's no story arc and no real conclusion. It's just a string of random events, not really epic, but at the same time not really personal. ( )

This is an imaginative romp of a book. Picture a teenage version of Coraline having an arranged with a young boy who has a feral girl as a pet. Add some dragons and kooky relatives, hostile home invaders, firefighters, etc. My only problem is the story is too convoluted. It could do with serious editing to cut down on the wordiness and tangential storylines. ( )

3.5 stars

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I can not start to describe The Sky Is Yours, but I'm sure it will end up on my most talked out list for sure. Dragons (who seem to just be there) have taken over Empire Island and the surviving humans try to make the best of it run either by the super-rich or the mafia. Amidst all this, Duncan and Swanny prepare their forced marriage. And then, hell breaks lose.

I feel conflicted about The Sky Is Yours. At first, I didn't know what to think about it, and honestly, I was having some trouble to keep my attention focused on the book. Duncan and Swanny are both rather flawed characters, which made them interesting and a little bit annoying at the same time, but I couldn't figure out what kind of book it wanted to be (after reading all of it, I'm still not sure).

What I can say though is that it is unlike any of the other Dystopian or dragon filled books that I've read, and I've read quite a few. This is one of those books I can only classify as genre-defying. Is it all good? No, there are quite a few stereotypes being played out and some of it is just a bit too much. Would I recommend it? That's a difficult one, since it certainly isn't for everyone, however it had something of a fresh tone (that we so desperately need in the Dystopian scene) so I'm looking forward to Chandler Klang Smith's next work.

Thanks to Blogging for Books and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! ( )

Interesting, bizarre, memorable. Unclear about symbolism or greater meaning to the story. ( )