Most of her life is spent in the Realms, complex simulations that are thought to be even better than the real world. Aria lives in Reverie, a Pod, safe from the aether outside. Under the Never Sky is told in third person from the perspectives of Aria and Peregrine (aka Perry). For whatever reason, I was pretty sure this was going to be another instalove dystopia, but I'm glad to say that it's definitely not that. I feared this would be another disappointment, with a trap of a cover. I nearly ordered a copy for myself a couple of times, but, ultimately, decided against it. When Under the Never Sky first came out, I was really excited, hoping to love it. Originally reviewed on A Reader of Fictions. In her enthralling debut, Veronica Rossi sends readers on an unforgettable adventure set in a world brimming with harshness and beauty. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive. But he needs Aria’s help too she alone holds the key to his redemption.

He’s – a savage – and her only hope of staying alive.Ī hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile – everything he would expect from a Dweller.

She’s been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. This was worse.Įxiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland – known as The Death Shop – are slim. Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered.

Under the never sky by veronica rossi