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To ask other readers questions about Skyborn , please sign up. Is this a stand alone series, or do I need to read the Shadowdance series first? David Dalglish It's stand alone, completely separate from Shadowdance or any of my other series. Is this a spinoff of his Shadowdance books, or somehow related to them? A Random No. It is completely standalone. See all 4 questions about Skyborn…. Lists with This Book.

Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Skyborn Seraphim, 1. Jun 25, Mogsy MMOGC rated it really liked it Shelves: review-copy , action-adventure , netgalley , arcs-and-galleys , fantasy , favorites. Look at me. This is my stunned face. As in, I could not believe how good this book turned out.

In fact, if I had to rate this book based on just its second half alone, it would have been an easy 5 s 4. In fact, if I had to rate this book based on just its second half alone, it would have been an easy 5 stars. But the first half, despite not having the same level of excitement and energy of the second half, was no slouch either. In the first two hundred pages or so, David Dalglish made sure we got plenty of time to familiarize ourselves with the fascinating world of Skyborn.

We also got to know our two protagonists, twins Bree and Kael. Readers take to the skies in this opening to a new series set in a richly imaginative world. Hundreds of years have passed since a disaster wiped out much of humanity, and survivors have established a new society on six floating island kingdoms which are constantly warring with each other.

Aerial battles are fought by Seraphim, elite winged soldiers who command the powers of the elements. The story begins with one such conflict. It is their dream to become Seraphim themselves, and at age sixteen, after finding out their elemental attunements, both siblings are accepted into the Seraphim Academy where they will learn how to fight using weapons powered by elemental crystals and fly wearing specialized wings.

But something smelled fishy right from the start. But who would want to push them towards this fate? And why? The book started off slow for me, but if you enjoy academy settings and training school tropes, perhaps you may take to the intro with more ease and speed. This part of the story was rather typical, following the twins as they get settled into their new lives as Seraphim cadets. Indeed, I sense the potential for strong YA crossover appeal…but with a wicked edge.

As dynamic sibling duos go, they make one hell of a team. As events of the novel ramp up and relations between the islands continue to deteriorate, the plot also becomes increasingly edgy and suspenseful. The story took off like a rocket at this point. Unfortunately for me, I was reading Skyborn at night and reached this part right before bedtime.

Good bye, sleep! From here on out, this book was impossible to put down. And after I was done, it was another couple of hours before my mind could calm down from that nail-biting, heart-dropping-into-the-pit-of-my-stomach conclusion.

Days after I finished, the heart-pounding aerial sequences are still playing out over and over in my head, and the euphoria from reading this book is not likely to fade away any time soon. These feelings are a bit of a surprise, but I sure wish more novels would shake up my expectations the way this one did.

A unique and refreshing series-opener, Skyborn is a high-flying, whiplash-inducing adventure that took my breath away! What more can I say, other than I await the next installment with no small amount of impatience! View all 6 comments. May 07, nat. Okay so that last one is specific to this book because I can't think of any other books with sky cities in them but hey it definitely makes that list now.

I was enthralled from the beginning and it kept my interest all the way through. I found it very easy to read, like I didn't think it was really dense writing like some fantasies can be and that definitely helped keep me intrigued. The characters were cool and likeable, and there were times when they were sad that I actually wanted to go and hug them haha. Bree is your badass and sometimes reckless female character, but she isn't cold hearted and feels a lot of guilt for stuff that happens.

Kael is the quieter, more level headed and more adorable one that I would love to be friends with, and he is very loyal to his sister.

The POVs switch which I like a lot. There were some great side characters too. The flying and elemental magic combination made for some unique and destructive fight scenes. The only thing I would've liked more about that is if the elements were able to be used together somehow. True the book didn't leave every mystery answered, but it's only the first book. I have every belief they will be explained more in the sequels I preordered Fireborn halfway through reading this and that cliffhanger ending made sure I will probably read the sequel as soon as I get my hands on it!

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Well, now, now, that's one hell of an original story. Theotechs, winged flyers, elements command, conspiracies and subterfuge, sky battles and earthly studies, all this makes for a very original world. Uh-huh, a really nice mix of genres and larger than life characters. I loved it and I'll have too look up the next book in this series to know what will further happen.

Routine, Kael. You can disguise a lot of things by making them part of a boring old routine. Sep 22, Matthew rated it really liked it. I really enjoyed this Full review to come. It took me a little while to get into this, but once I did I was hooked! The writing style is accessible, the characters are likable, and I really liked the seeds sown towards the end about where the series is headed.

Perhaps most of all, I really liked the relationship between the two main characters twins and their friends. It reminded me a lot of the friendship I have with my brother! It was really refreshing! Excited for book 2! View 2 comments. Dec 16, Stephanie G rated it really liked it Shelves: reviewed-read-by-beth. Breanna and Kael have yet to take their test at Center.

The test is to discover if they have the skill needed to become Seraphim, like their parents. Seraphim are soldiers for the floating islands. A friend of their parents, a Seraphim from Center, convinces their aunt that Breanna and Kael have yet to take their test at Center.

A friend of their parents, a Seraphim from Center, convinces their aunt that it is time for their tests. Showing elemental skill the two are sent to the Academy where events build until a war between islands starts to brew.

I felt much more attached to Breanna. Both characters are sixteen and training to be warriors for their island gaining skills that might put them on the path to saving their island s. The majority of the book takes place at the academy as Breanna and Keal learn to be Seraphims.

Breanna learns swordsmanship from an older student at the academy and the two fall in love with one another until he decides to duel a man at another academy. Politics are brewing in the background. There is a man labeled a heretic who preaches against Center and its Theotechs. He believes the Throtechs, who keep the islands afloat and the elemental prisms working, are lying to the people.

Is Center using them and pitting them against each other to control the population? Breanna and Keal start to notice that Center is watching them closely, slowly they start to wonder why.

I enjoyed the world of Skyborn. I look forward for the next novel, Fireborn. My only reservation is that this should have been labeled YA. I mean the story is about floating islands, throwing around fire and ice, and fighting while flying through the air. The main characters are sixteen years old.

Why does it picture none of these things? Jan 19, Veronica rated it it was ok Shelves: fantasy , ya. Skyborn makes for a quick read and while it presents a very cool idea - floating islands! Our protagonists are Kael and Bree, 16 year old twins whose parents were both Seraphims winged warriors for their island nation and who were both killed in battle five years ago. Naturally, this means that the twins feel bound to follow in the parental footsteps. Kael is the level-headed one, the one for whom everything doesn't come easily.

Bree is t Skyborn makes for a quick read and while it presents a very cool idea - floating islands! Bree is the reckless one, the one who excels at everything except for the five minutes when she isn't immediately the best at something and then she can't handle being "ordinary" , the one who after only a year of training is better than veteran soldiers. Kael is the more interesting - if only because he's not constantly pouting over not being 1 - though both feel pretty two dimensional. There was some political stuff going on with obvious biblical similarities but I just didn't care.

Oct 27, Elizabeth Fitzgerald rated it liked it Shelves: netgalley. Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Skyborn was not my cup of tea. It has some interesting concepts but I found the characters flat and difficult to connect to. The story kicks off with a battle between Seraphim: aerial soldiers who utilise mechanical wings to fly and fight with elemental energy stored in prisms.

It's an action-packed beginning, but one that struggles under the weight of all the worldbuilding jammed into it. The stakes are hig Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The stakes are high for Breanna and Kael, whose parents serve in the defending army. However, those stakes might as well not exist for the reader, who doesn't get to meet the older Skyborns until Breanna's mother dies in her arms.

Without any kind of emotional connection, the sequence reads as a series of tropes solely designed to deliver information about the world.

Perhaps I am being too harsh, because it does serve as a nice introduction to Breanna and Kael. Despite being told to stay with their aunt, Breanna sneaks out to watch the battle.

While she dangles her legs off the edge of their floating island home, Kael sits back at safer distance. Inevitably, Breanna's recklessness gets them caught up in the battle and she doesn't endear herself by abandoning her brother when he, frightened, takes shelter.

The symbolism in the book isn't exactly subtle. For example, the Skyborns grow up in Lowville, a community of earth-bound farmers and fishermen on graceless wings.

When tested for their affinity to the elements, reckless Breanna shows a strong connection with fire while cautious Kael ends up with ice and light. I found the relationship between the twins was the most interesting aspect of the story. Alternating chapters from a close third-person point-of-view allow us to see things from the perspective of both Breanna and Kael. This slowed down the pace of the story because it meant developing two protagonists instead of one; the twins might attend the academy together but their lives are, for the most part, fairly independent of each other.

I liked this. It meant that there was always one twin to take the place of the rising star at the academy--and it changed as the story progressed. Best of all, neither of the twins was resentful of their sibling in the limelight.

They may sulk a little or have their own worries to contend with, but they were never hateful and their relationship always remained supportive with the plot-driven exception of the prologue. As I mentioned, the pace is slow at first but picks up a bit past halfway, once the world and characters have been established. My interest picked up a little with the pace, but I often found myself skimming through paragraphs of description.

On the whole, Skyborn is a readable story but not an especially engaging one. This review first appeared on Earl Grey Editing. Dec 03, Paul rated it really liked it. Also, perhaps I am being old and hard hearted but the twins did seem to spend a lot of time crying and brooding. I know they have a lot of problems but come on, Get a Grip!!!

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