Skyward

Skyward feels like an introductory to a much more complex story. That's not an indictment against the book, but the plot was on the simple side (thats not to say it wasn't interesting though) to me for most of the book. This being in spite of the pacing being rather quick and action packed.

There are some YA tropes in the book that I don't care much for as well, but thankfully not that many. Unfortunately some of these tropes do make parts of the book more predictable then they arguably should be. I really enjoyed the story though because it makes up for the issue's I have with compelling characters whether it be the protagonist, minor characters, or the antagonist. The character development in particular of our protagonist, I thought was extremely well done. And it has a sassy character full of sardonic wit, which is hands down one of my favourite character archetypes.

Interesting world building on display as well (though I wanted more) and when the plot does finally begin to get more complex, things get very interesting. I will definitely be reading the next book in this series with very high expectations.