The Floating Islands

The Floating Islands is one of those novels I wasn't quite sure how to rate: I LOVED the setting and story but also found the characters' narrative voices, dialogue, and pacing didn't entirely work for me. It's largely an uplifting, hopeful story (though there is grief and loss, it's more focused on moving forward) about two cousins: Trei, a fourteen-year-old boy forced to leave his homeland to live with his mother's family in the Floating Islands, and Araen??, a girl who sneaks out of the house dressed as a boy in order to attend lectures about cooking. It's at once familiar and unique and features magic, air and fire dragons, and food references (do not read while hungry). Though I had some reservations, I'm still very likely to read the eventual sequel since it did have so many strengths and parts that I thought were wonderful!

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