Threatened by false friends, hidden enemies, and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder, Can their love survive through the ever night?In this second book in her spellbinding Under the Never Sky trilogy, Veronica Rossi combines fantasy and dystopian elements to create a captivating love story as perilous as it is unforgettable. (From Goodreads)
Under the Never Sky was one of my top ten reads last year. It swept me away and completely transported me into another world. Aria and Perry totally captured my heart and even a year later these characters are still with me. I was so happy to fall back into their story. I was a little worried that a year away would cause me to forget important things, but picking up Through the Ever Night was like meeting with friends you've been parted from, yet every time you meet it's as if no time has passed.
Through the Ever Night was like a bridge book in the trilogy, but not in the way that most books that act as such are. It is a purposeful bridge. Some things needed to happen to move from the decision for action and the actual action. Perry is getting settled in his role as the Blood Lord of the Tides and really it's Aria who is trying to find a path to follow, which kind of leaves this book without an anchor to settle it in a story in it's own right. So in this book, the over-arching story doesn't necessarily progress, but some of the smaller (or not so small, depending on how you look at them) things need to happen. Like Aria and Perry's relationship needs to be established, Perry needs to gain control, Roar needs to find Liv, the Aether needs to be understood, and they just flat out need to figure out where the Ever Blue is.
Aria and Perry still make me swoon. Even more so in this book than in the first. Their relationship is definitely tested, but I admire the way they handle everything so much. Nothing about them feels exaggerated or dramatic - they work really hard at their relationship and they're so much stronger for it.
But really, in this book, Roar took the front and center spot in my heart. I think if I actually existed in this world, he'd be the one that I would be head over heels crazy about. I felt for him this book so much. I just want to hug him...a lot. He and Aria get really close in their journey together, and Veronica Rossi could have so easily made him a point in a love triangle, but thankfully she didn't. And their relationship is so much more beautiful because of it. They're as close as any girl and boy can be without being romantic and it's incredible and powerful. I adore their moments together and the way they cheer each other up and are so fiercely protective of each other.
It was interesting to see the Aether storms when more people and things are at stake than just Perry and Aria who can duck into a shelter quick. Cinder also pops up a few times and he's just a really puzzling character. You kind of get the feeling that maybe Cinder will wind up being the hero of the whole story and Aria and Perry are just a part of that. Then again, maybe he'll just play a part.
I would follow Aria, Perry and Roar to the end of the world. If I could crawl in the pages and help them out, I would. Even though I probably wouldn't last very long. I'm so anxious, not only to see where they go next, but just to be granted access to their story one more time.
