A review by mdpenguin
Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I picked this up and then almost immediately my mood shifted into something that would have been better served by an adventure novel, so it took me a bit to get into this even though it's not very long. Overall, it was good and well written. The characters were believable as was the world it was set in, including the sociopolitical context. From everything that I'd read about it, I had expected it to be weirder, but it really wasn't that outlandish to me. It was kind of like Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy mixed with the Stoic's eternal recurrence mixed with Spinoza's ontology seen through the lens of Buber's I-Thou dialogue, but with some family drama mixed in.