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A review by booksofkings
The Island by S. Usher Evans
4.0
I would rate this book 4.5 stars for being such an amazing surprising find.
This is easily a book i would read any day, but because it's not very well known I'm very happy that i discovered it. The way i came across this story and this author is a fun story involving Princess Bride, My lady Jane and Twitter. But I'm very happy i have discovered this.
The Island follows Theo, a Captain and Pilot in the Raven's 'Airforce'. Rave is a newly independent country of Kylae of which Galian is the 3rd son and princes of the king. Galian just wants to be a Doctor (no not THE Doctor, i dont think he wants to travel in Time) after being inspired by his family Doctor and the Chief of Medicine. Due to Kylae being very territorial and wanting to get Rave back, they have been at war for the past 50 years and no end in sight. Due to some family circumstances, Galian is also now a pilot on an air raid of Rave when Theo let's her pride get the best of her and targets Galian's plane. And low and behold, this doesnt' work out and they end up stranded on a deserted island and must rely on each other for survival.
S. Usher Evans makes it so easy to fall in love with these characters and this surrounding, once i started the story I knew i had to finish it that night. It being not even 300 pages, made it really easy. To be honest, a book jsut under 300 was a nice warm welcome. So many books these days are being published with 500+ pages and as nice as that is, it can just be too much. I do actually quite like books that are 300-400 pages. Those books that i can just curly up and really make a dent in over the course of one night. So The Madion War trilogy is just perfect for me.
The Characters are just so lovable, Galian is an innocent special little snowflake, and Theo is that snarky, walls up heroine that is very common amongst YA novels these days. Within just 10 minutes of meeting each other, you already ship them. They seem to balance each other so perfectly.
There was one romance/sex scene that caught me off guard because i just wasn't expecting it at all. but over all this book was a lovely reading and i can't wait to start on book 2.
This is easily a book i would read any day, but because it's not very well known I'm very happy that i discovered it. The way i came across this story and this author is a fun story involving Princess Bride, My lady Jane and Twitter. But I'm very happy i have discovered this.
The Island follows Theo, a Captain and Pilot in the Raven's 'Airforce'. Rave is a newly independent country of Kylae of which Galian is the 3rd son and princes of the king. Galian just wants to be a Doctor (no not THE Doctor, i dont think he wants to travel in Time) after being inspired by his family Doctor and the Chief of Medicine. Due to Kylae being very territorial and wanting to get Rave back, they have been at war for the past 50 years and no end in sight. Due to some family circumstances, Galian is also now a pilot on an air raid of Rave when Theo let's her pride get the best of her and targets Galian's plane. And low and behold, this doesnt' work out and they end up stranded on a deserted island and must rely on each other for survival.
S. Usher Evans makes it so easy to fall in love with these characters and this surrounding, once i started the story I knew i had to finish it that night. It being not even 300 pages, made it really easy. To be honest, a book jsut under 300 was a nice warm welcome. So many books these days are being published with 500+ pages and as nice as that is, it can just be too much. I do actually quite like books that are 300-400 pages. Those books that i can just curly up and really make a dent in over the course of one night. So The Madion War trilogy is just perfect for me.
The Characters are just so lovable, Galian is an innocent special little snowflake, and Theo is that snarky, walls up heroine that is very common amongst YA novels these days. Within just 10 minutes of meeting each other, you already ship them. They seem to balance each other so perfectly.
There was one romance/sex scene that caught me off guard because i just wasn't expecting it at all. but over all this book was a lovely reading and i can't wait to start on book 2.