Week 46 Review: A Song of Salvation

From Goodreads:

From the author of The Sound of Stars and The Kindred comes a YA space opera about a reincarnated god and a grumpy pilot on a mission to save a beloved space DJ and stop an intergalactic war.

 

Zaira Citlali is supposed to die. After all, she's the god Indigo reborn. Indigo, whose song created the universe and unified people across galaxies to banish Ozvios, the god of destruction. Although Zaira has never been able to harness Indigo's powers, the Ilori Emperor wants to sacrifice her in Ozvios's honor. Unless she escapes and finds Wesley, the boy prophesized to help her defeat Ozvios and the Ilori, once and for all.

 

Wesley Daniels didn't ask for this. He just wants to work as a smuggler so he can save enough money to explore the stars. Once he completes his biggest job yet—bringing wanted celebrity Rubin Rima to a strange planet called Earth—he'll be set for life. But when his path crosses with Zaira, he soon finds himself in the middle of an intergalactic war with more responsibility than he bargained for.

 

Together, Zaira, Wesley, and Rubin must find their way to Earth and unlock Zaira's powers if they're going to have any hope of saving the universe from total destruction.

My Review:
I had a really great time reading this book! While this technically isn't a series (though it should be, it's set in the same world with the common foe of the Ilori) each book focuses on a different couple, and the various evil things the Ilori are doing. And I loved this book, which had two different couples, yeah!

The few overlapping characters and a common threat have made these a series of interconnected standalones. Well, this book brings that overlap to the max, because a certain someone is a love interest in this book, and we get to see some more familiar faces that we've been wanting to see! 

Both Zaira and Wiseley are in pretty poor places in their lives. She's the only one of her people alive, and the Ilori Emperor wants to sacrifice her to his god, who is the opposition of the god that she's supposed to be. So that was not a great pace to be in.

And Wesley, the connections that he has, and how his life has been affected, I just loved how it tied things together! Because oh, how the Ilari plot progressed in this book! This might be the final one, at least with the Ilori as the bad guys, but I'd love to spend more time in this world! 

This was another really great read, and I can't wait to read more by Alechia Dow! 

Author: Alechia Dow
Read: November 18th, 2022
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her books, and it's a SAC 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Expected Publication: July 11th 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars