Sixteen-year-old Lark Ainsley has never seen the sky.
Her world ends at the edge of the vast domed barrier of energy enclosing all that's left of humanity. For two hundred years the city has sustained this barrier by harvesting its children's innate magical energy when they reach adolescence. When it’s Lark's turn to be harvested, she finds herself trapped in a nightmarish web of experiments and learns she is something out of legend itself: a Renewable, able to regenerate her own power after it's been stripped.
Forced to flee the only home she knows to avoid life as a human battery, Lark must fight her way through the terrible wilderness beyond the edge of the world. With the city's clockwork creations close on her heels and a strange wild boy stalking her in the countryside, she must move quickly if she is to have any hope of survival. She's heard the stories that somewhere to the west are others like her, hidden in secret—but can she stay alive long enough to find them?
From Goodreads:
Ever since she escaped the city within the Wall, Lark Ainsley's wanted one thing: to find her brother Basil. She's always believed he would be the one to put an end to the constant fear and flight. And now, hidden underground in the chaotically magical city of Lethe, Lark feels closer to him than ever.
But Lethe is a city cowering in fear of its founder, the mysterious Prometheus, and of his private police force. To get the truth about what happened to Basil, Lark has no choice but to face Prometheus.
Facing her fears has become second nature to Lark. Facing the truth is another matter.
Lark never asked to be anyone's savior. She certainly never wanted to be anyone's weapon. She might not have a choice.
My first review of Skylark, Shadowlark
My Review:
I loved reading these books again! I loved reading them the first time, but then I never got around to reading the 3rd and final book, so I had to reread them before I can read that. I had such a great time being back in this world with these characters!
Ever since she escaped the city within the Wall, Lark Ainsley's wanted one thing: to find her brother Basil. She's always believed he would be the one to put an end to the constant fear and flight. And now, hidden underground in the chaotically magical city of Lethe, Lark feels closer to him than ever.
But Lethe is a city cowering in fear of its founder, the mysterious Prometheus, and of his private police force. To get the truth about what happened to Basil, Lark has no choice but to face Prometheus.
Facing her fears has become second nature to Lark. Facing the truth is another matter.
Lark never asked to be anyone's savior. She certainly never wanted to be anyone's weapon. She might not have a choice.
My first review of Skylark, Shadowlark
My Review:
I loved reading these books again! I loved reading them the first time, but then I never got around to reading the 3rd and final book, so I had to reread them before I can read that. I had such a great time being back in this world with these characters!
I remembered basically nothing about these books, about these characters, this world, or the plot. It was like the first time reading a book, but sometimes I think I had an idea of what was going to happen. So that was a great reading experience!
Skylark introduced us to this world where her city takes magic from children to power the protective border. Which is pretty cruel. I'm glad that Lark escaped the fate of being a perpetual battery, because that would not be a great existence!
Shadowlark, man, it was a pretty dark read! I wanted to know more about what was going on in the city of Lethe, and what happened to Basil. The story had the pages turning, and that ending has me needing to know how it's all going to end!
Loved reading these books again, and I need to read Lark Ascending now!
Author: Meagan Spooner
Series: Skylark #1, 2
First Read: July 23rd, 2013, December 20th, 2013
Author: Meagan Spooner
Series: Skylark #1, 2
First Read: July 23rd, 2013, December 20th, 2013
Read: February 24th, 24th, 2023
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Rereading, and they're 2023 Dystopia Books and Prequel and Sequel Challenge 2023 Books!
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab
Published: August 1st 2012, October 1st 2013
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Rereading, and they're 2023 Dystopia Books and Prequel and Sequel Challenge 2023 Books!
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab
Published: August 1st 2012, October 1st 2013
Skylark:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
Shadowlark:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
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