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Sonar The Crashing

(Sonar #1)

B. Truly (Goodreads Author)

3.93 · Rating details · 54 ratings · 24 reviews

Is it more than déjà vu? With the Romeland family it may be destined to be true.

Life on Earth is not the only place where devastation occurs and hard choices must be made. The Royal 4 of Kadan live in the Sonar galaxy, three hundred million light years from Earth. They travel to Earth to obtain the resources that they need to give their world a fighting chance. Their mis ...more

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Jul 19, 2015 Whispering Stories rated it really liked it

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Shiray is from the planet Kadan. Falling in love with a prince wasn't part of her plan, but when handsome Prince Bryan, shows his interest, the two embark on a love affair, and soon after her seventeenth birthday, they are married.

Their planet is at war with their neighbouring planet, Polaris, and need resources from Earth to help them fight. Shiray ...more

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Dec 03, 2015 Kat rated it really liked it

With this book being my first new adult novel, I wasn’t too sure on how I would stand on the more romance-heavy reading. After talking to B. Truly, I received a little bit of a better understanding of what New Adult entails. The genre is just the next step between Young Adult and Adult. So I gave this book and genre a shot. And I’m glad I did!

When I started to read the first chapter, I thought I wasn’t going to enjoy it as much as I had anticipated. I will say that I thought the writing was a li With this book being my first new adult novel, I wasn’t too sure on how I would stand on the more romance-heavy reading. After talking to B. Truly, I received a little bit of a better understanding of what New Adult entails. The genre is just the next step between Young Adult and Adult. So I gave this book and genre a shot. And I’m glad I did!

When I started to read the first chapter, I thought I wasn’t going to enjoy it as much as I had anticipated. I will say that I thought the writing was a little different than what I initially thought, but that was just because the author has a drawn-out way of writing. The writing-style wasn’t bad in any way. It was just different for me. She seemed to over-explain some things which felt a little boring at times, but as I dived deeper into the story this aspect wasn’t as noticeable because I was so CAPTURED BY WHAT WAS HAPPENING!

It wasn’t until the ending of the first major plot shift that I realized she was recalling a flashback the entire time! The story had me extremely captivated. I loved the love story that Shiray and Bryan experienced. They were drawn out so carefully and they developed in a way that felt real. Even though it happened quickly, they experienced struggles that I think can be applied outside of a fictional story. The plot as a whole I think was very brilliantly detailed and written in a way that felt like I was connected to the story on many levels.

When it comes to the story as a whole, the romance does not overwhelm what is really happening outside of the relationships. I think there is a great balance of romance and fantasy plotlines. We follow two plotlines from the perspectives of Shiray and Syira which I thought really helped divide all of the conflicts without feeling like the story was too busy. There was the perfect amount of action and romance.

I definitely look forward to the next two books to see how the characters continue to develop. I think the ending of Sonar The Crashing was not a cliffhanger, but it will leave you wanting more. I will say that since this is New Adult, there are some more adult-based scenes, but if you are looking for something romantic and a little stronger than Young Adult then this would be a perfect book to start with. I am glad this was my first New Adult book! It felt like Young Adult but with a steamy twist :)

This book definitely deserves the full 4 out of 5 stars! The only reason it is not 5 out of 5 is due to the writing style which felt a little dull to me, but again, that is MY reading-preference opinion.
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Oct 21, 2013 Annie Page rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Love the way the author writes this story. It flows so well and easy to imagine the characters and places. Four you people are found in Colorado with no memory of who they were. Three are placed in one foster family and the other in a different one. Syira her brother and Nile are having dreams of a different time and planet with three moons. Shiray is having same dreams and ask her professor to help her remember. When she does Syrira sets out to ...more

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Oct 22, 2013 Jessica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Space aliens with magic powers? Yes please! I loved the story line and everything else involved. I wish the sequel was out now so I didn't have to wait. I loved that the epilogue wasn't really an epilogue but a previous part of the book from someone else's point of view. I thought that was really cute. I only gave it 4 stars because there were some spelling errors and the swapping of character names. But those were few and far between that they didn't bother me too much. ...more

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Jun 23, 2014 Kathy rated it really liked it

It was intresting to see Shiray's and Syira's point of view interwine with each other throghout the whole book. They both have a lot of obstacles they have to overcome. There were times I laughed out loud while reading this book. I enjoyed reading Sonar the Crashing. I am intrested in reading Bryan's point of view in the next book. ...more

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Jan 04, 2014 Marie rated it liked it · review of another edition

I just started. I met B Truly at Space City Con. She is such a passionate person. I cannot wait to read this book!

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Nov 11, 2015 Aldii - perfectioninbooks rated it really liked it

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This is an entertaining, fast paced book with a relationship we all dream about and action that keeps you wandering if anyone will survive.

The Writing:
I liked that this book has two POVs. We are used that if there are two POVs, one is from the female main character and the other from the male main character. That doesn't happen in this book. Both POVs are from females main characters and that are like sisters. Each one of them have ...more

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Oct 21, 2013 Christine McIntosh rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I received this book through Goodreads First Reads giveaways.

I really, really liked this book. I read it in just over two sittings. It was fast and varied. Even with the memories and flash backs, I was never confused so it was well planned! I love strong sibling relationships. The whole situation with Melanie, though it wasn't fun for them, was super entertaining to me. Especially the mid-class mind-warp and the girl-fights. I hope there's a return to Earth or at least the return of Mr. Galvan I received this book through Goodreads First Reads giveaways.

I really, really liked this book. I read it in just over two sittings. It was fast and varied. Even with the memories and flash backs, I was never confused so it was well planned! I love strong sibling relationships. The whole situation with Melanie, though it wasn't fun for them, was super entertaining to me. Especially the mid-class mind-warp and the girl-fights. I hope there's a return to Earth or at least the return of Mr. Galvan and a verbal confrontation with the CIA-I want to know what they'd been doing with the ship, etc. I like the progression of their powers without focusing too much on them. The battles and fight scenes were extra fun with the mix of laser beams and telekinetic powers. I like that the females were strong characters and could defend themselves. I love the sci-fi vision here. It's not post-apocalyptic like most of the popular sci-fi's out there and it's not super shiny either. It's still gritty and realistic. Since she put in some sex scenes, she could've gotten more gory on the battle fields and torturing too.

There was a few major issues for it being a sci-fi book. Earth's atmosphere is NOT mainly oxygen as stated in the prologue when listing Earth and Kadan's similarities. It's roughly 3/4 nitrogen. Also, going 300 million light years at the speed of light would take you 300 million years, not three days. You're going to have to put a "faster" in there. I also don't think the time progression between planets made sense, nor did the fact that Kadan's celebrated Christmas, were Christians, made ancient Greek references or practiced Taekwondo-Jujitsu. Or spoke English. Since no Kadan has ever actually been to Earth, simple monitoring for the last thousand years or so via satellites just isn't enough of an excuse for Kadan to be so heavily immersed in Earth's culture. Especially with no television for information dispersal!

And commas. I would recommend spending a few hours memorizing comma rules and usage. Probably 85% of all the typos were comma related. Some were where new paragraphs should've started - like when a new person starts speaking or just run-on paragraphs with several different subjects discussed. There was some structure stuff like page 325 or extra spaces on 105. My favorite typo was on page 328, "We kept a rooster of the deceased..." I marked all the errors that I noticed while reading but that one was memorable. "Guess house" instead of "guest house." (pg 137) It does need reread and edited again. (I'm a former editor for a high school newspaper back in the day, sorry!)

That all may seem really negative but I do want to read the rest of the series when it comes out! I did really, really, really like it! ...more

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Feb 18, 2015 Pratr- Authors rated it really liked it

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Bryan, Shiray, Nile and Syira are on a ship heading for Earth when they lose control of the ship and it crashes. They are found wandering ouside of Boulder, Colorado with no memories. Bryan, Nile and Syira are sent to one foster family and Shiray who was found separately was sent to another. They are placed in high school because they don't know there ages and guess. After being on Earth for a couple years they all start having w ...more

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Sep 23, 2013 Deana Simpson rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is a great book! If you love Sci-fi and romance I highly recommend. It is an easy read once you get into the story I was done with the book in 3 sittings. At the end of the day its a great story and I cannot wait until the sequel to find out what happens to Syria and Kadeem. The author is a wonderful storyteller with a lot of potential and I cannot wait to see what else she has in store for her readers and fans.

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Oct 23, 2013 Angie Schaefer rated it liked it · review of another edition

It took me a long time to get "into" the book. I picked it up and put it down quite a few times, however, once I got into it I found I didn't want to put it down. Slow start in my opinion but a great middle and ending. I love a book that really draws me in and makes me think. I loved the quote “This was no regular dream; this was a waking dream. Who was I? It had to have happened in my lifetime. I could feel it in my soul.” ...more

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Mar 21, 2015 Melissa rated it it was amazing

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This was a wonderful book full of action and romance. I couldn't seem to read it fast enough. This is one of those books that the rare moments you put it down, you are wondering what's next. I am so excited for the second book. This being the authors debut novel was shocking. I am not only looking forward to the next book in this series, but the many other books this author should (and will) undoubtedly write.

I was given this book in exchange for an honest review via NETGALLEY. ...more

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Oct 03, 2013 Nick rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Great book. Truly helped me understand so many things that are normally unexplained. And some questions that are normally left answered i find myself asking for more. Cant wait on book 2 thanks for the good read. I definitely recommend this book to anyone of any age anywhere

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Jul 01, 2014 Jaime K rated it did not like it

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Somebody get this woman an editor. There is an insane amount of repetition, formatting errors, and the sex scenes sound like Truly is attempting to write a trashy romance novel without the language and detail.

Shiray is married to the prince of her planet, Bryan. His sister Syira is her best friend and their brother Nile joins the three on a mission to Earth. They're looking for crystals that will help their people, the Kadans, in a war against the Polars (who a ...more

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Sonar: The Crashing

Sonar: The Crashing, by B. Truly, is the first of the Sonar series. In this book, four teens in Colorado are suffering from amnesia, everything from before last year is a complete blank. Three are related: Jason, Jaden, and Harmony; and living in one part of Colorado. The other, Paige, is not a sibling and was placed in a foster home a town away. Soon they start having strange dreams of another world and discovering that they all have abilities. Paige starts having dreams th Sonar: The Crashing

Sonar: The Crashing, by B. Truly, is the first of the Sonar series. In this book, four teens in Colorado are suffering from amnesia, everything from before last year is a complete blank. Three are related: Jason, Jaden, and Harmony; and living in one part of Colorado. The other, Paige, is not a sibling and was placed in a foster home a town away. Soon they start having strange dreams of another world and discovering that they all have abilities. Paige starts having dreams that feel so lifelike; she decides to undergo hypnosis to discover her past. She finds out that she is an alien, named Syria, sent to Earth with her husband, Jason who’s real name is Bryan, and his siblings in order to find materials to help them win the war raging back home. With her memory returned, she sets out to find her husband, only to discover he has no recollection of her and is in love with someone else. Will she be able to win back her husband? Will he ever remember the planet that he is Prince over? Will they be able to return home?
I did not care for this book at all as I thought it was extremely boring. The storyline is something that has been done before and the characters were so wooden in their reactions and have no depth at all. Paige’s only character is either the passive, does-anything-for-her-boyfriend type or the angry girl who has been cheated on. Jason/Brian is an egotistical jerk or passive and non-confrontational. The two siblings barely have any real role than to give the Paige/Syria and Jason/Bryan advice, except for Harmony who has a Romeo and Juliet secret love with the son of her country’s enemy. None of these characters have any likes, dislikes, interests, flaws, or anything that makes up believable figures.
The world of Kadan, their homeland, is also underdeveloped. Everything they do; culture, celebrations, meals, jobs, etc.: is just like Earth except sometimes given a more “alien” name. We are given a world like ours, but are given no background as to how it works.
I would give this zero out of five stars.
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May 23, 2015 Sarah-Jayne Briggs rated it it was ok

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

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The concept of life in other parts of the universe is an interesting one and despite the blurb of this book giving away quite a bit of the storyline, I did find it to be a really intriguing plotline. Unfortunately, there were quite a few things that didn't sit right with me.

I found it really difficult to differentiate the two POV characters. Until the other one was named, I wasn't actually sure whos (I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

The concept of life in other parts of the universe is an interesting one and despite the blurb of this book giving away quite a bit of the storyline, I did find it to be a really intriguing plotline. Unfortunately, there were quite a few things that didn't sit right with me.

I found it really difficult to differentiate the two POV characters. Until the other one was named, I wasn't actually sure whose head I was supposed to be in. Both of them seemed to have the same thought processes and it was really jarring to suddenly realise I wasn't in the head of the character I thought I should have been in.

The storyline here had a lot of potential. There were two main romances that could have been really interesting to read about... as well as a love triangle that had the potential to be fairly unique. Unfortunately, a lot of that was lost when it came to insta!love and lack of compassion from any of the other characters for a problem one of their kind was facing.

I didn't feel like I could get behind the emotions of the two main characters. I was being told what they were feeling... but not shown. There was hardly any foreshadowing - and characters who were supposed to be important were only referenced one.

It was interesting to see that there were differences in Kadan and Earth... but a lot of the things were the same. I would have really liked to see what a different culture would do for proposing, for instance.

The concept about the different powers was quite intriguing, but I felt it wasn't utilised as much as it could have been. I also felt there were moments in this book that were quite contradictory.

I can't really give this book any more than two stars. Although it wasn't massive in length, there was quite a bit of info-dumping and I felt the characters didn't have individual voices. There was a lot of potential in this book, but I felt the execution fell short... which was a shame, because the plot detail and cover really had caught my attention. ...more

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Sep 01, 2014 Hywela rated it liked it

There were elements in this SF young adult story that reminded me of 'Roswell High', and that's not a criticism, I loved that series. There's a lot to like about 'Sonar crashing.' The characters are easy to relate to and although for me it was a slow start, once the story gets going it is an interesting and engaging read.

I found the switch between the viewpoints of the two female lead characters a bit confusing, especially as the two characters' names are so similar (Shiray and Syira. (They don' ...more

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Mar 28, 2015 Librarian Judith rated it liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, romance

This book as an interesting premise: four teens from another planet crash lands on our planet and have no idea who they are.-- until they start having strange, shared dreams.

The characters were interesting. The story is told in first person from the point of view of both Shiray/Paige and Syira/Harmony, which at times can get confusing until you realize which is talking. And, they all have a desire to learn who they are. Syira and her brothers, though, have settled into their new environment well ...more

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Dec 26, 2013 Ally rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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I won a copy from Goodreads First Reads.

Sonar The Crashing may be interesting for some people but not for me. Or at least when I got to about the halfway mark of the book.

(I abandoned this book at the 2/3 mark).

Sonar The Crashing isn't very pretty. It's a four hundred, five hundred page book. Most people can't even bother to read something like this. It's just too long and too much. But I do admit that the synopsis is quite attractive. I mean, alien book. Who doesn't want to read a book like ...more

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Feb 20, 2015 Vanessa Sims rated it really liked it

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3.5 Stars
What do you do when you crashed land into Earth of no memory of how you got there or what happened before you got there?

Shiray lives her life as if she were another regular human, until one day she realizes she is royalty and it up to her and her siblings to save their home planet.

I enjoyed this read, it was very different from most of the fantasy romance I have read before. The characters are engaging and have you wondering what will happen next. My only problem was that a couple of ti ...more

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Feb 13, 2015 Robin rated it it was ok

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The plot sounded very interesting but the writing and errors made it a difficult. I don't think people really talk like the characters. Just the way the sentences were written. I did not see the point in having them swearing. That seemed unnecessary, as did the sex scenes. I ended up just skipping over all that. Some parts were repetitive. I did read the entire book because I was caught up in the storyline. I just wish it could have been written better. Perhaps the next book in the trilogy will ...more

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Nov 29, 2013 K.M. Montemayor rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This is a great additional scene to find out what happens immediately following the crash. It gives more details about the characters' feelings as they wake up, disoriented, in a strange new place and without any memory. ...more

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