Skyhunter (Skyhunter #1) by Marie Lu -- Restarting August 6th 2022

[Sarah Elizabeth]

A broken world.
An overwhelming evil.
A team of warriors ready to strike back.

Talin is a Striker, a member of an elite fighting force that stands as the last defense for the only free nation in the world: Mara.

A refugee, Talin knows firsthand the horrors of the Federation, a world-dominating war machine responsible for destroying nation after nation with its terrifying army of mutant beasts known only as Ghosts.

But when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front to Mara's capital, Talin senses there’s more to him than meets the eye. Is he a spy from the Federation? What secrets is he hiding?

Only one thing is clear: Talin is ready to fight to the death alongside her fellow Strikers for the only homeland she has left... with or without the boy who might just be the weapon to save—or destroy—them all.

Loyalty is life.

#1 New York Times-bestselling author Marie Lu is back with an adrenaline-laced novel about the lengths one warrior will go to fight for freedom and those she loves.

[Tian]

Would love to discuss with anyone who has started! :)

[Aly]

I'll try to read this in the next couple days!

[Katie]

OOOOH!!! I'll join this one, but probably won't start it until Thursday!!

[Katie]

Chapter 7- (view spoiler)[ I'm LOVING this!!!! The first chapter already had me on edge! Corian dying...I wasn't expecting that. I already felt like he was going to be a main character. I'm very intrigued by Red...I wonder if he was the boy that saved Talin year ago? (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

Chapter 13- (view spoiler)[ Red was the boy from Talin's past...I'm so curious now about his back story and what happened to his family?? I'm very invested in these characters already, and this book is pretty short, so I'm a bit surprised I'm this pulled in! So far, I'm a fan of this! (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

I forgot to mention...I love when (view spoiler)[ characters have a "bond" between each other. A mating bond, or something like what is happening with Red and Talin. I'm a sucker for this trope! (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

Chapter 20- (view spoiler)[ I'm having a hard time putting this down. I think the blood thing with the Ghosts is pretty neat. They are getting ready to head into the Federation against orders. Oh no...I hope they all survive. I'm pretty attached to these characters. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

Chapter 28- (view spoiler)[ Oh man! Just when you thought they were going to get away with things...NOPE!! So much action in this book! I hope they all make it out alive... (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

Finished! (view spoiler)[ I LOVED IT!! How am I supposed to wait for book 2???? I wasn't super surprised with the ending, but at the same time, I was on edge the entire last 70 pages!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

I'm hoping to get the audio for this tomorrow. Sorry I'm behind!

I hope you liked this Katie

[Jenn]

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[akacya ❦]

5%
(view spoiler)[Wow, I was not expecting a death this quickly in the book. (hide spoiler)]

[akacya ❦]

45%
(view spoiler)[Wow, that’s wild she knows him from so long ago! (hide spoiler)]

[akacya ❦]

95%
(view spoiler)[Man, I can’t imagine losing my home like that (or at all really). (hide spoiler)]

[akacya ❦]

97%
(view spoiler)[Omg!! She was offered to be a skyhunter! (hide spoiler)]

[Janine]

Sorry I'm late on this, but I'm going to start listening to this tonight or tomorrow.

[L]

I'll try to start later today :)

[Janine]

This book is giving me Attack on Titan vibes.

akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ wrote: "5%
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(view spoiler)[That was a big hit! And twist! Poor boy. Side note for the audiobook, I like the narrator's voice, which is ironic as the protagonist is mute. (hide spoiler)]

[Janine]

35%: (view spoiler)[Now this book is starting to get interesting (not that it wasn't before). Skyhunters are the Federation's newest weapons and yikes, it's terrifying what they wanted to do with him. At least it's on the good guys' side with Talin. (hide spoiler)]

[Janine]

60%: (view spoiler)[The whole thing with Red sparing Talin's life threw me for a loop. And now they are being hunted...whoa. Just as they were about to win. (hide spoiler)]

[Janine]

77%: (view spoiler)[Don't know how to feel about that "Corian is a ghost" fake out... it was shocking, but to be pulled back two minutes later felt a bit cheap. But the action is getting interesting. (hide spoiler)]

[Janine]

Finished: (view spoiler)[Those last few chapters were really snappy and the ending was something else! Wants me to get into book 2! (hide spoiler)]

I don't have Steelstriker at the moment and I have other books I need to read first, so I'll get to that book at a later date.

[akacya ❦]

Janine wrote: "This book is giving me Attack on Titan vibes.

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[spoilers removed]"

Ooh I’ll have to check out AOT.

I agree with the narrator part haha

[akacya ❦]

Janine wrote: "Finished: [spoilers removed]

I don't have Steelstriker at the moment and I have other books I need to read first, so I'll get to that book at a later date."

I’m hoping I can get to Steelstriker this month. My library only has the ebook but I haven’t been in much of an ebook mood lately /:

[Maddie]

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[Maddie]

8% (view spoiler)[Loving how fast-paced this is already, it's just what I needed after my 500 page book! Wish they'd just call them zombies though (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

35% (view spoiler)[Lu is literally a god. How can she write so many genres and excel in all of them?? She's amazing. I'm loving this so much, it's the best ya feeling. So fast-paced and actiony, but also got so much to keep me interested. And a mute mc is something different too! (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

40% (view spoiler)[I'd hate how I couldn't hide anything from him, not my feelings or my thoughts. And there's no way I'd be able to not think my thoughts.

I can't wait for Jaren and Aramin to get together (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

44% (view spoiler)[OH WOW RED'S THE BOY THAT COULDN'T SHOOT THEM! Ohhhh I wonder what she'll think about that. I'm just glad he didn't shoot her mother (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

76% (view spoiler)[Okay I'm loving this relationship growing. It almost reminds me a bit of the relationship from the Partials series (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Finished (view spoiler)[I loved that this was exactly what I was expecting. Super good writing, great plot, great characters and storyline. And good lead up to the second book! I need to buy it before I can read that though (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

Maddie wrote: "8% [spoilers removed]"

You know (view spoiler)[ i totally didn't think of them as zombies at all even thou now that you say that it makes sense, i was think like the big Ogres or Orcs from like Lord of the Rings even thou yah you become a beast after being bite... wow why didn't i think of that at all, smh. (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

1%
(view spoiler)[ Bonded for life! These Ghosts seem scary looking! A dozen daggers? Wow this girl is armed and dangerous (hide spoiler)]

3%
(view spoiler)[ Using sign language since the Ghosts are attracted to sounds. They train with coins on floors to make sure they walk quietly! How interesting, especially since the MC can't talk.

and now yah this makes sense for the zombie thing. (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

5%
(view spoiler)[ As big as elephants. And the Ghosts are like vampires and their bites turn you! Ahhh. (see i went with vampires there instead of zombies!) (hide spoiler)]

10%
(view spoiler)[ There always seems to be some form of racism in dystopian novels, like the world is shit or under attack, just freaking get along. the MC is seen badly because of where she comes from. (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

12%
(view spoiler)[ Is this guy gonna turn into the love interest, but also how do they know he even understands any of them?? (hide spoiler)]

14%
(view spoiler)[ her stepping in to stop the whipping reminded me of Katniss stepping in when Gale was getting whipped! (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

21%
(view spoiler)[He has a little mouse friend and doesn't like fish, and I'm 100% sure on the love interest part. wonder if the fish thing is foreshadowing for anything (hide spoiler)]

30%
(view spoiler)[ Whoa what experiments have they done to this guy, he has giant metal wings! (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

Maddie wrote: "44% [spoilers removed]"

The classic trope of they meet when they were kids but neither really remembered it til they meet again!

[Maddie]

Brooke wrote: "Maddie wrote: "44% [spoilers removed]"

The classic trope of they meet when they were kids but neither really remembered it til they meet again!"

This shocked me so much! I didn't expect it! That's what happens when I do the audio in a day haha I don't have time to think about things

[[deleted user]]

Just got this in audio... hope it's ok to join...

[Maddie]

Join in Cinthia!

[[deleted user]]

7.0% (view spoiler)[ My heart is already broken!!! Why did Lu make me like Corian!!!? (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

25.0% Up to ch 8. (view spoiler)[ So much had happened in so little time. First Corians father refuses to get the uniform and insults Talin in the too. We learn of what happened to Talin and her mom when they escaped, her mom is so brave. We learn a little more about Corians character. And we meet Red who is a prisoner from the federation that doesn't care if he dies. We are curious to know what the federation did to him. Jeran I'm loving!! (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

41.0% (view spoiler)[ Wow. They made a bond. And what is Red? An angel? Dark angel. I'm glad he is able to show that he can help. He better not disappoint me! I'm glad he helped them against that ghost attack. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

79.0% (view spoiler)[ That was some packed action. It sucks that they failed though but really that Speakrer from Mara betrayed them!? I don't like the Premier of course, I do like his patience. I guess everyone is disposable to him even his architect. I almost believed that was Corian! I loved how everyone went to Talins moms house and ate and was nice to Red, well the kids at least. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

94.0% (view spoiler)[ She was just a little girl!! It's not your fault that your father was shot Talin, maybe that was better than her family tuned to ghosts. I can't believe the carnage! I hope Red is ok. And that her friends are fine too. I can't believe she almost killed the Premier. Ugh! (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Finished... (view spoiler)[ Noooooooo he is gonna be turned into a skyhunter!!! I understand why she accepts and must do it. I hope her vision of red and Adena is true. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Brooke wrote: "12%
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14%
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Girl you know there has to be "some" kind of romance here...

[[deleted user]]

Brooke wrote: "5%
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10%
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I think that most of it comes from Jealousy... she is better than them!

[[deleted user]]

Maddie wrote: "35% [spoilers removed]"

I also liked the mute part (view spoiler)[ I love that everyone in the Striker team has to learn sign language. (hide spoiler)]