Sarah Harian grew up in the foothills of Yosemite and received her B.A. and M.F.A. from Fresno State University. When not writing, she is usually hiking some mountain or another in the Sierras, playing video games with her husband, or rough-housing with her dog.
Our Broken Sky by Sarah Harian
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Our Broken Sky is a novella in the Chaos Theory series and while I don’t normally review novellas I thought I had to say something about this book. This story is about Valerie and I have to admit, she is one of the characters I found most interesting in The Wicked We Have Done. The novella covers a period of time just before Valerie entered prison and it also flips forward to when she is in the Compass Room and meets Jase. If you haven’t read book 1, you may want to stop reading here. I won’t give any spoilers but anything I talk about might give something away inadvertently.
Valerie is gritty and brash and she doesn’t apologize for it – I think that is what I like most about her. She also really cares about her family – her twin sister Veda and her father. Getting the backstory to how Val ended up in prison was nice as it showed there was more to her (which I suspected) than what we saw in The Compass Room . It also showed what lengths she will go to in order to protect the people she loves/cares about. As she plans to get revenge on those who raped her sister, it was almost scary how focused she was – she also had absolutely no remorse for what she did.
Since The Wicked We Have Done is mostly about Evalyn, it was great to have a different perspective on The Compass Room as well as what was happening to each of them. I enjoyed seeing the relationship develop between Valerie and Jase…and then ultimately what happened at the end when she got out. Again, it showed another layer to a character that could have been fairly one dimensional.
If you enjoyed book one, I have a feeling you will enjoy getting a bit of a glimpse into this character and her story. Perhaps it might even tide you over until A Vault of Sins comes out in September….perhaps. Definitely check this out when you can!
Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin/Intermix for the review copy!
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