Author: Shelly Crane
Series: Oxygen
Genres: Y.A, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Romance
Reviewers Note: I received a copy of this e-book for free via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
My name is Maxton and I’m a trader.
I live on a soulless planet where gravity, oxygen, and everything else are sold to the highest bidder on the black market. People are sold on the black market, too. You have to work really hard not to become one of those people. Pay your taxes, keep your friends and family close, and more than anything else—don’t get caught by the Militia. But all the rules changed for me the day I found her.
My name is Sophelia and I’m a stowaway.
I’ve been a slave for almost as long as I can remember. Waiting for the one day, one second, for my proprietor to turn his head so I could run and never look back. Now I'm on the run. And on a planet where no one is on your side and people would turn you in for a good meal or a piece of a silver, being on the run on Landu is the last place you want to be. Until he found me.
I won't survive without him.
I can't breathe without her.
My Thoughts:
After the Hunger Games, Divergent, and Matched series were over, I've been desperate to find a new Y.A dystopian series that I can truly fall in love with - and I seem to have found that in the Oxygen series by Shelly Crane.
The Other Side of Gravity is a new twist on the Y.A format, combining elements from In Time, The Hunger Games, and Inside Out. The book takes place in a dystopian society on the planet Landu, and follows two main characters: Sophelia & Maxton. It's written in a first-person narrative, and the chapters switch between Sophelia & Maxton's P.O.V. I love that element of the book, it worked so well! I connected with Sophelia & Maxton very quickly, and having both of their perspectives of events in the book really me imagine what was going on.
Sophelia & Maxton are both wonderful characters. They each have strong and colourful backstories that are thoroughly enjoyable to learn about, and Shelly has done a really good job of making sure their backgrounds affect the decisions they make now. Sophelia is such a strong, sweet, brave and adorable young woman, I really loved reading her chapters, she had such a unique and intriguing outlook on the world. Maxton, although he appears to be a bit of a dodgy bloke at first, he really is one of the loveliest men around. His background was really interesting, and so was his P.O.V. Shelly has done a fantastic job on making sure that Sophelia and Maxton's chapters are different, I never had to look at who was narrating as it was instantly recognisable by the writing style.
The world that Shelly has created, Landu, is seriously fascinating. Although we get answers to a couple of questions throughout the book, I still have so many that have been left unanswered. I have to admit that for certain questions I am nervous for the answer, as it could spell (even more) trouble for my beloved Sophelia & Maxton.
So, if you love Y.A science-fiction/fantasy with strong female characters, dashing young men, gripping storylines, romance, and political undertones, then this is the perfect book for you! I am so excited to read the rest of the series, and I will definitely be checking out more of Shelly Crane's novels. Yay!
The world that Shelly has created, Landu, is seriously fascinating. Although we get answers to a couple of questions throughout the book, I still have so many that have been left unanswered. I have to admit that for certain questions I am nervous for the answer, as it could spell (even more) trouble for my beloved Sophelia & Maxton.
So, if you love Y.A science-fiction/fantasy with strong female characters, dashing young men, gripping storylines, romance, and political undertones, then this is the perfect book for you! I am so excited to read the rest of the series, and I will definitely be checking out more of Shelly Crane's novels. Yay!
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